Nathan's Famous vs All American Hot Dog Carts Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Nathan's Famous vs All American Hot Dog Carts including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Nathan's Famous Franchise	All American Hot Dog Carts Franchise
Investment	$43,000 - $1,071,360	$1,700 - $5,999
Franchise Fee	$30,000	N/A
Royalty Fee	5.5%	-
Advertising Fee	2%	-
Year Founded	1916	-
Year Franchised	1988	-
Term Of Agreement	20 years	-
Term Of Agreement	20 years	-
Renewal Fee	50% of franchise fee	-
Business Experience Requirements
	Nathan's Famous Franchise	All American Hot Dog Carts Franchise
Experience	Industry experience General business experience	-
Financing Options
	Nathan's Famous Franchise	All American Hot Dog Carts Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees	Yes/No	-/-
Start-up Costs	No/No	-/-
Equipment	Yes/No	-/-
Inventory	Yes/No	-/-
Receivables	No/No	-/-
Payroll	No/No	-/-
Training & Support
	Nathan's Famous Franchise	All American Hot Dog Carts Franchise
Training	-	-
Support	Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations	-
Marketing	Co-op advertising	-
Operations	60% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 14 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (65% of current franchisees are owner/operators)	-
Expansion Plans
	Nathan's Famous Franchise	All American Hot Dog Carts Franchise
US Expansion	-	-
Canada Expansion	No	-
International Expansion	Yes	-

Company Overviews

About Nathan's Famous

Franchising is a business concept that allows qualified investors to become part of an established, existing “system.” A good way to look at franchising is, you’re in business for yourself, but not by yourself. Strategically, this provides many benefits under a brand name that has consumer awareness and equity.

Nathan’s has taken this basic premise and redefined it to exceed the most stringent business criteria of today’s investor.

Nathan’s offers a wide range of restaurant designs and customized equipment, thereby offering business opportunities to qualified candidates regardless of space constraints or investment limitations.

The estimated initial investment for a BMP Operation ranges from $43,000 to $86,300, including an initial license fee of $7,500. If you want to add an “Arthur Treacher’s” BMP Operation to your new or existing food service establishment, the additional estimated initial investment will be from $34,404 to $81,486, including an initial license fee of $7,500.

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#286 in Franchise 500 for 2020.

About All American Hot Dog Carts

We can make you feel like a king.

Louis DiRaimondo started All American Hot Dog in 1972 after working for several years as a Hot Dog Vendor in South Florida. Mr. DiRaimondo began to realize that increasing equipment costs were beginning to make it impossible for newcomers to break into the vending business. He was determined that you could sell a quality cart at an affordable price that would allow his customers to realize their earning potential in the vending cart business. To this day, Mr. DiRaimondo still believes in the dream most of us have of owning our own business and making a good living. He wants to make it possible for anyone to be able to afford that dream and become their own boss today!

ALL AMERICAN was founded on the premise that the customer is always king. We recognized that the need to supply people with their own low-cost, fairly easy to run profitable business was real. With this in mind we created a very durable hot dog cart, the ORIGINAL ALL AMERICAN. It was meant to be a virtually indestructible workhorse. It is, 42 years later. It is virtually unchanged. It is the most copied hot dog cart ever built. We started it.
Since 1972 we have added 5 more equally durable carts to our lineup and we continue to provide great customer service & follow-through. We even do your licensing paperwork for you and we provide a free detailed business plan. We are the oldest cart-manufacturing specialists in North America. We are as happy to serve you now as we were in 1972.