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The UK Franchise Growth Index

Frankie & Benny's Express

Food and Drink · Restaurant Franchise · Casual Dining Restaurant

Overall Five Fibre score
46/100
Assessment
Independent
Last reviewed
2026-07-03
Data confidence
Low

The Five Fibre score measures this network against Twine Growth's Five Fibre Framework™ using the information available at the assessment date. It is not an endorsement, a financial recommendation or a recommendation to purchase a franchise.

At a glance

Frankie & Benny's Express at a glance.

Industry
Food and Drink
Franchise category
Restaurant Franchise
Sub industry
Casual Dining Restaurant
Headquarters
United Kingdom
BFA member
No
UK origin
Yes
Recruitment status
Recruiting

Investment

Franchise investment.

Management franchise
Yes
Retail premises
Yes
Executive franchise
Yes
Master franchise available
Yes

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Five Fibre assessment

How the foundations score.

Every franchise network is assessed across the five connected areas Twine Growth believes support sustainable franchise growth.

How the Five Fibre score is calculated

01 Assess Developing10/20

Public information for Frankie & Benny's Express indicates a functioning business and a defined franchise opportunity, but there is limited public evidence on franchisee economics, founder dependency and detailed readiness testing.

02 Build Developing10/20

Frankie & Benny's Express publicly references some franchisee training, support or operating structure, but the depth of the playbook, central systems and documented brand standards is not fully evidenced online.

03 Launch Developing11/20

A franchise proposition and enquiry route are publicly visible for Frankie & Benny's Express, but evidence of a detailed discovery process, candidate journey and documented go to market plan is incomplete.

04 Grow Weak Foundation7/20

There is insufficient public evidence that Frankie & Benny's Express has a predictable, measurable franchise recruitment engine with tracked enquiry sources, conversion rates and a clear territory growth plan.

05 Amplify Weak Foundation8/20

Limited public evidence was found that Frankie & Benny's Express provides a complete local customer growth system covering online presence, local marketing, enquiry generation and location level performance tracking.

46/100 Overall Five Fibre score

Frankie & Benny's Express scores 46/100 and sits in the Growth Gaps band based on publicly available evidence. Launch is the strongest evidenced fibre, while Grow has the greatest public evidence gap. Internal data could change the assessment where systems or performance measures are not published.

Benchmark

How this network compares.

Overall, against the whole Index
This network46
UK Index average75
Overall, against Food and Drink (192 networks)
This network46
Industry average73

Sources

Research sources.

3 public sources used for this profile
  1. Franchise UK
  2. Stage 79 review: public franchise sources checked
  3. unresolved items recorded as not publicly stated/found where no public disclosure was located.

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