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Great Steak
Great Steak franchise is the perfect option for a savvy entrepreneur who wants to run a simple business with a small staff, low overhead and few moving parts. Our food court, mall based, franchise model has been extremely popular for more than 30 years. Our in-line restaurants require a small footprint, small staff and low-overhead.
Cash Required: $150,000
Abbott’s Frozen Custard
Be the first in your community to start an Abbott’s Frozen Custard franchise. Learn from the best and be the best in the $8 billion U.S. frozen dessert industry. We have a 100+ year history of success that starts with our lean operating procedures, detailed training program, great employees, passionate franchisees, loyal customers and an experienced management team focused on ensuring every customer’s Abbott’s Experience is nothing but the very best.
Cash Required: $120,000
Paisano’s
How many franchise opportunities can produce over $1,000 average sales per square foot? In fact, Paisano’s averages more than $1,532,263 per Paisano’s unit and in 20 years, not a single restaurant closure. If you’re looking for a Restaurant opportunity that delivers on food and as a top investment, Paisano’s may be for you.
Cash Required: $150,000
Wing It On!
Welcome to the Wing Joint for Wing Nuts! Wing It On! is about BETTER WINGS, BETTER SANDWICHES, and A BETTER CHICKEN CONCEPT, PERIOD. A social distancing brand. Our Wing It On! corporate store has seen a record-setting 50% increase in year-over-year sales for the weeks following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cash Required: $70,000
Flour Power Kids Cooking Studios
Flour Power franchises are kids cooking studios. They have a recipe for success while helping you make a positive impact in YOUR community. The Flour Power team will provide unparalleled support, lesson plans and so much more to help spread our positive message about changing lives of children in our communities by introducing new, healthy foods in a hands-on environment.
Cash Required: $50,000
Nashville Hot Chicken
Nashville Hot Chicken franchise is an emerging food franchise brand. NHC gives you the option to start a stand-alone location, a food truck or a ghost chicken. All business models are substantial but simple to start with capital as low as $20,000. NHC is COVID-19 Proof while serving signature recipes that are the talk of Los Angeles. Get in early now!
Cash Required: $15,000
Healthier4U Vending
“If this is your first or tenth business, our business plan is easy to follow and anyone who follows it will see results” says Co-Founder Brian Swain. We know what it takes to help you be successful in the healthy vending industry. Our vending franchise team starts with complete training, ongoing support, lifetime coaching and the strongest guarantees in the industry. Not only do we have the best equipment and location program in the industry, we have the best people. Multiple investment options starting at $35,000.
Cash Required: $35,000
Huddle House
Huddle House is a Southern diner franchise known for our ‘round-the-clock breakfast, Southern hospitality and being the best place to gather in any hometown. After more than 50 years in business, we’ve earned our status as an iconic brand. We specialize in high-margin breakfast items through all dayparts. More than 60% of all Huddle House restaurants have been remodeled or opened with the new and strategic Evolution design. In fact, the Evolution design restaurants achieve average sales over 30% higher than older design restaurants.*
Cash Required: $150,000
Philly Pretzel Factory
Did you know 45% of Philly Pretzel Factory franchise owners own multiple stores! The reason for that is PROVEN GROWTH, solid support and a model that is simple and easy to run. Our goal is to have you succeed. We offer the best of the best in food, outrageous support from day one and the Philly Pretzel Factory marketing methods to keep you going strong. Financing assistance is available. Get started now!
Cash Required: $100,000
Tapville Social Eatery & Self-Pour
Start a one-of-a-kind Pour Your Own Beer, Wine & Cider franchise opportunity. Tapville Social is exploding across the USA with the popular KIOSK CONCEPT for under $160k, the Mobile Kiosk and the Brick & Mortar Restaurant. Our executive team are experts in operational training and we’ve built the tools, standard operating procedures and training to help a franchisee open and operate our concept. Get started today by requesting ownership details.
Cash Required: $50,000
Jimmy John’s
One of the fastest growing restaurant chains in the U.S., Jimmy John’s is now seeking multi-unit operators to fuel our growth. Homemade bread is served freshly baked, and the meats and veggies are freshly sliced in-shop every day. We Make it Happen at Jimmy John’s!
Cash Required: $200,000
Totally Nutz
Totally Nutz franchise owners use both carts and kiosks at sports stadiums, convention centers, shopping malls and more to sell fresh roasted nuts. This is a “crazy” profitable business that starts fast and scales to multiple-units. Entrepreneur magazine 2018, ranks Totally Nutz in the Franchise 500, Top Food Franchise & Top New Franchise.
Cash Required: $57,500
Le Macaron
The Le Macaron franchise business model is flexible and efficient with appealing designs. Whether it is a modern café, kiosk or movable cart, it will adapt to a variety of high foot traffic shopping, dining, or tourist areas. There is no on-site baking and start-up costs are relatively low. Our Item 19 shows average monthly gross sales of $32,484. Learn more now!
Cash Required: $75,000
Jon Smith Subs
Jon Smith Subs has been a leader in the sandwich franchise industry for more than 30 years. Outside of award winning fresh food, franchise owners benefit from World-class training, a turnkey operation, marketing support and being a part of the United Franchise Group family of brands. Great territories available across America.
Cash Required: $50,000
Vom Fass Gourmet Food
VOM FASS offers a gourmet food, spirits, liqueurs, and wine franchise. In fact, VOM FASS is the premier specialty retailer of the world’s finest oils, vinegars, spirits and fine wine.
Cash Required: $50,000
Patrice & Associates
We are one of the largest restaurant and hospitality management recruiting firms in the country. LOW START-UP COSTS! No inventory to buy, no car to wrap, no office to lease or location to build, no employees to hire. All you need is a telephone and the internet to be in business! Patrice & Associates is the only staffing and recruiting franchise in North America to give you leads (CLIENTS) from Day One! Work from home recruiting with the ability to bring on additional recruiters who can work from their homes anywhere in the country.
Cash Required: $50,000
Miller’s Roast Beef
Miller’s Roast Beef franchise provides multiple revenue streams that includes catering, gift card sales, online ordering and Miller’s Roast Beef® apparel. We have shown consistent year-over-year growth and have shown no signs of slowing down. Miller’s Roast Beef® is able to tap effectively into both of these industries while appealing to customers of all backgrounds and demographics. This includes the gluten-free demographic which also allows us to hit the gluten-free consumption segment of the food industry.
Cash Required: $150,000
Mr. Sticky’s
Consider a Mr. Sticky’s for your neighborhood, town, or borrough. Our Lancaster operation has been getting a lot of notoriety from Trip Advisor, notably, being in the top 5 position of their list of 495 restaurants in Lancaster County. The Mr. Sticky’s EASY ENTRY PROGRAM allows you to amortize the franchise fee over multiple years. The payback of the initial start-up cost may come from daily operations. Give Mr. Sticky’s some serious consideration as your franchise choice.
Cash Required: $30,000
Alumni Cookie Dough
Alumni Cookie Dough is a simple concept to open and operate at a very affordable cost. We offer multiple income streams, including wholesale, catering and neighborhood focused delivery. There is no direct competition and who doesn’t love great tasting, edible cookie dough? Alumni Cookie Dough is not like any other restaurant. It’s a clean environment with no frying, steaming, baking or any other type of cooking. There is potential for a very handsome return with a small staff and little perishable inventory to spoil.
Cash Required: $50,000
Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt
Since 2005. Pinkberry has become synonymous with frozen yogurt, reigniting the craze and reaching new generations of froyo fanatics. Our franchisees build amazing businesses on the strength of our brand recognition, high-quality product, and devotion to hospitality. Gen Z – Millennials ages 14-35 have a passion for Pinkberry’s frozen yogurt. Their emphasis is on fitness and eating right. It is the healthier choice. “Pinkberry has become a Bicoastal Urban Phenomenon” – The New York Times
Cash Required: $100,000
Voodoo Brewery
Voodoo Brrewery Franchise has a world-class brewing staff! Individuals, the world over can now own and operate a Voodoo Brewery pub franchise. Each location is different — with some serving locally-sourced grub — but they all maintain Voodoo’s quirky, industrial style while pouring its award-winning beverages. Franchises that open through the new pub expansion program won’t be cookie-cutter places. Bolster your community economically and otherwise and start a Voodoo Brewpub! Learn more here.
Cash Required: $150,000
DUCTZ
DUCTZ is an unparalleled franchise opportunity offering HVAC restoration and air duct cleaning for residential, commercial and healthcare properties. DUCTZ franchise owners have the most advanced equipment, proven business systems, comprehensive training and and cutting-edge computer systems to help run your business. We’ll help market your business and be there from day one to assist with your success.
Cash Required: $100,000
Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar
Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar is unlike any other Oyster Bar Restaurant. We start with an amazing, fun atmosphere and we serve multi-award winning seafood. There is a reason to choose Shuckin’ Shack. We have next to NO national competition. With a comparatively low investment starting at $252,700 and current Owners averaging over $1.3 million in net sales, you’re investing in a franchise with a sales-to-investment percentage of 266%—those are some shuckin’ good economics! Need we say more.
Cash Required: $150,000
Dolly Llama Waffle Master
The Dolly Llama Waffle Master dessert franchise is one of the most popular food hot spots in Los Angeles. The Dolly Llama is especially attractive to investors looking to franchise multiple units. We offer 3 models that include Brick & Mortar, Kiosk Model and a Mobile Trailer. The Dolly Llama was founded by real estate leader Eric Shomof and Samuel Baroux, an acclaimed European entrepreneur and restaurateur.
Cash Required: $60,000
Scooter’s Coffee
The Scooter’s Coffee “drive-thru kiosk” model is the original business model of the company and remains at the core of our brand. We have also experienced success with our drive-thru coffeehouses, that it serve as gathering places for our customers to enjoy quality coffee, impeccable service and a welcoming atmosphere. We have the flexibility to tailor our business models for special locations, such as airports, malls, hospitals and hotels.
Cash Required: $100,000
WOODY’S Bar-B-Q
WOODY’S Bar-B-Q sold our first franchise in 1989 and have never looked back. As a Woody’s Bar-B-Q franchisee, you’ll benefit from four decades of growth of the Woody’s Bar-B-Q brand, as well as three decades of evolution of our franchise system. Our food makes the difference for our franchisees but it’s our circle of support from day one that will ensure your long term success. No one compares to our financials per unit. Learn more about WOODY’S Bar-B-Q today!
Cash Required: $100,000
Apple Spice Box Lunch Delivery and Catering Co.
Apple Spice Box Lunch Delivery and Catering franchise has a 30-year history and a long track record of success in the delivery and catering business. You can participate in the exciting food business industry without all the long hours and weekends. We deliver and cater to local businesses and corporations in more than 40 stores across the United States. The best in training and support from day one. Learn more now!
Cash Required: $200,000
Clean Eatz
Clean Eatz is a one of a kind lifestyle brand that provides customers with multiple options to pursue their healthy lifestyle goals. While customers love the food… there is even more for franchise owners to love. Clean Eatz is looking for the best of the best for potential franchise owners. We are available in most areas of the United States. There is a minimum financial requirement of at least $90,000 for any potential franchise owners. Learn more here!
Cash Required: $90,000
Toastique
TOASTIQUE elevates toast to a health-focused power meal. We have created a business model that has done what few health food franchises have before it – generated over $1 million in the first year of operation! Gourmet Toasts, Smoothies, Smoothie Bowls and Cold-Pressed Juices are all part of the fare here. Maximum earning potential, a low initial investment starting at $280,000 with low overhead. Learn more now!
Cash Required: $150,000
Mahana Fresh
Join the Mahana Fresh family today. Our Mahana franchise team has over 100 years of restaurant experience across well-know food franchise brands. Our world-class team is changing the fast casual food experience serving up healthy food bowls like no other. We are aggressive with our Mahana Fresh franchise expansion opening in most markets across America. Learn more right here.
Cash Required: $100,000
Ziggi’s Coffee
Ziggi’s Coffee franchise is a proven model and a process and system for you to duplicate. It is the success of our franchise system that makes our amazing family. We offer a business model that will fit your budget including a coffeehouse model, a coffeehouse with drive-thru and a double-sided drive-thru. From day one, we offer training and support, marketing support and funding opportunities to assist with your franchise growth.
Cash Required: $100,000
DonutNV
Start a DonutNV mobile food truck franchise in your community. You can operate your business full or part-time and get started in as little as 60 days. Our initial franchise fee is only $10,000 with a total investment starting at $81,850. Become a DonutNV franchise owner and be a part of an established quick food service brand. If you want schedule flexibility and want to work when you want, DonutNV is the perfect franchise for you.
Cash Required: $10,000
We Sell Restaurants
Don’t Buy A Restaurant… SELL THEM! Own your own We Sell Restaurants franchise and benefit from the high turnover volume of restaurants. Did you know 20% of all restaurants are for sale at any given time? Regardless of your background, we can show you how to own your own restaurant brokerage practice. We supply both buyer and seller leads. We provide full back office systems and support. You can even work from home. Learn more right here.
Cash Required: $50,000
Nekter Juice Bar
Franchise With Nékter – With an Average Unit Volume of $957,628*, outstanding training & support, and huge growth potential, Nékter Juice Bar is the ideal franchise opportunity for you. We’ve spent the past nine years fine-tuning our business model across 16 states, with over 167 locations, both corporate and franchised, and we now employ over 1000 employees nationwide. From training to operations to marketing, our proven systems will serve as a foundation for your success with Nékter.
Cash Required: $100,000
Milkster Nitrogen Creamery
Welcome to Milkster, the world-class dessert that’s changing the world one cup at a time. Our concepts start as low as $25,000 all in investment including our introductory franchise fee of just $12,500 (lowest in the industry). We have 3 business models for you to choose from. Our HUB is a creamery workspace that is mobile and requires minimal set up. The STATION is the store within a store. It will fit in your current space and the MILKSTER EXPERIENCE is an experience to behold.
Cash Required: $15,000
Cousins Maine Lobster
Since 2012, Cousins Maine Lobster has been continually featured on the most influential entrepreneurial and culinary programming, including Shark Tank, The Food Network, The Chew, Good Morning America, CNBC, Today, and the Cooking Network. Our food franchise represents a low start-up cost, low overhead opportunity in mobile food service that will give you the greatest ability to maximize profits. Learn more now!
Cash Required: $50,000
Rush Bowls
Today, Rush Bowls is a proven concept. Rush Bowls is a truly healthy food concept that was launched in 2004. Rush Bowls taps into three industries; The $1 TRILLION health food industry; $500 MILLION acai berry industry and the $384 MILLION health-focused fast casual industries. No hoods, ovens or grills, just blenders and a freezer. A simple operation. Most fast-casual brands have initial investments of $500k to $1million. At Rush Bowls, investments start as low as $222,500.
Cash Required: $150,000
DriveKindness We Deliver
Ride the restaurant food delivery wave and own a DriveKindness We Deliver franchise. DriveKindness sold over 336 territories within our FIRST year of operations. We offer a home-based business with a low cost of entry. Get hassle-free restaurant revenue and build a scalable business in your community. Break into the restaurant industry without the costs of opening a restaurant! Own a home-based business for a low investment starting at just $70K!
Cash Required: $150,000
Combo Kitchen
Founded in 2020 by Franchise Creator CEO, Mr. Hossein Kasmai, Combo Kitchen is the world’s first ghost kitchen franchise opportunity of it’s kind. Ghost kitchens, also known as virtual, shadow, or cloud kitchens, are professional food preparation and cooking facilities without dining areas to facilitate to-go orders and deliveries.
Cash Required: $60,000
The Rusty Dog
America loves Corndogs! Our social distancing friendly custom Food Trucks are all about “People First.” The Rusty Dog MOBILE food business caters to a FAIR-STYLE environment. We love fairs and festivals and big events. We can accommodate large crowds and still be 100% pandemic friendly where ever you live. No set locations….just go where the people are. Low cost, easy to start and pandemic friendly.
Cash Required: $50,000
MOOYAH Burgers
As the best burger franchise in the industry, we want to partner with Franchise Owners who are hungry to succeed, grow into multiple locations, become leaders in their communities and who will take pride in playing their part in building the biggest, best (and most fun!) brand of its kind. If you’re looking for lower risk and high reward in a burger franchise consider MOOYAH. We’ve spent more than ten years learning how to keep our build-out costs low. We don’t sacrifice beautiful and fun restaurants and we don’t restrict high-quality food. All of this means, faster ROIs. Cha-CHING!
Cash Required: $250,000
Press Waffle Co.
Press Waffle Co. is still run by the same team that built it from the ground up. We currently operate 3 company owned stores, with more planned for later this year. These stores give our franchisees a unique advantage because every new technology, every menu change, and every system we implement goes into our own stores first. We take the burden of trial and error off your hands so you can run your business with ease. OUR BRAND. YOUR BUSINESS. A WINNING COMBINATION.
Cash Required: $100,000
Chick’nCone
Chick’nCone is a unique fast food franchise concept that is rapidly expanding into new markets around the world. Chick’nCone is becoming a household brand with over 75K cross-platform social media followers and over 30 million total online video views. Chick’nCone™ is the answer to an increasing demand for fresh food, fast service and friendly employees, and will build on the fast growing chicken based fast food market. Be the hero in your neighborhood!
Cash Required: $45,000
Snowy River Cocktail Co
Snowy River Cocktail Co is an award-winning, very popular, craft cocktail bar that has been delighting Seattle-area diners, is now franchising across the United States. Snowy River Cocktail Co is unique. Cocktails are made with premium spirits and Snowy River’s eye-catching all-natural cocktail decorating products like cocktail glitter, rim salts, rim sugars, toppers, and beverage color.
Cash Required: $50,000
Factory Donuts
Factory Donuts. Always Hot. Always Fresh. Made to Order. Factory Donuts is a unique donut specialty franchise with an experience like no other. This simplistic concept is an emerging brand that will take on a life of its own in a short period of time. Learn more now!
Cash Required: $50,000
Corporate Caterers
You can be in the food business without a high start-up investment with Corporate Caterers. Are food margins are higher because our costs are lower and our hours of operation are much shorter. We have a proven business system, software programs, marketing programs, and an operating system designed for the catering business. Get more information right here.
Cash Required: $75,000
Planet Smoothie
If you’re looking for an opportunity to build a great business that costs less to start compared to most restaurant concepts, Planet Smoothie may be your perfect fit. The product is exceptional. The product is healthy and frozen fruit sales in the U.S. have more than doubled since 2011. Planet Smoothie launched in 1995, now has more than 125 stores throughout the United States.
Cash Required: $100,000
HOODZ
HOODZ franchise owners benefit from a proven business model. They are the industry leader in restaurant kitchen exhaust systems & oven cleaning. And it is more than just restaurants. HOODZ services keep casinos, airports, health care facilities, schools, military bases prisons and more compliant. We offer in-house financing for 50% of the franchise fee and we also have third-party relationships to help you finance your additional business needs. Learn more here.
Cash Required: $100,000
Cold Stone Creamery
For more than 25 years, Cold Stone Creamery has been one of the most talked about ice cream franchises in the world. Today, Cold Stone has nearly 1,000 ice cream franchises operating in the U.S. Both single unit and multi-unit franchise opportunities are available nationwide.
Cash Required: $100,000
Spitz Mediterranean Street Food
SPITZ is a fast-casual franchise featuring made from scratch Mediterranean Street Food. We engineered our concept to appeal to consumers of all ages but the menu and decor are most relevant to Millennial and Gen Z’s. SPITZ Mediterranean restaurants are easy to operate and are capable of exceptional revenue through dine-in, delivery, take away with curbside pickup and catering sales channels. We will work directly with you to operate a highly efficient 500 to 3,500 square foot restaurant.
Cash Required: $100,000
Churned Creamery
Churned Creamery is the next big ice cream franchise expanding from coast to coast. They have developed a perfected process for crafting fresh, premium ice cream. Crafted with care, our artisan ice cream is velvety smooth, and rich in flavor. Customers are left with long-lasting impressions, eager to try every delectable frozen concoction featured on our menu. Repeat customers are the norm with Churned Creamery.
Cash Required: $50,000
Cinnaholic
If you’re looking for high margins and low cost of goods in a food franchise, Cinnaholic franchise may be for you. This is a simple business, in a small footprint with a unique “vegan” product that produces high revenues for franchise owners. SHARK TANK jump-started their expansion to one of the top food/bakery franchises in America.
Cash Required: $50,000
Teriyaki Madness
Teriyaki Madness is the next big Asian Fast Casual franchise. We offer a 10 year proven model, unparalleled level of support and an audited earnings report that will force you to do the math. Does 23% year over year same store sales growth do anything for you? If not, it should.
Cash Required: $100,000
The Donut Experiment
The Donut Experiment wants to make sure every franchise owner is set up for success. Several programs are in place to train and assist you with the development and growth of your new retail donut shop. You’ll only need about 1,300sf and will benefit from multiple revenue streams with a catering model. No experience necessary for this simple, fun restaurant business. You’ll act as the CEO and manage the managers and the financials. Learn more here.
Cash Required: $100,000