Hamburger Mary's vs Coney Beach Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Hamburger Mary's vs Coney Beach including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
Hamburger Mary's Franchise
Coney Beach Franchise
Investment $417,150 - $955,500$279,000 - $493,000
Franchise Fee $50,000$25,000
Royalty Fee 4% (on first $150K monthly gross), 3% (on monthly gross above $150K)6%
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 19722006
Year Franchised 19992007
Term Of Agreement 5 years-
Term Of Agreement 5 years-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements

 
Hamburger Mary's Franchise
Coney Beach Franchise
Experience
  • Industry experience
  • One partner must have bar/restaurant management experience
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    Financing Options

     
    Hamburger Mary's Franchise
    Coney Beach Franchise
      In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
    Franchise Fees No/No-/-
    Start-up Costs No/Yes-/-
    Equipment No/Yes-/-
    Inventory No/Yes-/-
    Receivables No/No-/-
    Payroll No/Yes-/-

    Training & Support

     
    Hamburger Mary's Franchise
    Coney Beach Franchise
    Training --
    Support Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations-
    Marketing --
    Operations 8% of all franchisees own more than one unit

    Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 40

    Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

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    Expansion Plans

     
    Hamburger Mary's Franchise
    Coney Beach Franchise
    US Expansion --
    Canada Expansion No-
    International Expansion Yes-

    Company Overviews

    About Hamburger Mary's

    Started in San Francisco in 1972, Hamburger Mary's serves homestyle meals prepared using fresh and healthy ingredients, including low-fat beef, farm-fresh chicken and turkey, and salads, as well as desserts including carrot cake, snicker's pie and cheesecake. The restaurants include a full bar and a kids' menu.

    About Coney Beach

    NO LONGER FRANCHISING

    Coney Beach is a retro, shoreline enlivened, gourmet wiener and ground sirloin sandwich eatery and the third quick easygoing idea from Beautiful Brands International. In cludes all meat normal packaging wieners, gourmet Black Angus ground sirloin sandwiches, and clean hotdogs. Crisp buns, stacked fries, stew, and every one of the trimmings complement the menu to make an assortment of coneys and burgers. Adjusting the choices is a super cold drink bar with antiquated packaged soft drinks and exceptional lagers from the area and additionally great frozen yogurt buoys and shakes.

    "There's most likely the market is ready for a gourmet sausage and burger eatery," said Beautiful Brands organizer, president and CEO David Rutkauskas. "Franchisees and territory designers see the fantastic open door in this inexorably solid class."

    Indeed, even before Coney Beach appeared, Rutkauskas had marked the eatery's initial two franchisees with advancement starting in Tulsa and Jackson, Miss., with other target zones of St. Louis; Kansas City, Kan.; Dallas; Houston; Oklahoma City; Birmingham, Ala.; Atlanta; Little Rock, Ark.; Omaha, Neb.; and Chicago.