Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Windmill | Nathan's Famous | |
| Investment | 127500 - 322500 | 43000 - 1071360 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 5% | 5.50% |
| Advertising Fee | 4% | 2% |
| Year Founded | 0 | 1916 |
| Year Franchised | 0 | 1988 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Windmill | Nathan's Famous | |
| Experience | Industry experience General business experience | |
Financing Options |
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| Windmill | Nathan's Famous | |
| Franchise Fees | Yes | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | Yes | |
| Inventory | Yes | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Windmill | Nathan's Famous | |
| Training | The WindMill training program is designed to take you from the ground up. Each individual franchisee will receive a hand-tailored program based upon their prior knowledge. Training is conducted in a corporate-owned restaurant and a minimum of eighty hours is required. | |
| Support | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations | |
| Marketing | Co-op advertising | |
| Operations | 60% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 14 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (65% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| Windmill | Nathan's Famous | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Windmill | 5% |
| Nathan's Famous | 5.50% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Windmill | 4% |
| Nathan's Famous | 2% |
| Year Founded | |
| Windmill | 0 |
| Nathan's Famous | 1916 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Windmill | 0 |
| Nathan's Famous | 1988 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Windmill | 10 years |
| Nathan's Famous | 20 years |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | 50% of franchise fee |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | Industry experience General business experience |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | |
| Equipment | |
| Windmill} | |
| Nathan's Famous | |
| Inventory | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | |
| Receivables | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | |
| Payroll | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| Windmill | The WindMill training program is designed to take you from the ground up. Each individual franchisee will receive a hand-tailored program based upon their prior knowledge. Training is conducted in a corporate-owned restaurant and a minimum of eighty hours is required. |
| Nathan's Famous | |
| Support | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations |
| Marketing | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | Co-op advertising |
| Operations | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | 60% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 14 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (65% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | |
| International Expansion | |
| Windmill | |
| Nathan's Famous | |