Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | Buck's Pizza | |
| Investment | 295000 - 750000 | 165450 - 345400 |
| Franchise Fee | ||
| Royalty Fee | 7% | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | 2% | 2% |
| Year Founded | 1992 | 1994 |
| Year Franchised | 1998 | 1994 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | Buck's Pizza | |
| Experience | No Restaurant experience necessary but helpful Minimum financials are $175K to $400K in investment capital and a $600K to $1.0MM net worth | Industry experience General business experience Marketing skills |
Financing Options |
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| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | Buck's Pizza | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | Buck's Pizza | |
| Training | 8 Week GM & Key Supervisor Training and Certification | |
| Support | Purchasing Co-ops Toll-Free Line Online Support | |
| Marketing | Ad Templates | |
| Operations | On site pre and post opening training and operational support with quarterly QA Visits. | 14% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 12 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (90% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | Buck's Pizza | |
| US Expansion | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming | |
| Canada Expansion | 0 | 0 |
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Buck's Pizza | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Buck's Pizza | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 7% |
| Buck's Pizza | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 2% |
| Buck's Pizza | 2% |
| Year Founded | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 1992 |
| Buck's Pizza | 1994 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 1998 |
| Buck's Pizza | 1994 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 10 years+5 |
| Buck's Pizza | 10 years |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Buck's Pizza | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | No Restaurant experience necessary but helpful Minimum financials are $175K to $400K in investment capital and a $600K to $1.0MM net worth |
| Buck's Pizza | Industry experience General business experience Marketing skills |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Buck's Pizza | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Buck's Pizza | |
| Equipment | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen} | |
| Buck's Pizza | |
| Inventory | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Buck's Pizza | |
| Receivables | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Buck's Pizza | |
| Payroll | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Buck's Pizza | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 8 Week GM & Key Supervisor Training and Certification |
| Buck's Pizza | |
| Support | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Buck's Pizza | Purchasing Co-ops Toll-Free Line Online Support |
| Marketing | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Buck's Pizza | Ad Templates |
| Operations | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | On site pre and post opening training and operational support with quarterly QA Visits. |
| Buck's Pizza | 14% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 12 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (90% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Buck's Pizza | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 0 |
| Buck's Pizza | 0 |
| International Expansion | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Buck's Pizza | |