2 SBA loans have financed C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. - License Agreement & Supply Agreement locations since 2022, written by 1 different lenders across 1 states. Half were approved for $654K or less, the mix is 504-heavy, and 100% went to owners whose business was under two years old.
A lender that has already underwritten this brand knows the unit economics, the build-out costs, and the franchisor. That is worth more to you than a bigger bank starting from scratch.