Franchise Fees

What is a Franchise Fee?

Successful entrepreneurs know they can't be everywhere at once,
but they want to grow... so, what do they do?-
Once they've developed a successful concept and
hopefully mastered the system for operating the business ,
they will then sell the right to duplicate the business in other areas.
This is what franchising basically is, the initial cost to obtain the
rights to open a store under a franchise is the franchise fee.

A royalty fee is an ongoing fee that the franchisee pays to the franchisor.
This fee is usually paid monthly or quarterly and is typically calculated as a % of gross sales.

so what does an initial franchise fee run....?
remember these are just rights to obtain the franchise...
not the investment of the space, equipment, food, furniture and everything else....

Domino's Pizza --- $3,300 royalty fee 5.5%
Chik Fila --- $5000
Subway --- $15,000 royalty fee 8%
Sonic --- $22,500 royalty fee 4-5 %
Dairy Queen --- $20,000-$35,000 royalty 4-5%
Five Guys Burgers and Fries --- $25,000 royalty fee 6%
Pizza Hut --- $25,000 royalty fee 6.5%
KFC --- $25,000 royalty fee 4%
Qdoba --- $25,000 royalty fee 5%
Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits --- $30,000 royalty fee 5%
Jimmy Johns --- $35,000 royalty fees 4.5%
Panera Bread --- $35,000
Salad Works --- $35,000 royalty fee 5%
Dunkin Donuts --- $40-80,000 royalty fee 5.9%
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar--- $40,000 royalty fee 4%
Pink Berry --- $45,000 royalty fee 6%
McDonald's --- $45,000 royalty fee 12.5 %
Taco Bell --- $45,000 royalty fee 5.5%
Burger King --- $50,000 royalty fee 4.5%
Baja Fresh Mexican Grill $50,000 royalty fee 5%

Lettuce and Rice Wraps

Ingredients:
1 Boston lettuce (about 8-10 pieces)
1 pack of rice paper (optional)
1 Asian Pear (can substitute an apple)
1 cucumbers cut julienne
1 bell pepper cut julienne
1 pack enoki mushrooms (optional)
crab meat (can substitute tuna or shrimp)
1 bunch of watercress
(can substitute basil or mint)
Ingredients for sauce: ~Soy Sauce
~Wasabi or Red Pepper Paste to your liking
~(optional to use regular salad dressing)
Procedure:
1. clean& peel all the vegetables & separate into bowls or plates

2. cut the cucumber, carrots, pepper & Asian pear into julienne pieces

3. to make.... place a few pieces of each veggie onto a piece of lettuce

4. drip some sauce on top & enjoy (lettuce wrap can be pre-made &
chilled if wanted)

KimChi

Good old Korean Kimchi...
Koreans grow up eating this pickled cabbage almost everyday.
Did you know that the "chi" translates to mean "nature energy"
or "inner energy"?

Kimchi keeps in the refrigerator for weeks and weeks which
can be a bonus. The garlic and vinegar in it help preservative it.

Kimchi is not only a health food, it's a convenience food as well.
This fermented cabbage dish uses the combination of
vinegar, oil, salt, and spices in a way that makes an
all-natural preservative.

Kimchi is known to help eliminate cholesterol & promote
intestinal health. The garlic in it is a great anti-oxidant and
hot peppers, another ingredient in making kimchi has the
highest concentration of vitamin C of any known food.

Coffee

Today, coffee is the third most popular drink in the world,
behind water and tea.

It is the world's 7th largest legal agricultural export as well.
Coffee seeds or more commonly known as beans grow
on evergreen shrubs that can grow up to 15 feet.

Coffee should be stored in airtight containers at room temperature.
Refrigerating coffee will have an adverse affect on the brew
because of the humidity and moisture that can be taken in
from being in the refrigerator.

If you crave a cappuccino and you don't have a milk frother,
use a blender to make the foam. Heat a 1/2 cup of whole milk to
a simmer in a saucepan or microwave and then put it in the blender
on high until the milk is foamy. Skim the foam with a spoon
and then put it over your hot brewed coffee.

Decaffeinated coffee comes from taking the beans while they are still
green and either soaking them in hot water or steaming them and using
a solvent to dissolve the caffeine-containing oils. Decaffeination is
usually done by processing companies and the extracted caffeine is
usually sold to the pharmaceutical industry.

Instant coffee is made from drying the beans and making the beans
into a soluble powder or more commonly known as freeze drying it
into small granules that we can dissolve quickly into water.
Instant coffee was invented in 1907 and gained a lot of popularity
during the post war period.

A coffee house in Palestine in 1900.

A coffee house in America in 2008.

Chicken Satays

Ingredients:
chicken breast (about 5 pieces to a breast) or chicken tenders cut in half
wooden skewers (soak in water for a minimum of 30 minutes)
Ingredients for sauce:
1 cup peanut butter
Turmeric (amount is based upon amount of chicken) looking to coat the chicken
1 TBSP of rice vinegar OR juice of 1 lime
1/2 can of coconut milk (add at the end - for tenderizing)
1 TBSP red curry paste (if you want it a little spicy)

Procedure: (If you are making for the first time yourself)
1. soak wood skewers in water (20min. to prevent burning)
2. make sauce, set aside
3. cut chicken into long slivers (about 1/4 thick)
4. slather sauce all over the chicken
5. let the chicken marinate in sauce (over night is best)
6. best if cooked on grill. 2nd option- broil in oven
cook about 6-8 minutes, then flip to the other side
7. best when edges are a tiny bit burnt


Zestfully,  Let's Cultivate Food

Peppers

The color of a chile is not an indication of its spiciness, but size usually is -
the smaller the pepper, the hotter it is.

The hottest pepper in the world is the Habanero.

Black pepper is the #1 selling spice in America.

During the middle ages, peppercorns were accepted in lieu of money for dowries, rent & taxes.

Pepper was used as currency in ancient Greece and Rome.

Peppers have the highest concentration of vitamin C.