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SAVE-A-LOT FOOD STORES: how its 25 SBA loans actually performed

Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores · 25 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 18 lenders have funded this brand.

Defaults run at or below the SBA-wide average

1 of 25 seasoned units charged off — 4.0%, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Units financed
25
SBA 7(a), 2010 onward
Old enough to judge
25
loans at least 7 years old
Defaulted
1
charged off in 7 yrs
Default rate
4.0%
all 7(a) avg 5.7%
Typical loan
$540,000
median approved

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
SAVE-A-LOT FOOD STORES
4.0%
Typical franchise brand
3.0%
All SBA 7(a) loans
5.7%

Who lends on it

most active lenders, 2010 onward
LenderUnits funded
Community Bank, National Association4
Paragon Bank3
First Merchants Bank3
TD Bank, National Association1
Capital Bank, National Association1
The Huntington National Bank1

18 lenders have funded SAVE-A-LOT FOOD STORES since 2010. Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate.

A note on sample size

SAVE-A-LOT FOOD STORES is a smaller-sample brand: 25 of its SBA loans are old enough to judge (our flagship brands have 60+). The default rate above is a real count, but read it as a signal rather than a verdict — with 25 loans, a handful of outcomes moves the number. We omit the year-by-year breakdowns shown on larger brands, which would be noisy at this size.

Common questions

How many SAVE-A-LOT FOOD STORES SBA loans have defaulted?

1 of 25 seasoned SAVE-A-LOT FOOD STORES SBA 7(a) loans charged off within seven years — a 4.0% default rate, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Is a SAVE-A-LOT FOOD STORES franchise a safe SBA loan bet?

By the numbers its default rate is below the SBA-wide 5.7% average. That is a financing signal, not a verdict on the business — and with 25 loans it is a smaller sample than our flagship brands.

Which lenders fund SAVE-A-LOT FOOD STORES franchises?

18 lenders have made SBA loans to SAVE-A-LOT FOOD STORES since 2010, led by Community Bank, National Association.

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