The Loop Pizza Grill vs Johnnie's Pizza Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of The Loop Pizza Grill vs Johnnie's Pizza including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
The Loop Pizza Grill Franchise
Johnnie's Pizza Franchise
Investment $525,000 - $900,000$112,200 - $537,500
Franchise Fee $30,000$30,000
Royalty Fee -6%
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 19811984
Year Franchised 19902005
Term Of Agreement -10 years
Term Of Agreement -10 years
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
The Loop Pizza Grill Franchise
Johnnie's Pizza Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
The Loop Pizza Grill Franchise
Johnnie's Pizza Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees -/-No/No
Start-up Costs -/-No/No
Equipment -/-No/No
Inventory -/-No/No
Receivables -/-No/No
Payroll -/-No/No

Training & Support
 
The Loop Pizza Grill Franchise
Johnnie's Pizza Franchise
Training -* Available at headquarters: 1 week

* At franchisee's location: 2 weeks
Support --
Marketing --
Operations --

Expansion Plans
 
The Loop Pizza Grill Franchise
Johnnie's Pizza Franchise
US Expansion -Yes
Canada Expansion --
International Expansion -Yes

Company Overviews

About The Loop Pizza Grill

The Loop Pizza Grill is a neighborhood fast-casual restaurant that offers the quality and atmosphere of a full-service dining establishment. As a pioneer of the fast-casual segment for 30 years, The Loop Pizza Grill was one of the first restaurants to offer a variety of made-to-order fresh foods in an upscale environment. The Loop serves a variety of signature pizzas, burgers, salads, sandwiches and hand-dipped milkshakes. Open for lunch and dinner, the average sales volume per restaurant is $1.2 million, with guest checks averaging $10. Based in Jacksonville, Fla., The Loop Pizza Grill was founded by Mike and Terry Schneider in 1981 as a 60-seat restaurant.
 
The franchise fee for a single LOOP franchise is $30,000. The fee is payable in two phases: $15,000 at the execution of the agreement, and $15,000 when a lease is signed or training begins.

About Johnnie's Pizza

At 16 years old, Bruce Jackson was flipping pizza at the original Johnny’s Pizza in Manlius, New York. He loved the business: serving piping hot pizza - always made with fresh, authentic ingredients - to happy customers, sitting down with the locals on a Friday night for a slice, or feeding the high school football team after a win. He saw opportunity. And he wanted to build his own. Most of our franchise operators are familiar with the feeling.

In three short years, Bruce opened a Johnny’s Pizza just off the Syracuse University campus with Johnny’s younger brother Rosario. After six years of success there, Bruce and a new business partner, Scott Allen, were ready for a move to warmer weather! Atlanta, Georgia is where they landed.

In 1977, Bruce and Scott wrote "Now Open” on a pizza box, stuck it in the front window of their storefront in Atlanta, and started selling pizza. One year later, they opened a second store. As entrepreneurs, they saw bigger potential in the brand and the business model they’d so carefully fine-tuned. In 1994, they officially began to franchise. In 2003, we needed a unique name to operate on a national level. So we gave Johnny a last name, and Johnny Brusco’s Pizza was born!

Now a new generation of leadership is guiding Johnny’s Pizza into the future. Bruce’s son, Luke, is expanding the business across the southeast and focusing on growth in dine-in, delivery and online ordering segments. We’re also focusing on ways to increase individual store volume growth, including new seasonal menu offerings and an expanded craft beer selection.