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Green Mill Restaurants franchise — is it worth it?
Risk level — in the report
Green Mill Restaurants, LLC is a full-service restaurant franchise with an initial investment ranging from $10,000 to $17,000, plus a $45,000 franchise fee.
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- Risk & red-flag breakdown — what the missing earnings, fees and churn imply.
- How it compares — every number ranked against full-service restaurant peers (median & quartile).
- Litigation detail — each case, franchisee vs. corporate, with summaries.
- Outlet churn & the questions to ask — behind the net change above: closures, terminations, transfers, and what to put to the franchisor.
Figures above are as disclosed in Green Mill Restaurants's most recent FDD (registered 2023). Source: Minnesota Dept. of Commerce — CARDS franchise registrations · filing 28681-202305-07. The risk level, the Item 19 figures, how it compares to peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.
Green Mill Restaurants franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Green Mill Restaurants does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for Green Mill Restaurants — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (many full-service restaurant franchisors do disclose), and the full report reads the risk signals Green Mill Restaurants's FDD does contain — fees, litigation, and outlet churn — against peers. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Full-service restaurant franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Green Mill Restaurants lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Green Mill Restaurants's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2023) discloses no litigation in Item 3. That is a real signal rather than a gap: the FTC Franchise Rule requires a franchisor to disclose material litigation involving itself, its predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 in a current filing means there was nothing it was required to report. It is worth reading alongside the churn numbers — a system can have a clean Item 3 and still be losing franchisees, which is what Item 20 shows.
Green Mill Restaurants closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Green Mill Restaurants will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what Green Mill Restaurants's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a full-service restaurant of this kind.
The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. Green Mill Restaurants's latest tables show a shrinking franchised network — more units left than opened. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Green Mill Restaurants's churn ranks against full-service restaurant peers, are in the full report.
The risk & red-flag breakdown, every figure ranked against full-service restaurant peers, litigation and churn detail — emailed as a PDF.
Who owns Green Mill Restaurants?
Green Mill Restaurants's franchise is offered by Green Mill Restaurants, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2023), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at MN CARDS; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Full-service restaurant franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Green Mill Restaurants is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.
Green Mill Restaurants franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Green Mill Restaurants — who is the franchisor?
Green Mill Restaurants's most recently filed FDD (2023) names Green Mill Restaurants, LLC as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Green Mill Restaurants franchise cost?
Green Mill Restaurants's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $10,000 – $17,000, with an initial franchise fee of $45,000. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. The full report breaks down every fee line and benchmarks it against full-service restaurant peers.
How much profit does a Green Mill Restaurants franchise make?
Green Mill Restaurants makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Green Mill Restaurants at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labour and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does Green Mill Restaurants disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Green Mill Restaurants's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing; the report focuses on the verifiable risk signals instead.
Are there lawsuits against Green Mill Restaurants?
No — Green Mill Restaurants's most recently filed FDD (2023) discloses no litigation in Item 3. Franchisors must disclose material litigation involving themselves, their predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 is a genuine signal rather than an omission.
Is Green Mill Restaurants a good franchise to buy?
That comes down to how Green Mill Restaurants's investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against full-service restaurant peers — which is exactly what the full report answers. For $99 you get the risk level and what's driving it, the actual Item 19 earnings (absent from this FDD), where every figure ranks against peers, and the specific questions to ask the franchisor before you sign.
Everything the sections above point to, in one place: Green Mill Restaurants's risk level and what's driving it, what the missing Item 19 earnings imply, every figure ranked against full-service restaurant peers, and the litigation & churn detail — with the questions to put to the franchisor before you sign.
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