Blackjack Pizza vs Modern Market Eatery Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Blackjack Pizza vs Modern Market Eatery including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Blackjack Pizza Franchise
Modern Market Eatery Franchise
Investment $168,300 - $392,300$755,000 - $1,440,500
Franchise Fee $35,000$40,000
Royalty Fee 3%5%
Advertising Fee -1%Nat'l+1%Loc.
Year Founded 19832009
Year Franchised 19882020
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee $1K-


Business Experience Requirements
 
Blackjack Pizza Franchise
Modern Market Eatery Franchise
Experience
  • Industry experience
  • General business experience
  • Marketing skills
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    Financing Options
     
    Blackjack Pizza Franchise
    Modern Market Eatery Franchise
      In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
    Franchise Fees No/Yes-/-
    Start-up Costs No/Yes-/-
    Equipment No/Yes-/-
    Inventory No/Yes-/-
    Receivables No/Yes-/-
    Payroll No/No-/-

    Training & Support
     
    Blackjack Pizza Franchise
    Modern Market Eatery Franchise
    Training Ongoing assistance & classroom training available-
    Support Newsletter, Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives-
    Marketing Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, Regional advertising-
    Operations 25% of all franchisees own more than one unit

    Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 15 - 30

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

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    Expansion Plans
     
    Blackjack Pizza Franchise
    Modern Market Eatery Franchise
    US Expansion YesYes
    Canada Expansion No-
    International Expansion No-

    Company Overviews

    About Blackjack Pizza

    Blackjack Pizza was founded in 1983 by Vince Schmuhl. After working several years for Dominos Pizza, the founder felt that there was plenty of room for competitors in the fast growing pizza delivery business. At that time, Dominos Pizza was the only major player in the pizza delivery business in the Rocky Mountain region and he felt that customers would really appreciate an alternative to Dominos Pizza. The first Blackjack Pizza store was opened on June 29, 1983 in Federal Heights, CO. The second store opened in Greeley, CO in February of 1984. Vince continued to open new stores, mainly in the Denver Metro Area. By 1986, there were six corporate owned stores and one franchisee in operation. In 1988, Blackjack officially became a franchisor using the concept of an owner/operator franchisee at each store location. Several corporate stores were sold to franchisees, and other franchisees were added to the system through conversions of independent operators who saw the value in being part of Blackjack Pizza. We have continued to add franchise outlets to the system under a policy of slow, controlled growth. There are 45 stores in operation in four states.

    About Modern Market Eatery

    "Modern
    Modern life makes eating out or ordering online a necessity. Modern Market Eatery was born in 2009 in Boulder, CO with the purpose of providing convenient access to clean, nurturing and delicious food. Modern Market Eatery disrupted the fast casual industry because our founding team came from design and finance, not restaurant backgrounds. Modern Market Eatery has truly been reinventing the concept from the kitchen out, putting as much thought into engineering our model for the modern operator as we have for the modern diner.