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Nguyen's Kitchen franchise — is it worth it?
Risk level — in the report
Nguyen's Kitchen Franchising, LLC is a quick-service restaurant concept with a flat 2% all-in fee structure.
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- Risk & red-flag breakdown — what the missing earnings, fees and churn imply.
- How it compares — every number ranked against quick-service restaurant peers (median & quartile).
- Litigation detail — each case, franchisee vs. corporate, with summaries.
- Outlet churn & the questions to ask — closures, terminations, transfers, and what to put to the franchisor.
Figures above are as disclosed in Nguyen's Kitchen's most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-28946. The risk level, the Item 19 figures, how it compares to peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.
Nguyen's Kitchen franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Nguyen's Kitchen 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 Nguyen's Kitchen — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (many quick-service restaurant franchisors do disclose), and the full report reads the risk signals Nguyen's Kitchen's FDD does contain — fees, litigation, and outlet churn — against peers. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Nguyen's Kitchen lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Nguyen's Kitchen's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024) 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.
Nguyen's Kitchen closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Nguyen's Kitchen 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 Nguyen's Kitchen's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a quick-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. Nguyen's Kitchen reports no franchised units open yet — there is no operating track record to churn. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Nguyen's Kitchen's churn ranks against quick-service restaurant peers, are in the full report.
The risk & red-flag breakdown, every figure ranked against quick-service restaurant peers, litigation and churn detail — emailed as a PDF.
Who owns Nguyen's Kitchen?
Nguyen's Kitchen's franchise is offered by Nguyen's Kitchen Franchising, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at CA DFPI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Other quick-service restaurant franchises
Anyone weighing Nguyen's Kitchen 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.
Nguyen's Kitchen franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Nguyen's Kitchen — who is the franchisor?
Nguyen's Kitchen's most recently filed FDD (2024) names Nguyen's Kitchen Franchising, 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 Nguyen's Kitchen franchise cost?
Nguyen's Kitchen's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at a range disclosed in Item 7, 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 quick-service restaurant peers.
How much profit does a Nguyen's Kitchen franchise make?
Nguyen's Kitchen makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Nguyen's Kitchen 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 Nguyen's Kitchen disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Nguyen's Kitchen'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 Nguyen's Kitchen?
No — Nguyen's Kitchen's most recently filed FDD (2024) 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 Nguyen's Kitchen a good franchise to buy?
That comes down to how Nguyen's Kitchen's investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against quick-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: Nguyen's Kitchen's risk level and what's driving it, what the missing Item 19 earnings imply, every figure ranked against quick-service restaurant peers, and the litigation & churn detail — with the questions to put to the franchisor before you sign.
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