Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | Happy's Pizza | |
| Investment | 295000 - 750000 | 336500 - 608000 |
| Franchise Fee | ||
| Royalty Fee | 7% | 1.5K/mo |
| Advertising Fee | 2% | Up to 1% |
| Year Founded | 1992 | 1996 |
| Year Franchised | 1998 | 2007 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | Happy'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 | |
Financing Options |
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| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | Happy's Pizza | |
| Franchise Fees | ||
| Start-up Costs | ||
| Equipment | ||
| Inventory | ||
| Receivables | ||
| Payroll | ||
Training & Support |
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| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | Happy's Pizza | |
| Training | 8 Week GM & Key Supervisor Training and Certification | While each of our stores undergoes Happy's classic build out, operators gain admission to The University of Happy's Pizza. After 30-45 days of training in our corporate kitchen and 60-90 days of in-store management training at an open location, graduates are completely groomed for success. Once a store is open, our support staff helps you with marketing, inventory control, staffing, prep and food updates. |
| Support | Site selection, lease negotiations assistance, equipment, fixture, signage and inventory suppliers and even construction standards and assistance. In addition to this, once a new store begins operations, Happy's Pizza provides all stores with an operations manual, continuous updates of our specifications and process and operational advice and assistance by telephone and Internet. | |
| Marketing | We are one of the only restaurants with a toll-free vanity number and we know how to use it. 800 BE HAPPY. Our in-house ad agency will customize individual marketing plans for every store. It starts with coming soon banners, job fairs and a big grand opening push. Once operations are running smoothly, we turn up the marketing machine with TV. Radio, direct mail, mobile and on-line promotions connected with our growing social web presence. | |
| Operations | On site pre and post opening training and operational support with quarterly QA Visits. | |
Expansion Plans |
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| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | Happy'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 | Nationwide, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory |
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Happy's Pizza | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Happy's Pizza | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 7% |
| Happy's Pizza | 1.5K/mo |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 2% |
| Happy's Pizza | Up to 1% |
| Year Founded | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 1992 |
| Happy's Pizza | 1996 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 1998 |
| Happy's Pizza | 2007 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 10 years+5 |
| Happy's Pizza | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Happy's Pizza | |
Business Experience Requirements |
|
| 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 |
| Happy's Pizza | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Happy's Pizza | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Happy's Pizza | |
| Equipment | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen} | |
| Happy's Pizza | |
| Inventory | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Happy's Pizza | |
| Receivables | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Happy's Pizza | |
| Payroll | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Happy's Pizza | |
Training & Support |
|
| Training | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | 8 Week GM & Key Supervisor Training and Certification |
| Happy's Pizza | While each of our stores undergoes Happy's classic build out, operators gain admission to The University of Happy's Pizza. After 30-45 days of training in our corporate kitchen and 60-90 days of in-store management training at an open location, graduates are completely groomed for success. Once a store is open, our support staff helps you with marketing, inventory control, staffing, prep and food updates. |
| Support | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Happy's Pizza | Site selection, lease negotiations assistance, equipment, fixture, signage and inventory suppliers and even construction standards and assistance. In addition to this, once a new store begins operations, Happy's Pizza provides all stores with an operations manual, continuous updates of our specifications and process and operational advice and assistance by telephone and Internet. |
| Marketing | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Happy's Pizza | We are one of the only restaurants with a toll-free vanity number and we know how to use it. 800 BE HAPPY. Our in-house ad agency will customize individual marketing plans for every store. It starts with coming soon banners, job fairs and a big grand opening push. Once operations are running smoothly, we turn up the marketing machine with TV. Radio, direct mail, mobile and on-line promotions connected with our growing social web presence. |
| Operations | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | On site pre and post opening training and operational support with quarterly QA Visits. |
| Happy's Pizza | |
Expansion Plans |
|
| US Expansion | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Happy'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 |
| Happy's Pizza | Nationwide, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory |
| International Expansion | |
| Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen | |
| Happy's Pizza | |