Slim Chicken's
Source filing: WI · filed 2026-04-29
Item 5 — Initial franchise fee
$30,000 [p.13 · WI · 2026-04-29]
Item 6 — Recurring fees (royalty & advertising)
| Royalty Fee | 5% of Gross Sales [p.13 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
|---|---|
| Advertising Fund Contribution | 2% of Gross Sales [p.13 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
| Local Ad Expenditure/ Local Advertising Cooperative Contribution | 1% of Gross Sales [p.14 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
| Grand Opening Advertising | $10,000 [p.14 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
Full Item 6 schedule (including one-time and conditional fees) is in the FDD itself.
Item 7 — Estimated initial investment (total)
$1,206,400 [p.19 · WI · 2026-04-29] – $4,993,000 [p.19 · WI · 2026-04-29]
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 | 196 [p.58 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
|---|---|
| Franchised outlets at end of year | 204 [p.58 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
| Net change in franchised outlets | 8 [p.58 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
| Transfers | 17 [p.59 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
| Terminations | Not disclosed |
| Non-renewals | Not disclosed |
| Ceased operations (other) | 10 [p.63 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
| Company-owned outlets at end of year | 11 [p.58 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
Item 19 — Financial performance representation
Headline cohort
All franchised Slim Chicken's restaurants open and operating during the entire fiscal year 2025 · FY2025 (full year)
| Outlets in sample | Average | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166 [p.56 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $2,351,047 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $2,240,967 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $5,872,015 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $534,738 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
All disclosed cohorts (6)
| Cohort | Outlets | Average | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All franchised Slim Chicken's restaurants open and operating during the entire fiscal year 2025 FY2025 (full year) |
166 [p.56 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $2,351,047 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $2,240,967 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $5,872,015 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $534,738 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
| Group 1 - franchised restaurants with gross sales greater than $2,880,000 (full FY2025) FY2025 (full year) |
41 [p.56 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $3,474,177 [p.56 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $3,204,299 [p.56 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $5,872,015 [p.56 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $2,884,654 [p.56 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
| Group 2 - franchised restaurants with gross sales from $2,260,000 to $2,880,000 (full FY2025) FY2025 (full year) |
Not disclosed | $2,541,223 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $2,502,053 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $2,870,795 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $2,266,047 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
| Group 3 - franchised restaurants with gross sales from $1,720,000 to $2,260,000 (full FY2025) FY2025 (full year) |
Not disclosed | $1,974,912 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $1,950,089 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $2,215,887 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $1,737,436 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
| Group 4 - franchised restaurants with gross sales less than $1,780,000 (full FY2025) FY2025 (full year) |
41 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $1,418,412 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $1,506,057 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $1,715,138 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $534,738 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
| Newly opened franchised restaurants open for entire second half of FY2025 (6 months) Last six months of FY2025 (weekly) non-annual metric (not annualized) |
6 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $52,742 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $46,840 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $79,233 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] | $31,739 [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29] |
“Gross Sales consists of the total sales price of all food products (including take-out, drive-thru or catering) and all other products and services sold by the Slim Chicken's Restaurants, including discounts and excluding taxes collected directly from customers and paid” [p.57 · WI · 2026-04-29]
Extraction notes
- Item 7 line items did not sum to the stated total; total shown is the FDD's stated total row only.
- One or more Item 19 figures failed source verification and were removed.
- A non-annual Item 19 metric was excluded from headline consideration; it is labeled, never annualized.