America's Dog & Burger vs Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of America's Dog & Burger vs Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
America's Dog & Burger Franchise
Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Franchise
Investment $298,800 - $694,050$475,000 - $650,000
Franchise Fee $30,000$35,000
Royalty Fee -5%
Advertising Fee -1% Nat'l + 1% local
Year Founded 02012
Year Franchised 02015
Term Of Agreement -10 years +10
Term Of Agreement -10 years +10
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements

 
America's Dog & Burger Franchise
Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Franchise
Experience You and/or one of your partners have a proven record as a restaurant operator. You meet the minimum financial requirements: $175 Liquid for the first location and $350K Net Worth. America's Dog & Burger is seeking multi-unit operators. The total number of locations to be developed will be determined through the discussions with the ADB team and your goals. Typically the development agreements will be 3-10 locations. You and your team are ready to work hard, learn, & love life. You have local market knowledge. Restaurant background required by at least one operating partner and multi-unit experience preferred. Ability to develop, lead and inspire a management team. Have strong entrepreneurial skills. Active in your local community. Have experience in retail sales. Have passion for the America's Dog & Burger brand. If you don't have the passion, it's just not right for you.-

Financing Options

 
America's Dog & Burger Franchise
Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees -/--/-
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Training & Support

 
America's Dog & Burger Franchise
Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Franchise
Training -

Both classroom and hands-on training in our kitchen. Last minute training and grand opening support. We will stay with you until we are both comfortable that the restaurant is running smoothly.

Support --
Marketing --
Operations --

Expansion Plans

 
America's Dog & Burger Franchise
Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Franchise
US Expansion Yes-
Canada Expansion -Yes
International Expansion --

Company Overviews

About America's Dog & Burger

3 generations of family owned and operating restaurants around town. America's Dog & Burger has become a dream come true serving a consistent product made from higher quality ingredients in a clean and fresh space that celebrates America's passion (and my family's) of the Great America Road Trip!

We're not complicated. Our systems and training allow you to bring a brand to your neighborhood that's laser-like focused keeping everything uncomplicated to focus on execution from the menu to management.

About Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie

We opened our first Cheese Curds location in the Woodside area of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in February 2012 and we were the Halifax Regional Municipality's very first gourmet burger restaurant. Several other gourmet burger concepts soon followed, some have even since closed their doors, but we continued to succeed despite increased competition and opened a second location in Dartmouth in May 2013. We have been asked over and over when we are going to franchise our awesome burger concept and the answer is...very soon! We have been working hard gearing up for this over the last little while and we are happy to say we will be ready to bring on franchisees for the Atlantic Canada region in 2015.Cheese Curds provides a unique franchise proposition, not only in the quality and reputation of the brand to the consumer but also in the proven operating method offered to franchisees based on the years of experience of our founder.Cheese Curds believes competition is healthy and can only be positive for the customer. We differentiate ourselves by providing chef inspired menu items using only the freshest ingredients, with an unwavering focus on flavour and we prepare everything to order in an open kitchen concept in front of the customer. Our orders take a little longer to fill as a result but we stand behind our mantra that "it is worth the wait". Our high repeat customer experience tells us we are right. Contact us if you are interested in becoming part of this great Canadian success story