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R&B Tea USA franchise — is it worth it?
Risk level — in the report
R&B Tea USA operates in the food & beverage category, requiring an initial investment between $248,258 and $858,868.
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- Risk & red-flag breakdown — what the missing earnings, fees and churn imply.
- How it compares — every number ranked against food & beverage 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 R&B Tea USA's most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-28478. The risk level, the Item 19 figures, how it compares to peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.
R&B Tea USA franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: R&B Tea USA 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 R&B Tea USA — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (many food & beverage franchisors do disclose), and the full report reads the risk signals R&B Tea USA's FDD does contain — fees, litigation, and outlet churn — against peers. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Food & beverage franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
R&B Tea USA lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
We do not publish a litigation answer for R&B Tea USA. Item 3 could not be read reliably from this particular filing, and a claim that a company has no legal history is not one to make on a failed parse — so we say we do not know instead. Item 3 of the FDD itself is the place to check; the methodology page explains what we do and do not machine-read.
R&B Tea USA closures & failure rate
Before you sign, R&B Tea USA 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 R&B Tea USA's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a food & beverage 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. R&B Tea USA's outlet tables are read directly from the FDD in the full report. The actual closure and termination counts, and how R&B Tea USA's churn ranks against food & beverage peers, are in the full report.
The risk & red-flag breakdown, every figure ranked against food & beverage peers, litigation and churn detail — emailed as a PDF.
Who owns R&B Tea USA?
R&B Tea USA's franchise is offered by RB Tea USA, 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 food & beverage franchises
Anyone weighing R&B Tea USA 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.
R&B Tea USA franchise — frequently asked
Who owns R&B Tea USA — who is the franchisor?
R&B Tea USA's most recently filed FDD (2024) names RB Tea USA, 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 R&B Tea USA franchise cost?
R&B Tea USA'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 $3,035,000 and a 6% royalty. 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 food & beverage peers.
How much profit does a R&B Tea USA franchise make?
R&B Tea USA makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for R&B Tea USA 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 R&B Tea USA disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — R&B Tea USA'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 R&B Tea USA?
We do not publish a litigation answer for R&B Tea USA: Item 3 could not be read reliably from this filing, and we would rather say so than assert a clean record we have not verified. Item 3 of the FDD itself is the place to check.
Is R&B Tea USA a good franchise to buy?
That comes down to how R&B Tea USA's investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against food & beverage 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: R&B Tea USA's risk level and what's driving it, what the missing Item 19 earnings imply, every figure ranked against food & beverage peers, and the litigation & churn detail — with the questions to put to the franchisor before you sign.
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