Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | UFood | |
| Investment | 100000 - 400000 | 415500 - 598500 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 5% | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | 2% | |
| Year Founded | 1979 | 0 |
| Year Franchised | 1998 | 2014 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | UFood | |
| Experience | General business experience Marketing skills | · Minimum liquid assets: $200,000 · Minimum net worth: $350,000 |
Financing Options |
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| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | UFood | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | UFood | |
| 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 | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives | Ongoing support |
| Marketing | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media, Regional advertising | 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. |
| Operations | 50% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 7 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (75% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | UFood | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | |
| UFood | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | |
| UFood | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | 5% |
| UFood | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | |
| UFood | 2% |
| Year Founded | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | 1979 |
| UFood | 0 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | 1998 |
| UFood | 2014 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | 10 years |
| UFood | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | 25% of franchise fee |
| UFood | |
Business Experience Requirements |
|
| Experience | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | General business experience Marketing skills |
| UFood | · Minimum liquid assets: $200,000 · Minimum net worth: $350,000 |
Financing Options |
|
| Franchise Fees | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | No |
| UFood | No |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | |
| UFood | |
| Equipment | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom} | |
| UFood | |
| Inventory | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | |
| UFood | |
| Receivables | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | |
| UFood | |
| Payroll | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | |
| UFood | |
Training & Support |
|
| Training | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | |
| 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. |
| Support | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| UFood | Ongoing support |
| Marketing | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media, Regional advertising |
| 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. |
| Operations | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | 50% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 7 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (75% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
| UFood | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | |
| UFood | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | |
| UFood | |
| International Expansion | |
| Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom | |
| UFood | |