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Buona

Burr Ridge, IL · Founded 1981 · BUON

Buona offers franchises for the operation of fast casual restaurants serving Italian beef sandwiches and a variety of other sandwiches, pasta, burgers, hot dogs, salads, and desserts.

Read the 2026 FDD ↗www.buonafranchise.com ↗
2026 Franchise 500
Unranked
34
units (2025)
9.7%
year over year

Units by Year

25
2021
26
2022
28
2023
31
2024
34
2025

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment
$3,904,203 – $5,841,375
FDD Item 7
Franchise fee
$40,000
FDD Item 5
Ad fund
1%
FDD Item 6
Financial performance
Not recorded
FDD Item 19 disclosure
Royalty

4% of Gross Sales

Leadership

  • Carlo Buonavolanto

    Co-Manager

  • Joseph Buonavolanto, Jr.

    Co-Manager

  • Joseph Buonavolanto III

    Executive Vice President

  • Donald Buonavolanto

    Franchise Operations Manager

  • Laurie Cairns

    Senior Vice President of Marketing

  • Joseph Buonavolanto

    Director of Purchasing and Supply Chain

  • Tony Scheri

    Director of Culinary

  • Scott Evans

    Director of Human Resources

  • Mark Kearins

    Director of Information Technology

  • Brie Craft

    Learning and Development Manager

On File

FDD years
202620252024
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Franchisee records
1
Current roster rows
Signed, not open
3
FDD Item 20, Table 5
Franchising for
4 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

PDFBuona FDD 2026Most recent · opens in a new tabPDFBuona FDD 2025Opens in a new tabPDFBuona FDD 2024Opens in a new tab

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Read from this brand's Franchise Disclosure Documents. FDD library maintained by AskTy; figures are as filed by the franchisor.