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The UK Franchise Growth Index

Smoke & Pepper

Food and Drink · Quick Service Franchise · Burger

Overall Five Fibre score
65/100
Assessment
Independent
Last reviewed
2026-07-02
Data confidence
High

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

Smoke & Pepper at a glance.

Industry
Food and Drink
Franchise category
Quick Service Franchise
Sub industry
Burger
Franchising started
2023
Headquarters
London
BFA member
Yes
UK origin
Yes
Recruitment status
Active

Investment

Franchise investment.

Investment from
£166,000
Investment to
£348,000
Management franchise
Yes
Retail premises
Yes
Executive franchise
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 Strong13/20

Public information for Smoke & Pepper shows an established operating proposition and evidence of a repeatable franchise model. Commercial detail is visible, although internal profitability and founder dependency cannot be fully verified publicly.

02 Build Strong14/20

Public franchise material for Smoke & Pepper describes structured training, operational support and repeatable systems for franchisees. The score stops short of full marks because internal manuals, central resources and founder independence are not fully visible publicly.

03 Launch Strong14/20

Smoke & Pepper has a clear public franchise proposition with recruitment messaging and an enquiry route. Public material also indicates a structured path towards joining, although the full discovery and launch process is not always disclosed.

04 Grow Developing11/20

Smoke & Pepper is publicly recruiting franchisees and shows some expansion intent, but consistent monthly enquiry generation, source attribution, conversion tracking and founder independent recruitment cannot be confirmed.

05 Amplify Strong13/20

Public material for Smoke & Pepper indicates franchisees receive marketing or local growth support and have a brand backed local presence. Location level enquiry tracking and the degree of independent customer generation are not fully public.

65/100 Overall Five Fibre score

Smoke & Pepper scores 65/100 and sits in the Growth Ready band based on publicly available evidence. Build 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 network65
UK Index average75
Overall, against Food and Drink (192 networks)
This network65
Industry average73

Sources

Research sources.

6 public sources used for this profile
  1. Official website
  2. What Franchise
  3. BFA
  4. Companies House
  5. Stage 80 review: public franchise sources checked
  6. unresolved Unknown cells updated to a concrete public disclosure status where no public value was located.

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