What was the highest Gross Sales for a Gold Star Franchised G5 Outlet in 2024?
Gold_Star Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
| Table 1 - Gold Star Chili Franchised Traditional Outlets | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range | Number of Restaurants Meeting or Exceeding the Average | |||||||
| Tier Number | Average Gross Sales | Median Gross Sales | Low End | High End | Number | Percentage | ||
| of | Number | |||||||
| Stores | ||||||||
| Top | $ $1,592,551.41 | $1,497,802.33 | $1,285,629.03 | $1,928,629.03 | 5 | 41.7% | ||
| 25% 12 | ||||||||
| Top | $1,355,631.81 | $1,242,198.60 | $1,057,612.66 | $1,928,629.03 | 10 | 41.7% | ||
| 50% 24 | ||||||||
| Top | $1,207,778.82 | $1,119,733.62 | $779,464.33 | $1,928,398.90 | 12 | 33.3% | ||
| 75% 36 |
Some Outlets have sold this amount. Your individual results may differ. There is no assurance that you'll sell as much.
At the end of 2024, there were 40 Franchised G5 Outlets. A Franchised G5 Outlet is a Franchised Traditional Outlet that has implemented the current published design standards of facility modifications and menu. All new Restaurants in the System are now required to be G5 Outlets. The facility design standards include new building signage, awnings, paint colors, and drive thru equipment with respect to the exterior and new furniture, cabinetry, paint colors, and graphics with respect to the interior. The menu (which has been implemented at all Gold Star locations) includes chili products, fresh burgers, gourmet fries and salads. The annualized sales data for the Franchised G5 Outlets is a subset of and included in the annualized sales data for all Franchised Traditional Outlets. The financial performance representations in Table 2 below are historical based on information from indicated subsets of the 40 Franchised G5 Outlets that were open for the full fiscal year, January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024. The entire set of 40 Franchised G5 Outlets experienced average Gross Sales of $1,152,691.02(with 15 outlets, or 37
Source: Item 19 — Financial Performance Representations (FDD pages 46–48)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Gold Star's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the highest gross sales for a Franchised G5 Outlet in 2024 was $1,928,398.90. This figure is based on data from a subset of 40 Franchised G5 Outlets that were open for the entire fiscal year, from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. The FDD specifies that a Franchised G5 Outlet is a Franchised Traditional Outlet that has been updated to meet the current design standards for facility modifications and menu. All new Gold Star restaurants are required to be G5 Outlets.
Gold Star notes that while some outlets have achieved this sales level, individual results may vary, and there is no guarantee that a new franchisee will attain similar sales figures. The financial performance data is derived from sales reports submitted by franchisees, which have not been audited or independently verified. However, Gold Star will provide written substantiation of the data upon reasonable request.
Prospective franchisees should note that this high sales figure represents the upper end of performance within the G5 Outlet group. The average Gross Sales for all 40 Franchised G5 Outlets was $1,152,691.02, with 37.5% of the outlets exceeding this average. The median Gross Sales was $1,093,273.54, indicating that half of the outlets performed above this level and half performed below. The lowest performing outlet in this group had Gross Sales of $528,997.30. These figures provide a range of potential outcomes for a Gold Star G5 franchise, highlighting both the potential for high sales and the risk of lower performance.
Gold Star also provides financial performance data for Franchised Traditional Outlets, which includes both G5 and non-G5 locations. The highest gross sales for a Franchised Traditional Outlet was also $1,928,398.90. This suggests that the top-performing location, regardless of whether it was a G5 or non-G5 outlet, achieved the same level of sales. Reviewing both sets of data can give potential franchisees a broader understanding of possible financial outcomes.