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San Francisco Oven

Brick-oven pizza, soups, salads, sandwiches

Background

Founded: 2001 Franchising since: 2003
9150 S. Hills Blvd., #225
Cleveland, Ohio 44147
Phone:
(440)717-9450


Franchisor has 5 employee(s); 4 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth
Year U.S. Franchises Canadian Franchises Foreign Franchises Company Owned
2006 12 0 0 1
2005 8 0 0 1

Where Seeking Franchisees
In the U.S. Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North carolina, North dakota, New hampshire, New jersey, New mexico, Nevada, New york, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode island, South carolina, South dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United states, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: 7,500 1-mile daytime population; 50,000 3-mile population

Costs and Fees

Total investment: $474.1K-807.3K
Franchise fee: $25K
Ongoing royalty fee: 5%
Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable


Type of Financing Available
In-House Third Party
Franchise Fee No No
Startup Costs No No
Equipment No No
Inventory No No
Accounts Receivable No No
Payroll No No

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $1M
Cash liquidity requirement: $500K
Business Experience:
  • Industry experience
  • General business experience
  • Marketing skills

Operations
  • 100% of all franchisees own more than one unit
  • Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 20 - 30
  • Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training and Support

Training
  • Available at headquarters: 3 weeks
  • At franchisee's location: 2 weeks

Ongoing Support
  • Newsletter
  • Meetings
  • Toll-free phone line
  • Grand opening
  • Internet
  • Security/safety procedures
  • Field operations/evaluations
  • Purchasing cooperatives

Marketing Support
  • Co-op advertising
  • Ad slicks
  • Regional advertising

Other marketing support
  • Local & neighborhood marketing

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