Franchise funding
For multi-unit operators of a cooked-to-order tenders concept: kitchen equipment, development schedules and the deposits behind them.
✓ Merchant Fund Express starts with a soft credit pull. Terms depend on your location's revenue and history.
Updated October 21, 2026 · Merchant Fund Express
Merchant Fund Express funds existing Slim Chickens franchisees with business loans, merchant cash advances, revenue-based financing, lines of credit, equipment financing and working capital, from $25,000 to $5,000,000. Slim Chickens is built for multi-unit development, so we read each restaurant's deposits on its own and size payments after royalty, advertising and chicken drafts. A complete file is decided the same day; funding often follows the next business day.
Franchisees with open Slim Chickens restaurants in freestanding, endcap, in-line, drive-thru-only, conversion or non-traditional sites. The franchisor describes buttermilk-marinated tenderloins, hand-breaded and cooked to order, served with 14 dipping sauces alongside wings, wraps, chicken and waffles and jar desserts. Cooked-to-order frying puts fryer capacity and breading labor at the center of every rush, and the brand targets experienced multi-unit operators.
See the chicken and wings franchise funding guide and the restaurant industry page.
Checked Oct 2026 against official sources: the franchisor's own franchising site, its FDD or SEC filings, or the SBA Franchise Directory. Figures change; confirm current numbers in the latest Franchise Disclosure Document. Figures we could not confirm from an official source are left out.
Already running a Slim Chickens location and need capital? Merchant Fund Express funds existing franchise owners with every product below. Terms depend on the business's revenue and history.
Development agreements commit an owner to open several units on a timeline. Existing units fund the next one; our multi-unit funding page explains how groups are read.
Cooked-to-order tenders mean fryers and breading stations set the speed of the line. Adding or replacing them is a quote-based equipment purchase.
Hand-breading is labor-heavy, and crews are scheduled ahead of sales. A line of credit or payroll funding covers the gap.
| Need | Product | Published requirement it leans on | What to send |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fryers and breading stations | Equipment financing | Vendor quote and useful life | Quote, 3 months of statements |
| Next unit on a development schedule | Revenue-based financing | Tier 2: minimum daily balance $800, up to 2 current advances | Statements per open unit |
| Chicken and sauce orders | Line of credit | Tier 1: 3+ years, FICO 650+, about $25K/month | Statements, distributor invoices |
| Crew payroll gap | Working capital | Tier 2: 6+ months, FICO 600+, $60K verifiable revenue | Statements, payroll register |
| Remodel or drive-thru addition | Business loan | Tier 1, NSFs max 6 a month | Contractor bid, statements |
Merchant Fund Express accepts ITIN applicants.
Picture an endcap unit depositing $96,000 a month. Royalty and advertising drafts are $7,000, chicken and sauces $30,000, payroll $27,000, rent $9,000 and an existing advance $3,600. The owner wants two fryers and a breading station quoted at $48,000.
Figures in this example are illustrations of the arithmetic, not an offer, quote or approval. Real terms depend on the file and the funder.
A first unit with no deposits needs an operating history before Merchant Fund Express can review it; see opening a restaurant franchise. Operators already running units are read on those deposits when adding the next; see second location funding and franchise transfer financing.
Yes. Equipment financing is reviewed against a vendor quote and the equipment's useful life.
Yes. The open units' deposits are what we read; a unit still under construction has no deposits of its own yet.
No. We read deposits and current payments. A committed schedule helps explain why the request exists.
Yes, once the platform payouts land in the business account.
No. Merchant Fund Express is independent. We use the Slim Chickens name only to identify the owners this page is for; it does not mean the franchisor endorses or works with us.
Merchant Fund Express is independent. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Slim Chickens or its franchisor. Brand names identify the owner audience only.
Merchant Fund Express reviews your location's revenue, deposits and existing payments. Same-day decision on a complete file; funding often the next business day. About five minutes to apply.
