South African tradition

Description

Franchise designed to be the most affordable food franchise you can buy with excellent returns on investment. Full setup, training and backup service is supplied and on top of it the lowest and fixed monthly royalty of R 1500 in the fast-food franchise business. The aim is to put you as the franchisee in a profitable situation as soon as possible.

This is one of the most exciting and satisfying business opportunities that you will ever find and it is a truly South African concept. This concept is designed that you can start small with a lower financial input, but you can render all the services to your customers. As your customers increase you can expand the business easily.  

Through the Braai Hut franchises we offer our nation and the rest of the world a taste of South Africa’s favourite food. We are known for our sunshine, sport and braai and with our franchises people can have a braai any time of the day. In our shops we offer a full range of fully prepared take away braai meals. The shops and the menu is designed to fit into a upper class mall or into a standalone premises. We attract our customers with a good-looking shop, a great menu and excellent service. The franchises is designed as a lower entry franchise into the market to make it viable for more people to own their own franchise. You will also be able to expand as your business grows and from the start you will be able to render all the services to the customers.

Advantages of choosing a franchise

With a franchise you buy into a proven business concept and you are reducing your risks. You are, in effect, making use of other people’s intellectual capital and goodwill, rather than starting from scratch. In addition, you’re learning curve is shortened, by drawing on the franchisor’s years of experience. The franchisor will set up your business and give you full training in every aspect of the business as well as ongoing support. In addition, the franchisor is also able to provide ongoing research and development, thus contributing to new products and services.

Franchising provides the entrepreneur with the opportunity to participate in a large business operation. In this scenario franchising makes it possible for some people with limited capital to become small formal-sector businesspeople by lowering the entry level cost. The profitability of a franchise business is higher than that of a nonfranchise business, which allows the franchisee to expand his/her business faster and also provides a stronger cash base.

The franchisees will also have the advantage of collective buying power that will increase profits. The combined infrastructure can also be used to achieve a more effective marketing strategy by maximizing the ad spend of the group and obtaining better prices for advertising. Collective advertising will also be done amongst the franchisees which is normally to expensive for one business to do on its own. 

Buying a franchise means becoming part of a family where all members work together for the good of the whole. All franchises contribute to and share in ideas to the benefit of the franchise, while ultimately working for themselves. Because franchises are involved in a business in which they feel independent, even though a network of support and an organizational safety net ensure business success are in place, they are motivated to make it a success.

Franchisees have a much better chance of success than non-franchisees who start up their own business. The reason for this is that management and training systems are in place to enhance effectiveness and efficiency, which in turn reduce the risk of failure.

A successful franchise could ensure excellent resale value to an established business. It is seen as a more viable purchase option to prospective buyers than a stand-alone proposition in the marketplace.   

The Braai Hut offers a wide range of products to customers starting with 

 Chuck and pap

 Steak

 Chops

 Chicken

 Sausage

 Kebabs

 Pap and wors

 Footlong Russian Rolls

 Hamburgers

 Toasted sandwiches

 Salads etc

 Let’s talk finances 

 Cost                                     R 450 000 ( Includes Full Setup )

Additional cost like flooring, extra walls, extra furniture, toilet facilities or other requirements by the franchisees will be added on to the price and for the cost of the franchisee.

Deposit                               R 185 000 

Royalties             

               R 1 500 per month

Premises size 

               ± 50 to 80 m²

Personnel            

               4-6 people

Franchisee duties         Sign Lease Agreement

                                             Pay deposit         

                                             Telkom line connection

                                             Alarm connection                                                          

                                             Water connection

                                             Electricity connection

Equipment

This is an indication of some of the most important equipment. We only use the best in equipment and we believe in good backup service from our suppliers. 

1)            Double pan deep Fryer.

2)            Extractor fan

3)            Gas grillers

4)            Gas stove

5)            Splashback steel tables

6)            Microwave

7)            Cooldrink fridge

8)            Freezer

9)            Fridge

10)         Sandwich press

11)         Staff Uniforms

12)         Point Of Sale (on rental from Gaap)

13)         Office

14)         Signage

15)         Furniture (Counter, storage shelves etc)

16)         Front tables and chairs

17)         Utensils

The above mentioned is a broad layout of what the franchise entails and more details will be supplied as soon as the franchisee is approved and the “Agreement to buy” is signed.                       

 The package is designed   through experience to put you in a profitable position as soon as possible. All the equipment that you will   need to run your business professionally and at a low   maintenance cost is included in the setup. As your business grows you can

expand by getting in bigger and more machines and the package is designed that you can upgrade as the need arrives.

 Training is provided in all aspects of the business. 

 Business Format and tax registrations

 You as the franchisee can decide what business format you would like to use. That can be either as a sole proprietor, a partnership or a Company.  

 Competition

 In today’s marketplace you can be sure that you will have competition. There is a lot of food franchises out there and each one caters for a specific market. We believe that we have a special place in the market and that we are unique in what we can offer our customers. 

 Requirements from prospective franchisees

This is an easy business to run and you do not need any formal training or previous experience to be trained into this business. Having said that this is a business that you will enjoy running and at some stages, depending on the workload, it will be required of you to put in some extra effort and longer hours. Thorough training will be given on all the equipment and you will also be updated on all new developments.

You must have good people skills and the ability to market yourself and your business.