# Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ franchise

Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ is a hot dogs and barbecue franchise based in Cheyenne, WY.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total ongoing fee | 10% of gross sales |
| Royalty | 7% |
| Brand fund | 2% |
| Local advertising | 1% |
| Initial franchise fee | $45,000 |
| Total investment | $301,500–$1,192,500 |
| Units (2024) | 26 (26 franchised, 0 company-owned) |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Franchising since | 2018 |
| Initial term | 10 years |
| Territory | Five-mile radius |
| Item 19 | No financial performance representation. |

The shortest training commitment in this set, at 15 classroom hours and 37 on the job.

## One brand, several physical formats

Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ is a Cheyenne, Wyoming, system founded and franchising
in 2018. The May 2024 comparative study of published FDDs records 26 outlets
as of 2024, all franchised, no company stores. Its
[official franchise page](https://iwantcrave.com/franchising/) currently
promotes brick-and-mortar restaurants, express units and food trucks. Those
formats have different site and buildout needs, so a single historical Item 7
row should not be applied to all of them.

The dataset range is $301,500 to $1,192,500. Its width signals uncertainty or
format scope that must be resolved in the underlying document; it does not by
itself prove that the endpoints correspond to a shell and a second-generation
space. Typical square footage is not in this dataset. The public
[2024 Crave FDD](https://www.restfinance.com/app/pdf/fdd/Crave-Hot-Dogs-2024.pdf)
describes restaurant, express and food-truck offerings, which is why a current
buyer should match the agreement and Item 7 table to the exact format being
considered.

## Fees, Item 19 and support in the study

The initial franchise fee is $45,000. The comparable ongoing stack is 10%: 7%
royalty, 2% brand fund and 1% local advertising. Grand opening is $5,000.
There is no Item 19 financial performance representation in the study row.
That absence matters more than promotional growth language because it limits
which financial claims may be made to a prospect.

Training is 15 classroom hours and 37 on the job, the shortest combined
commitment among brands in this set that quote both. The territory is a
five-mile radius. The agreement term is ten years with one ten-year option.
Renewal fee $5,000; transfer fee $5,000. Each fact is a prompt for deeper
review: what a 52-hour training program covers, whether the radius has
carve-outs, and which of the operator's physical formats the disclosed costs
actually assume.

## Who it is not

Crave is not Wienerschnitzel, not Dog Haus's craft-sausage restaurant row, not
an Item 19 in this source, and not a food equivalent to döner. It is the
young, multi-format, no-representation row in
[hot dogs and sausage](/hot-dogs-and-sausage/). Source: May 2024 comparative
study of published FDDs; dataset year 2024.

## What to request next

Obtain the current FDD and identify which Item 7 table applies: restaurant,
express or food truck. The $301,500–$1,192,500 band in the study is too wide
to underwrite without that match. Confirm that Item 19 still makes no
representation, and do not fill the gap from the franchise page. Read Item 11
against the 15 classroom and 37 on-the-job hours: who must attend, where, and
who pays. Check whether the five-mile territory has carve-outs. The 10% stack
(7% royalty, 2% brand fund, 1% local) is the comparable slice; add any
technology or other Item 6 charges from the current document. Call the
franchisees on the Item 20 list — the 2024 study count is 26, all franchised.

Crave is a small-format hot-dog and barbecue neighbor. Format first, then the
FDD. The public 2024 FDD copy linked above is a reason to match tables, not
a reason to treat this desk's May 2024 study row as the live offer without
checking issuance dates. Twenty-six franchised outlets still sit under no
Item 19 in the study. Scale does not create a representation.

Founded and franchising in 2018, Cheyenne, Wyoming, $45,000 franchise fee.
Those are the study-row basics. The 10% stack is the highest among the three
hot-dog brands. Training is the shortest combined classroom-plus-store
commitment in the set that quotes both hours. Short training is not a
virtue and not a defect until Item 11 is read against the format being sold.


Figures from May 2024 comparative study of published FDDs; dataset year 2024.

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