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Top 10 Restaurant Franchises
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Key Facts For growlerusafranchise.com
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- Franchising Since:
- 2014
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- Franchise Units:
- 7
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- Cash Investment:
- $100,000
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- Total Investments:
- $396,363 - $591,310
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 6%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- growlerusafranchise.com
Key Facts For Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.
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- Franchising Since:
- 1982
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- Franchise Units:
- 818
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- Cash Investment:
- $40K
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- Total Investments:
- $1,729 - 3,149K
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 5%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.buffalowildwings.com
Key Facts For Elmers Restaurant
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- Franchising Since:
- 1960
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- Franchise Units:
- 19
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- Cash Investment:
- $25K
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- Total Investments:
- $600 - 2,000K
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 15%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.eatatelmers.com
Key Facts For Burger 21, Inc.
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- Franchising Since:
- 2010
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- Franchise Units:
- 13
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- Cash Investment:
- $200,000
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- Total Investments:
- $422,083 - $974,395
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 5%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.burger21.com
Key Facts For Bennigans
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- Franchising Since:
- 1976
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- Franchise Units:
- 80
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- Cash Investment:
- $1486K
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- Total Investments:
- $250 - 5,000K
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 10%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- bennigans.com
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Key Facts For Long John Silvers, LLC
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- Franchising Since:
- 1969
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- Franchise Units:
- 1,313
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- Cash Investment:
- $20K
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- Total Investments:
- $883 - 1,403K
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 5%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.ljsilvers.com
Key Facts For Biggby Coffee
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- Franchising Since:
- 1994
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- Franchise Units:
- 168
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- Cash Investment:
- $70,000
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- Total Investments:
- $159,850 - $316,100
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 5%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- biggby.com
Key Facts For Blimpie America's Sub Sho...
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- Franchising Since:
- 1964
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- Franchise Units:
- 558
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- Cash Investment:
- $18K
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- Total Investments:
- $60 - 200K
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 6%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.kahalamgmt.com
Key Facts For Moxie's Classic Grill
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- Franchising Since:
- 1986
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- Franchise Units:
- 28
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- Cash Investment:
- $60K-100K
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- Total Investments:
- $3.3M 40% cash
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 4%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.moxies.com
Key Facts For Friendly's Restaurants
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- Franchising Since:
- 1935
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- Franchise Units:
- 197
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- Cash Investment:
- $15-35K
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- Total Investments:
- $474.8 - 1,977.1K
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 7%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.friendlys.com
Evaluation Critieria: Best Restaurant Franchise Opportunities
Growth Prospect
Over the course of our research we have found entrepreneurs to be highly concerned about the ability for a franchise to develop businesses which leverage strategies and methodologies to inhibit growth and expansion over time. It is important for the restaurant franchises to be taking the steps required to ensuring their businesses will be successful based on their internal strategies for providing food and service.
Marketing Support
Restaurants are one of the most common types of businesses. As a result, it is important for franchises which produce restaurant businesses to be investing in targeted and highly effective advertising and marketing campaigns. It is important to target audiences which are most likely to select the restaurant based on their preference and the demographic which has previously shown interest in the type of food served.
Training
Different types of restaurants often require a different style or level of training compared to fast food restaurants. It is important for the franchises to be invested in ensuring individuals are being trained properly for the preparation and handling food. It is also important for the restaurant franchises to provide their restaurants with training materials and information to ensure consistent quality across them.
Ongoing Support
We believe it is important for the franchised restaurants to feel as though they are receiving positive reinforcement from their franchisor through their continued communication and support. We analyze whether the franchisor is available to assist the restaurants in improving their production of meals and dining. It is also important to have a channel of communication available between restaurants and the franchisor.
Value
For entrepreneurs a lot of the value of a franchise comes from the familiarity and the reputation that a brand has achieved amongst their target audiences. It is vital to the success of restaurant franchises that the franchisors achieve success in obtaining a level of recognition amongst their clients which can be equated to the capability of expanding their business into new regions and locations comfortably.
