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Our Selection Process For
Best Restaurant Franchises
Our Selection Process For
Best Restaurant Franchises

Last updated: March 1, 2024

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Top 10 Restaurant Franchises

Best Restaurant Franchises - March 2024

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Company Name

Industry

Franchising
Since

Franchise
Units

Cash
Investment

Total
Investment

Royalty
Fee

Financing
Available

Growth Prospect

Growth Prospect

Marketing Support

Marketing Support

Training

Training

Ongoing Support

Ongoing Support

Value

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growlerusafranchise.com growlerusafranchise.com
Talk to a Representative: 720-465-6670 Ext 110
Key Facts For growlerusafranchise.com
  • Franchising Since:
    2014
  • Franchise Units:
    7
  • Cash Investment:
    $100,000
  • Total Investments:
    $396,363 - $591,310
  • Royalty Fee Rate:
    6%
  • Financing Available:
    1
  • Website:
    growlerusafranchise.com
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Reviews (57)
Positive 86.0% 49 Reviews
Great burgers, lots of beer, and great staff
Glenn Robinson
Negative 8.8% 5 Reviews
It's a nice space in a great location. Extens...
Donna Haynor
Neutral 5.3% 3 Reviews
Great service and beers and wings, but the no...
Steve Baldwin

Growth Prospect

Marketing Support

Training

Ongoing Support

Value

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.
Talk to a Representative: 952-593-9943
Service Offerings:
Key Facts For Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.
  • Franchising Since:
    1982
  • Franchise Units:
    818
  • Cash Investment:
    $40K
  • Total Investments:
    $1,729 - 3,149K
  • Royalty Fee Rate:
    5%
  • Financing Available:
    1
  • Website:
    www.buffalowildwings.com
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Reviews (91)
Positive 5.5% 5 Reviews
Ordering from website was waste of time, only...
Wallace Fleming
Negative 91.2% 83 Reviews
They messed up on a gift card payment and mad...
Olivia Housemeyer
Neutral 3.3% 3 Reviews
Please please please bring back the old queso...
Gina Magon

Growth Prospect

Marketing Support

Training

Ongoing Support

Value

Elmers Restaurant Elmers Restaurant
Talk to a Representative: 503-252-1485
Service Offerings:
Key Facts For Elmers Restaurant
  • Franchising Since:
    1960
  • Franchise Units:
    19
  • Cash Investment:
    $25K
  • Total Investments:
    $600 - 2,000K
  • Royalty Fee Rate:
    15%
  • Financing Available:
    1
  • Website:
    www.eatatelmers.com
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Positive 20.0% 1 Reviews
always satisfied! what' s better than breakfa...
Betsy Thompson
Negative 80.0% 4 Reviews
Our experience after waiting almost a half ho...
Shari Griego
Negative
It's a sad day in Portland, OR Elmers restaur...
Patrick Maher

Growth Prospect

Marketing Support

Training

Ongoing Support

Value

Burger 21, Inc. Burger 21, Inc.
Talk to a Representative: 813-881-0055
Service Offerings:
Key Facts For Burger 21, Inc.
  • Franchising Since:
    2010
  • Franchise Units:
    13
  • Cash Investment:
    $200,000
  • Total Investments:
    $422,083 - $974,395
  • Royalty Fee Rate:
    5%
  • Financing Available:
    1
  • Website:
    www.burger21.com
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Reviews (53)
Positive 84.9% 45 Reviews
Awesome hamburgers fabulous for those with g...
mary Bitting
Negative 11.3% 6 Reviews
Way over priced
Charles Harper
Neutral 3.8% 2 Reviews
Great hotdogs
Larry O'Hare

Growth Prospect

Marketing Support

Training

Ongoing Support

Value

Bennigans Bennigans
Talk to a Representative: 469-248-4419
Service Offerings:
Key Facts For Bennigans
  • Franchising Since:
    1976
  • Franchise Units:
    80
  • Cash Investment:
    $1486K
  • Total Investments:
    $250 - 5,000K
  • Royalty Fee Rate:
    10%
  • Financing Available:
    1
  • Website:
    bennigans.com
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Growth Prospect

Marketing Support

Training

Ongoing Support

Value

Long John Silvers, LLC Long John Silvers, LLC
Talk to a Representative: 502-815-6100
Key Facts For Long John Silvers, LLC
  • Franchising Since:
    1969
  • Franchise Units:
    1,313
  • Cash Investment:
    $20K
  • Total Investments:
    $883 - 1,403K
  • Royalty Fee Rate:
    5%
  • Financing Available:
    1
  • Website:
    www.ljsilvers.com
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Reviews (64)
Positive 62.5% 40 Reviews
Fastest drive through for a long john Silver'...
Mark Cowin
Negative 18.8% 12 Reviews
Low quality
Andrea Amari
Neutral 18.8% 12 Reviews
Food and staff were just ok nothing stood out...
Josh Douglas

Growth Prospect

Marketing Support

Training

Ongoing Support

Value

Biggby Coffee Biggby Coffee
Talk to a Representative: 517-482-8145
Service Offerings:
Key Facts For Biggby Coffee
  • Franchising Since:
    1994
  • Franchise Units:
    168
  • Cash Investment:
    $70,000
  • Total Investments:
    $159,850 - $316,100
  • Royalty Fee Rate:
    5%
  • Financing Available:
    1
  • Website:
    biggby.com
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Positive 62.5% 5 Reviews
Great place to make friends and share great c...
Andrew Pyon
Positive
Great coffee, reasonable price
loren zaleski
Negative 37.5% 3 Reviews
I have always had great experiences with Bigg...
Tondolaya Moore

Growth Prospect

Marketing Support

Training

Ongoing Support

Value

Blimpie America's Sub Shop Blimpie America's Sub Shop
Talk to a Representative: 480-362-4800
Service Offerings:
Key Facts For Blimpie America's Sub Sho...
  • Franchising Since:
    1964
  • Franchise Units:
    558
  • Cash Investment:
    $18K
  • Total Investments:
    $60 - 200K
  • Royalty Fee Rate:
    6%
  • Financing Available:
    1
  • Website:
    www.kahalamgmt.com
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Reviews (44)
Positive 88.6% 39 Reviews
I work here but it's delicious
ashton mathern
Negative 4.5% 2 Reviews
Gross
Channing Moen
Neutral 6.8% 3 Reviews
Do you like sandwiches? This works for a fas...
Leslie Stone

Growth Prospect

Marketing Support

Training

Ongoing Support

Value

Moxie's Classic Grill Moxie's Classic Grill
Talk to a Representative: 403-543-2600
Service Offerings:
Key Facts For Moxie's Classic Grill
  • Franchising Since:
    1986
  • Franchise Units:
    28
  • Cash Investment:
    $60K-100K
  • Total Investments:
    $3.3M 40% cash
  • Royalty Fee Rate:
    4%
  • Financing Available:
    1
  • Website:
    www.moxies.com
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Reviews (49)
Positive 83.7% 41 Reviews
Awesome place!! Great food and atmosphere!!
Neal Thomas
Negative 4.1% 2 Reviews
I enjoy the food at Moxie I go there often an...
Doolin Fizzell
Neutral 12.2% 6 Reviews
The beef dip not great tasting. Barely heard...
John

Growth Prospect

Marketing Support

Training

Ongoing Support

Value

Friendly's Restaurants Friendly's Restaurants
Talk to a Representative: 413-731-4000
Service Offerings:
Key Facts For Friendly's Restaurants
  • Franchising Since:
    1935
  • Franchise Units:
    197
  • Cash Investment:
    $15-35K
  • Total Investments:
    $474.8 - 1,977.1K
  • Royalty Fee Rate:
    7%
  • Financing Available:
    1
  • Website:
    www.friendlys.com
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Reviews (43)
Positive 81.4% 35 Reviews
This is 1 of the few friendlys left good qual...
Kevin Williams
Negative 7.0% 3 Reviews
Great food. Decent service. Way too expensive...
Michael Wiersma
Neutral 11.6% 5 Reviews
Good place to bring the kiddos.
*CalyFornyanya *

Growth Prospect

Marketing Support

Training

Ongoing Support

Value

Evaluation Critieria: Best Restaurant Franchise Opportunities
Growth Prospect
Growth Prospect
Over the course of our research we have found entrepreneurs to be highly concerned about the ability for a franchise to develop businesses which leverage strategies and methodologies to inhibit growth and expansion over time. It is important for the restaurant franchises to be taking the steps required to ensuring their businesses will be successful based on their internal strategies for providing food and service.
Marketing Support
Marketing Support
Restaurants are one of the most common types of businesses. As a result, it is important for franchises which produce restaurant businesses to be investing in targeted and highly effective advertising and marketing campaigns. It is important to target audiences which are most likely to select the restaurant based on their preference and the demographic which has previously shown interest in the type of food served.
Training
Training
Different types of restaurants often require a different style or level of training compared to fast food restaurants. It is important for the franchises to be invested in ensuring individuals are being trained properly for the preparation and handling food. It is also important for the restaurant franchises to provide their restaurants with training materials and information to ensure consistent quality across them.
Ongoing Support
Ongoing Support
We believe it is important for the franchised restaurants to feel as though they are receiving positive reinforcement from their franchisor through their continued communication and support. We analyze whether the franchisor is available to assist the restaurants in improving their production of meals and dining. It is also important to have a channel of communication available between restaurants and the franchisor.
Value
Value
For entrepreneurs a lot of the value of a franchise comes from the familiarity and the reputation that a brand has achieved amongst their target audiences. It is vital to the success of restaurant franchises that the franchisors achieve success in obtaining a level of recognition amongst their clients which can be equated to the capability of expanding their business into new regions and locations comfortably.
 
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