Franchisors have to constantly think about innovative ways to grow.<\/p>\n
While I like other coffee shops better for coffee and reading a book, Dunkin’ Donuts has one of the best franchisor franchisee models anyone franchisor can learn from.<\/p>\n
They don’t allow a franchisee to buy just 1 franchise anymore –\u00a0 they have so much demand, the minimum is 3 now.<\/p>\n
They make $40k-$90k each location with 2%-6% royalties and a 5% advertising fee. They are making close to 10% of every individual location plus getting a size-able 5 figure sum.<\/p>\n
The parent company is in control of practically everything.<\/p>\n
No item is sold in Dunkin that isn’t a Dunkin Donuts product.<\/p>\n
Coffee, donuts, branded cups, etc.<\/p>\n
It all comes from Dunkin’ the parent company. They have to buy all products from Dunkin’ including anything they want to sell<\/p>\n
You may not be in food and beverage, but how can you create quality products and services your franchisees need on a daily basis, not as a form of leverage, but as a form of something they know is how things work when they sign up.<\/p>\n
Dunkin’s demand is through the roof, because they are profitable.<\/p>\n
The parent company has heavy control when it comes to store size, what layout the store has, branding, products, etc.<\/p>\n
A franchisee has to submit plans to the parent if it wants to change something.<\/p>\n
It takes time to build up to a strong franchisor model, but that’s what you want it to be if you want reasonable control over your franchisees to maintain a brand image.<\/p>\n
You still want to keep it fun for the franchisees, but have some protocols in place where it comes back to the parent company<\/p>\n
Dunkin’ gives franchisees opportunities such as allowing franchisees to submit ideas to the parent company and the parent company will pay the franchisee outright if they want to implement the idea.<\/p>\n
Dunkin’ offers a store, marketing, training, on-site help, off-site help, real estate experts, construction experts, etc.<\/p>\n
A business buys a lot fo products and services.<\/p>\n
You, as a parent company, can be the purveyor of quality products and services they are necessarily going to buy, if you choose to.<\/p>\n
Leverage a consultant who can help you see things from the outside, you are not seeing with tunnel vision. Bring on new blood. It doesn’t have to be costly.
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