A&W A&W Restaurants; A&W All American Food
Source filing: WI · filed 2026-04-03
Item 5 — Initial franchise fee
$30,000 [p.9 · WI · 2026-04-03]
Item 6 — Recurring fees (royalty & advertising)
| Royalty Fee 1, 3 | 5% of net sales, subject to the following incentives for new Restaurants only: 1. No royalty from the day the Restaurant opens for business to the public through the end of the Restaurant’s second full month of operation. 2. 3% of net sales from the Restaurant’s third full month of operation through the Restaurant’s tenth full month of operation. 3. 4% of net sales from the Restaurant’s eleventh full month of operation through the Restaurant’s twenty- second full month of operation. 4. 5% of net sales from the Restaurant’s twenty-third full month of operation through the end of the initial term of the Franchise Agreement. [p.11 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
|---|---|
| Advertising Fee 1, 2, 3 | 5% of net sales for all Restaurants, and 5% of net sales for franchisees of Co- Brand Restaurants. [p.11 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
Full Item 6 schedule (including one-time and conditional fees) is in the FDD itself.
Item 7 — Estimated initial investment (total)
$894,130 [p.15 · WI · 2026-04-03] – $1,640,034 [p.15 · WI · 2026-04-03]
Base single-franchise offering as stated in the FDD's total row. Multi-unit or area-development formats are not broken out here.
Item 20 — Outlets
| Franchised outlets at start of year | 213 [p.53 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
|---|---|
| Franchised outlets at end of year | 208 [p.53 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| Net change in franchised outlets | -5 [p.53 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| Transfers | 3 [p.54 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| Terminations | 6 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| Non-renewals | 4 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| Ceased operations (other) | 0 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| Company-owned outlets at end of year | 2 [p.53 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
Item 19 — Financial performance representation
Headline cohort
All Reporting Freestanding Restaurants (59 Restaurants) · 2025 (12 months)
| Outlets in sample | Average | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,297,747 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,214,671 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $3,035,900 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $450,323 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
All disclosed cohorts (11)
| Cohort | Outlets | Average | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Reporting Freestanding Restaurants (59 Restaurants) 2025 (12 months) |
59 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,297,747 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,214,671 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $3,035,900 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $450,323 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| First Quartile - Reporting Freestanding Restaurants (14 Restaurants) 2025 (12 months) |
14 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,964,064 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,784,365 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $3,035,900 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,558,174 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| Second Quartile - Reporting Freestanding Restaurants (15 Restaurants) 2025 (12 months) |
15 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,383,526 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,405,516 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,537,678 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,226,421 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| Third Quartile - Reporting Freestanding Restaurants (15 Restaurants) 2025 (12 months) |
15 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,103,326 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,099,309 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,214,671 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $997,840 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| Fourth Quartile - Reporting Freestanding Restaurants (15 Restaurants) 2025 (12 months) |
15 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $784,495 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $823,388 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $931,059 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $450,323 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| All Reporting C&G Restaurants (52 Restaurants) 2025 (12 months) |
52 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $783,397 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $758,976 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,449,461 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $167,937 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| First Quartile - Reporting C&G Restaurants (13 Restaurants) 2025 (12 months) |
13 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,222,580 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,215,808 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,449,461 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,036,718 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| Second Quartile - Reporting C&G Restaurants (13 Restaurants) 2025 (12 months) |
13 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $845,836 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $839,473 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $934,295 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $763,884 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| Third Quartile - Reporting C&G Restaurants (13 Restaurants) 2025 (12 months) |
13 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $660,716 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $634,786 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $754,068 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $531,975 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| Fourth Quartile - Reporting C&G Restaurants (13 Restaurants) 2025 (12 months) |
13 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $404,453 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $405,232 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $494,495 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $167,937 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] |
| P&L Subset - Reporting Freestanding Restaurants with profit and loss information (17 Restaurants) 2025 (12 months) profit/expense-type measure, not gross revenue |
17 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,486,382 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | $1,390,918 [p.48 · WI · 2026-04-03] | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
“Table I below provides average Net Sales and the high, low and median Net Sales for the 59 Reporting Freestanding Restaurants.” [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-03]
Extraction notes
- Item 7 totals were extracted with model assistance and verified against the cited page.
- The headline cohort's description does not explicitly state the population is franchised outlets — population not verified.
- An Item 19 cohort was relabeled as a profit-type measure and is not eligible as the headline revenue figure.