Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits vs Brown's Chicken & Pasta Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits vs Brown's Chicken & Pasta including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits Franchise
Brown's Chicken & Pasta Franchise
Investment $1,519,600 - $2,512,500$155,000 - $2,699,000
Franchise Fee $25,000$25,000
Royalty Fee 4%-
Advertising Fee 1%-
Year Founded 19771949
Year Franchised 1978-
Term Of Agreement 20 years15 years
Term Of Agreement 20 years15 years
Renewal Fee 50% of original fee-


Business Experience Requirements
 
Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits Franchise
Brown's Chicken & Pasta Franchise
Experience
  • Industry experience
  • General business experience
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    Financing Options
     
    Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits Franchise
    Brown's Chicken & Pasta Franchise
      In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
    Franchise Fees No/YesNo/-
    Start-up Costs No/YesNo/-
    Equipment No/NoNo/-
    Inventory No/YesNo/-
    Receivables No/YesNo/-
    Payroll No/YesNo/-

    Training & Support
     
    Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits Franchise
    Brown's Chicken & Pasta Franchise
    Training On-The-Job Training: 200-300 hours Classroom Training: 30 hoursBrown's requires that the franchisee complete an extensive eight-week training program that covers all areas of business operations, store maintenance procedures, and marketing/advertising.
    Support Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Grand Opening Online Support Field Operations Site Selection Franchisee Intranet PlatformBrown's provides operational specialists who bring with them technical expertise in all areas of business. We also have a staff of marketing, purchasing and financial specialists to assist you.
    Marketing Co-op Advertising Ad Templates Regional Advertising Social media Loyalty program/app-
    Operations Absentee Ownership Allowed Number of Employees Required to Run: 35 - 50 Brown's has designed a complete set of forms to facilitate sales accounting, cash control, inventory control, and cost analysis. You can also work with our cost control department and gain weekly insight into your store's profitability.

    Expansion Plans
     
    Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits Franchise
    Brown's Chicken & Pasta Franchise
    US Expansion Yes-
    Canada Expansion No-
    International Expansion Yes-

    Company Overviews

    About Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits

    Founded by Jack Faulk and Richard Thomas in 1977, Bojangle's serves Cajun-style chicken, buttermilk biscuits and other favorites to customers throughout the southeastern United States.

    Today the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company, which also has restaurants in Honduras and Jamaica, offers a menu that includes chicken, biscuits, rice, french fries and sandwiches. Bojangle's locations also serve breakfast.

    The total investment necessary to begin operation of a Bojangles’ Restaurant ranges from $1,519,600 to $2,512,500 for a traditional, free-standing Bojangles’ Restaurant and from $414,155 to $1,284,700 for a Bojangles’ Express® Restaurant developed as part of another retail operation. This includes $25,000 for each traditional Bojangles’ Restaurant and $15,000 for each Bojangles’ Express Restaurant that must be paid to the franchisor.
    If you sign a Development Agreement to develop multiple Bojangles’ Restaurants you must pay a development fee in the amount of $5,000 for each Restaurant that you commit to develop, which will be credited against the franchise fee that you pay for each Restaurant that you develop. The franchisor individually negotiates the number of Restaurants that you may develop under each Development Agreement. These estimates do not include the cost of acquiring real estate.


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    About Brown's Chicken & Pasta

    Brown's Chicken & Pasta is committed to controlled expansion of completely new store sites and the redevelopment of our current restaurant locations. This business practice encourages growth of locally based ownership and management of restaurants. All new franchises awarded will actually be two opportunities in one. The company is in an aggressive redevelopment stage as existing Brown's Chicken & Pasta restaurants are being remodeled and re-tooled to incorporate our new CHICAGO WAY sandwich brand. The introduction of CHICAGO WAY sandwiches to our existing restaurant operation has sparked new sales and customer traffic opportunities. Operating within the same site that houses our primary Brown's Chicken & Pasta restaurant concept, the CHICAGO WAY sandwich menu brings new daypart appeal to the location. Brown's traditional business is largely generated through the evening daypart. The CHICAGO WAY sandwich line opens the lucrative lunch and fringe daypart markets to the franchise. All future franchise development will be a combined Brown's Chicken & Pasta and THE CHICAGO WAY as a single dual-concept operation.