Johnnie's Dog House vs Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Johnnie's Dog House 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

 
Johnnie's Dog House Franchise
Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Franchise
Investment $82,600 - $355,750$475,000 - $650,000
Franchise Fee $25,000$35,000
Royalty Fee 6%5%
Advertising Fee -1% Nat'l + 1% local
Year Founded -2012
Year Franchised -2015
Term Of Agreement -10 years +10
Term Of Agreement -10 years +10
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements

 
Johnnie's Dog House Franchise
Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options

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

 
Johnnie's Dog House Franchise
Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Franchise
Training Our initial training program will consist of approximately 10 days of training over a 2 week period and could take place at our corporate headquarters and/or any existing Johnnie's Dog House restaurant. The training includes: * Vision and Values * Operations Manual * Franchisee's Responsibilities * POS System * Training for Product/Service Presentation * Marketing & Promotion Planning * Catering & Special Events Strategy * Hiring Your Staff and Personnel Practices & Policy * Job & Staff Training * Receiving & Storing Products * Health, Sanitation & Licensing Requirements

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 You will have ongoing access to our expertise and materials in the areas of: * Business development and administration * Site selection and store leasing * Construction * Purchasing * Training * Store operations * Quality control * Advertising and promotions * Marketing * Research and development-
Marketing --
Operations --

Expansion Plans

 
Johnnie's Dog House Franchise
Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Franchise
US Expansion --
Canada Expansion -Yes
International Expansion --

Company Overviews

About Johnnie's Dog House

Fast Casual Restaurant:

1,000 to 2,000 sq. ft., offers a welcoming entrance, nostalgic decor, and unique historical photographs from different generations which decorate the dining area. This business format offers multiple channels of revenue for our franchisees: Dine-in and Carry-Out, Catering, and Special Events. Airport and Mall Venue

100 to 300 sq. ft., is supported by our Fully Self-Contained Kiosk Solution. It is fashioned to look so that it will never be forgotten, offers a wide variety of menu selections, capable of satisfying large crowds, certified for indoor use, and is built with a ruggedness and utility. Our Home Improvement Venue

8 ft. by 12ft. Kiosk or Trailer, is designed and manufacturered using the highest NSF and UL standards to ensure reliability and approval by health departments and county ordinances nationwide, provides distribution from the Johnnie's Dog House food, beverage, paper and branding suppliers to each location, and offers a 3rd party equipment leasing option of the complete solution.

Our Catering and Event Solution

The perfect addition to every sporting event, festival, fair, or party in your community. Your customers will love the hot off-the-grill foods and its style and design will certainly be a crowd pleaser.

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