# Shah's Halal Food franchise

Shah's Halal Food is a new york-area chicken and rice franchise based in Amityville, NY.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total ongoing fee | 7% of gross sales |
| Royalty | 5% |
| Brand fund | 1% |
| Local advertising | 1% |
| Initial franchise fee | $30,000 |
| Total investment | $197,000–$405,000 |
| Typical size | 1,200–2,000 sq ft |
| Units (2023) | 58 (0 franchised, 14 company-owned) |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Initial term | 10 years |
| Territory | Up to five miles by driving distance, smaller in cities. Non-traditional sites are excluded. |
| Item 19 | No financial performance representation. The filing states that no financial performance representation is made. |

Forty-four of the 58 outlets operate under a license agreement rather than a franchise. Item 20 states that no franchises were operating as of the filing.

## Brand footprint is not franchise footprint

Shah's Halal Food is a New York-area chicken-and-rice system founded in 2005
and based in Amityville, New York. The FDD issued 10 April 2024, dataset year
2024, records 58 outlets at year-end 2023. Fourteen were company-owned and 44
operated under license agreements; Item 20 says no franchised outlets were
operating.

That distinction prevents a common overstatement. The row is a 58-outlet brand
footprint, not evidence of 58 franchisees operating under the agreement being
offered. Shah's current [company history](https://www.shahshalalfood.com/about/)
claims a much larger international footprint in 2026. It is a later
operator-reported count with different geography and possibly different
agreement types, so it does not replace the 2023 FDD snapshot.

## Certification, fees and Item 7

Shah's publishes dated halal certificates on its
[official site](https://www.shahshalalfood.com/). Those documents support the
operator's certification claim; the FDD separately governs the franchise
comparison. Keeping the two source types distinct avoids treating “halal” as
either a cuisine synonym or a financial credential.

The comparable fee stack is 7%: 5% royalty, 1% brand fund and 1% local
advertising. The 2024 franchise fee is $30,000. Item 7 prints a total range of
$197,000 to $405,000 for 1,200 to 2,000 square feet, the lowest disclosed band
in the live set. Its fifteen high-column line items sum to $410,000. This
directory preserves the filing's printed $405,000 total and reports the $5,000
discrepancy instead of silently correcting an issued document. Grand opening
is $1,000–$5,000. Working capital in the line-item table is three months.

## Item 19, training, term and territory

There is no Item 19 financial performance representation. The filing states
that none is made. Training is 19 classroom hours and 85 on the job. The
initial term is ten years with one additional ten-year term. Transfer fee is
50% of the then-current franchise fee. Territory extends up to five miles by
driving distance and shrinks in dense cities; non-traditional sites are
excluded.

The combination of licensed growth, no operating franchises in the source year
and no Item 19 makes the current franchise agreement more important than the
visibility of the consumer brand. Validation calls to licensees are not the
same exercise as calling franchisees on an Item 20 list.

## Who it is not

Shah's is not The Halal Guys' 88-franchised-unit platter system, not The Great
Greek's 35-year grill, not a German-döner shop, and not a 58-unit franchise
track record. It is the low Item 7 neighbor in
[Mediterranean and halal](/mediterranean-and-halal/) and the licensed-footprint
side of [Halal Guys versus Shah's](/compare/halal-guys-vs-shahs-halal/).
Source: FDD issued 10 April 2024; dataset year 2024.

## What to request next

Obtain the current FDD and confirm whether any franchised outlets now exist;
the 2024 filing said none were operating. Do not treat the 44 licensed shops
or the 14 company shops as a franchisee validation sample for the agreement
on offer. Item 7 prints $197,000–$405,000; note the high-column arithmetic
gap of $5,000 against the printed total. There is no Item 19. Stack is 7%.
Training is 19 classroom and 85 on the job. Term is ten years. Territory
shrinks in cities and excludes non-traditional sites. Inspect the dated
certificates on [shahshalalfood.com](https://www.shahshalalfood.com/) for
scope, separately from the filing. International counts on the company
history page do not replace the 2023 Item 20 snapshot.

Shah's is the low printed investment neighbor in this aisle. It is not a
58-unit franchise track record. Grand opening is $1,000–$5,000. The
1,200–2,000-square-foot assumption is a full-sized restaurant in the Item 7
companion record, not a cart. Licensed growth can look like franchise scale
on a consumer locator; Item 20 in the 2024 filing is the correction.


Figures from FDD issued 10 April 2024; dataset year 2024.

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