Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| UFood | Orion Food Systems | |
| Investment | 415500 - 598500 | 59500 - 140000 |
| Franchise Fee | ||
| Royalty Fee | 5% | |
| Advertising Fee | 2% | |
| Year Founded | 0 | 1982 |
| Year Franchised | 2014 | 1993 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| UFood | Orion Food Systems | |
| Experience | · Minimum liquid assets: $200,000 · Minimum net worth: $350,000 | |
Financing Options |
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| UFood | Orion Food Systems | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | Yes | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| UFood | Orion Food Systems | |
| Training | UFood Grill offers all of our franchisees a comprehensive 5-week training program at the UFood Grill University. This program includes a mix of classroom, test kitchen, and live, hands-on store training for 3 people in your organization, one of whom must be your store manager. Our field training team will assist in the opening of each store. | On-The-Job Training: 45 hours Classroom Training: 9.5 hours |
| Support | Ongoing support | Ongoing Support Newsletter Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform |
| Marketing | UFood Grill offers its franchisees a number of turnkey opening and ongoing marketing programs that will bring customers in the door. In addition, UFood Grill provides materials and promotions that are available through our graphics standards manual and marketing promotions manual available online as well as in hard copy. UFood Grill also has a state-of-the-art loyalty program for franchisees to understand customer behavior and create tailored marketing programs. UFood Grill will also help franchisees track purchasing and analyze customer shopping data. | Ad Templates Regional Advertising Social media Email marketing Loyalty program/app |
| Operations | Absentee Ownership Allowed Number of Employees Required to Run: 4 - 6 | |
Expansion Plans |
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| UFood | Orion Food Systems | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| UFood | 5% |
| Orion Food Systems | |
| Advertising Fee | |
| UFood | 2% |
| Orion Food Systems | |
| Year Founded | |
| UFood | 0 |
| Orion Food Systems | 1982 |
| Year Franchised | |
| UFood | 2014 |
| Orion Food Systems | 1993 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| UFood | · Minimum liquid assets: $200,000 · Minimum net worth: $350,000 |
| Orion Food Systems | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | |
| Equipment | |
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| Orion Food Systems | |
| Inventory | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | |
| Receivables | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | |
| Payroll | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| UFood | UFood Grill offers all of our franchisees a comprehensive 5-week training program at the UFood Grill University. This program includes a mix of classroom, test kitchen, and live, hands-on store training for 3 people in your organization, one of whom must be your store manager. Our field training team will assist in the opening of each store. |
| Orion Food Systems | On-The-Job Training: 45 hours Classroom Training: 9.5 hours |
| Support | |
| UFood | Ongoing support |
| Orion Food Systems | Ongoing Support Newsletter Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform |
| Marketing | |
| UFood | UFood Grill offers its franchisees a number of turnkey opening and ongoing marketing programs that will bring customers in the door. In addition, UFood Grill provides materials and promotions that are available through our graphics standards manual and marketing promotions manual available online as well as in hard copy. UFood Grill also has a state-of-the-art loyalty program for franchisees to understand customer behavior and create tailored marketing programs. UFood Grill will also help franchisees track purchasing and analyze customer shopping data. |
| Orion Food Systems | Ad Templates Regional Advertising Social media Email marketing Loyalty program/app |
| Operations | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | Absentee Ownership Allowed Number of Employees Required to Run: 4 - 6 |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | |
| International Expansion | |
| UFood | |
| Orion Food Systems | |