Farmer Boys vs All American Hot Dog Carts Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Farmer Boys 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
	Farmer Boys Franchise	All American Hot Dog Carts Franchise
Investment	$1,042,500 - $2,486,500	$1,700 - $5,999
Franchise Fee	$45,000	N/A
Royalty Fee	5%	-
Advertising Fee	3%	-
Year Founded	1981	-
Year Franchised	1997	-
Term Of Agreement	20 years	-
Term Of Agreement	20 years	-
Renewal Fee	-	-
Business Experience Requirements
	Farmer Boys Franchise	All American Hot Dog Carts Franchise
Experience	Industry experience General business experience	-
Financing Options
	Farmer Boys Franchise	All American Hot Dog Carts Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees	No/Yes	-/-
Start-up Costs	No/Yes	-/-
Equipment	No/Yes	-/-
Inventory	No/No	-/-
Receivables	No/No	-/-
Payroll	No/No	-/-
Training & Support
	Farmer Boys Franchise	All American Hot Dog Carts Franchise
Training	On-The-Job Training: 480 hours Classroom Training: 60 hours	-
Support	Purchasing Co-ops Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform	-
Marketing	Co-op Advertising Ad Templates Regional Advertising Social media SEO Loyalty program/app	-
Operations	20% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 30 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)	-
Expansion Plans
	Farmer Boys Franchise	All American Hot Dog Carts Franchise
US Expansion	Yes	-
Canada Expansion	No	-
International Expansion	No	-

Company Overviews

About Farmer Boys

During the 1970s, brothers Makis and Chris Havadjias worked in restaurants to earn money for college. They helped the owners of one of those restaurants rebuild the establishment, and later bought it. With the experience they gained at that first restaurant, the brothers bought a poorly performing restaurant in Perris, California, that they built into Farmer Boys. With the help of their three other brothers, the Havadjias expanded Farmer Boys throughout Riverside and San Bernardino counties in Southern California. Each location serves hamburgers, sandwiches, salads and a full breakfast menu. The company began franchising in 1998.

#128 in Franchise 500 for 2021. Not ranked in 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.