Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| UFood | Taco John's | |
| Investment | 415500 - 598500 | 475000 - 1599000 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 5% | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | 2% | 4% |
| Year Founded | 0 | 1968 |
| Year Franchised | 2014 | 1969 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| UFood | Taco John's | |
| Experience | · Minimum liquid assets: $200,000 · Minimum net worth: $350,000 | Industry experience General business experience |
Financing Options |
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| UFood | Taco John's | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| UFood | Taco John's | |
| 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. | |
| Support | Ongoing support | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| 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. | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks |
| Operations | 37% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 15 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (75% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| UFood | Taco John's | |
| US Expansion | Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming | |
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| UFood | 5% |
| Taco John's | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| UFood | 2% |
| Taco John's | 4% |
| Year Founded | |
| UFood | 0 |
| Taco John's | 1968 |
| Year Franchised | |
| UFood | 2014 |
| Taco John's | 1969 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | 20 years+10+10+10 |
| Renewal Fee | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| UFood | · Minimum liquid assets: $200,000 · Minimum net worth: $350,000 |
| Taco John's | Industry experience General business experience |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | |
| Equipment | |
| UFood} | |
| Taco John's | |
| Inventory | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | |
| Receivables | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | |
| Payroll | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | |
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. |
| Taco John's | |
| Support | |
| UFood | Ongoing support |
| Taco John's | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| 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. |
| Taco John's | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks |
| Operations | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | 37% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 15 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (75% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
| Canada Expansion | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | |
| International Expansion | |
| UFood | |
| Taco John's | |