Running your own franchise restaurant offers new franchise owners many benefits that include the support and training of an established brand. It also offers new franchisees a chance to interact with guests on a regular basis, which is likely one of the main reasons that attract people to joining a restaurant franchise. And yet, for [...]

Operating a franchise restaurant seems like a lot of fun. You work in a lively environment where everyone is having a good time. You help your guests unwind after a long day. At this place of yours, you enable people to enjoy themselves and have fun. And yet, there’s much more to running a franchise [...]

The world of restaurant franchising is full of choices that can make it confusing for prospective franchisees to choose just one. Among the earliest decisions you’ll have to make is deciding which type of franchise you want to join. And although you may be thinking primarily about which style of food you want your restaurant [...]

The greatest strength of a franchise restaurant has always been its “restaurant experience.” Nothing else compares to an engaging sit-down dining experience consisting of great food, service, and ambiance. And yet, it’s become important for franchise restaurants to offer more to their customers, something that can be accomplished with off-premise sales. For restaurant franchises, off-premise [...]

Any discussion about joining a franchise will inevitably bring up the defining characteristic about this business model: franchise fees. No matter what you think about the franchise system, franchise fees serve as the basis of the franchisor-franchisee relationship, and for good reason.  This setup might be alarming to prospective franchisees already leery of the many [...]