How many Franchised G5 Outlets did Gold Star have at the end of 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, at the end of 2024, Gold Star had 40 Franchised G5 Outlets. Gold Star defines a 'Franchised G5 Outlet' as a 'Franchised Traditional Outlet' that has been updated to meet the brand's current design standards for facility modifications and menu. All new Gold Star restaurants are now required to be G5 Outlets. These standards include updated building signage, awnings, paint colors, and drive-thru equipment on the exterior, along with new furniture, cabinetry, paint colors, and graphics for the interior. The updated menu, which is implemented at all Gold Star locations, features chili products, fresh burgers, gourmet fries, and salads.
The FDD indicates that the financial performance data for the Franchised G5 Outlets is a subset of the data for all Franchised Traditional Outlets. The financial performance representations in Table 2 are based on historical data from a subset of the 40 Franchised G5 Outlets that were open for the entire fiscal year, from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.
Prospective franchisees should note that while the FDD provides data on the performance of these G5 Outlets, Gold Star states that individual results may vary, and there is no assurance that a franchisee will achieve similar sales figures. The FDD includes average and median gross sales figures, as well as the range of sales performance among these outlets, to provide franchisees with an understanding of potential financial outcomes.