Funding for your situation
What a breakdown really costs a restaurant, how fast funding can move, and a worked example with illustrative numbers.
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Repair-or-replace is a cash decision before it is an equipment decision. The dish machine died on a Wednesday and the rental is costing more each week than a payment would. Merchant Fund Express sees the best outcomes when owners put the downtime cost next to the repair quote.
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.
What it looks like on the ground: the dish machine died on a Wednesday and the rental is costing more each week than a payment would.
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.
Most sales are card and tip-adjusted, so deposits are daily and easy to read, but food cost and payroll are paid first. A reviewer sees that pattern in the statements before reading a word of the application.
| Cost item | Illustrative amount |
|---|---|
| Walk-in cooler compressor | $6,500 |
| Hood fan motor | $3,200 |
| Dishwasher replacement | $7,800 |
| Lost revenue while the restaurant operates short (two weeks, illustrative) | $14,000 |
| Cushion for overruns and slow early weeks (about 10%) | $3,000 |
| Total cost of the breakdown | $34,500 |
Sizing check. If the full repayment shown in an offer were $44,000 over about 26 weeks, the weekly debit would be about $1,692. Against illustrative monthly deposits of $30,000 (about $6,923 a week), that is roughly 24% of weekly deposits. Your own offer states the real repayment amount in dollars; run your numbers on the factor rate calculator before you accept anything.
Source: worksheet by Merchant Fund Express. Illustrative only: these figures are not an offer, and real amounts depend on your file and the funder.
A fixed purchase with a quote you can put in front of a funder.
A real cost of the move that is easy to leave out of the first estimate.
A real cost of the move that is easy to leave out of the first estimate.
A real cost of the move that is easy to leave out of the first estimate.
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.
Merchant Fund Express gives a same-day decision on a complete file, and funding is typically the next business day after signing. A written repair quote and three months of statements are what move it along.
That depends on the age of the equipment and the repair quote relative to replacement. If replacement is the better answer, equipment financing can be built around the new asset.
It depends on the existing position and how the account is behaving. See existing positions and stacking and second position funding.
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.
