Funding for your situation
What a restaurant can do when advance debits are failing, how restructure options are compared, and a worked example with illustrative numbers.
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Falling behind on an advance is more common in restaurants than anyone says out loud. Most sales are card and tip-adjusted, so deposits are daily and easy to read, but food cost and payroll are paid first. When one slow stretch lands on top of a daily debit, the account stops covering both the debit and the bills around it.
Merchant Fund Express is a funding marketplace: you apply once, and the file is matched to the structure that fits it. The sections below show what this situation usually costs, how a funder reads it, and what to prepare.
Patio weather, holidays and local events move covers up and down by the week. For a restaurant, that rhythm decides when a funding request reads best and how it should be repaid.
What it looks like on the ground: the line is full on Friday and Saturday, but the second dining room has been dark since the last tenant left.
Compliance touchpoints for a restaurant often include health department plan review and certificate of occupancy, which can come up when the request involves a new site, a purchase or a significant change.
A restaurant file is read through card and total deposits over the last three months, and how steady they are week to week, whether a lease, build-out or equipment purchase is already paid for or is what the funds are for and existing advances or loans debiting the same account.
What counts as default, what fees apply and what remedies the funder reserves.
A payoff letter beats a guess from the statement, especially if part of it went to a walk-in cooler compressor.
Most sales are card and tip-adjusted, so deposits are daily and easy to read, but food cost and payroll are paid first.
Restructure the payment, replace the position or add room through a defined second position.
| Item | Illustrative amount |
|---|---|
| Remaining balance on an advance taken for hood and line equipment (illustrative) | $65,000 |
| Daily debit | $650 a day, or $3,250 a week |
| Missed debits so far | $1,950 (three days, illustrative) |
| Fees under the agreement (illustrative) | $2,600 |
| Weekly cash a restaurant in a slow stretch can really carry | $1,950 |
What this shows. The gap between the debit and what the account can carry is the number any restructure has to solve, and for a restaurant it moves with the year: patio weather, holidays and local events move covers up and down by the week. Compare it with MCA refinance, MCA buyout and the MCA payoff calculator.
Source: worksheet by Merchant Fund Express. Illustrative only: these figures are not an offer, and real amounts depend on your file and the funder.
These are the same factors described on revenue and deposit requirements and time in business. Merchant Fund Express walks you through how your own file reads before you apply.
A complete file is what makes a same-day decision possible. If something is missing, tell us and we will work around it.
Sometimes, depending on the balance and how the account is behaving. Options include a MCA refinance, a buyout for balances of $100,000 or less, or a second position. Merchant Fund Express reviews the file the same day it is complete.
If the funder is escalating or has sent a legal notice, yes. This page is general information, not legal advice.
No. It changes which options fit and how the file is read. See funding after a defaulted advance.
The minimum FICO is 500, and better credit means better products and terms. See credit score requirements for how the tiers work.
Merchant Fund Express gives a same-day decision on a complete file. Applying takes a few minutes and will not affect your credit score.
