Franchising Opportunities
Beyond the ordinary franchise.
Our restaurant/café concept is expanding quickly through company-operated and franchised units in both the USA and international markets. Our future is to accelerate development of both company and franchise locations, and we are looking for qualified franchise partners who are excited about Au Bon Pain and our fast growing market segment.
In the USA, we currently have 61 franchisees who primarily operate multiple units. Outside the USA, we presently operate through exclusive franchises in the Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan and we recently signed territorial commitments in Japan and the Middle East. Franchised cafés now total 61 in the USA and 44 in International markets.
Our highly successful cafés are situated in a variety of trade channels which include: city-center office buildings, major and strip malls, life style centers, airports, hotels, hospitals, universities, and suburban locations. This flexibility has given us a powerful competitive advantage in the bakery café segment of our industry.
Franchise Opportunities
Currently, we are focusing our domestic franchise program in the eastern, southeastern, and midwestern United States, all of which will complement and benefit from our current company presence and our planned expansion. Internationally, we are focusing new development primarily in Asia and the Middle East. We are franchising on a territorial basis in market areas with a minimum unit potential of 10-20 locations. This multiple unit potential enables our multiple unit franchisees to build a significant business with solid earnings potential.
Specific market areas that we are targeting in the USA include:
- Greater New York City including the boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island (Manhattan is a company area)
- Burlington-Plattsburgh
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy
- Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York
- Pittsburgh (along with company units)
- Baltimore
- Toledo
- Milwaukee
- Dallas (excluding airport sites)
Applications for other eastern, southeastern, and midwestern markets are being accepted. In order to be considered for an Au Bon Pain franchise, you must have the financial and management resources necessary to develop multiple cafés quickly. We require that you have $350,000 in pre-financing cash available to invest in each location. Aside from financial resources, our ideal candidate has a proven track record of successfully operating multiple retail/foodservice outlets in the proposed area, an established management infrastructure, and access to quality sites. Many of our successful franchisees currently run multiple branded restaurants or quick service outlets and they are looking for a way to leverage their business with a non-competitive brand. Au Bon Pain provides that opportunity as a versatile brand in the fast growing bakery café segment. We feature a healthy offering and unique operating system.
We prefer to discuss franchise opportunities directly with the principals who will be managing the business. If you have serious interest in being considered, please use the online form available here or e-mail us at franchising@aubonpain.com. Please briefly outline your particular area or country of interest, and provide a summary of your current business experience. List your objectives for the potential Au Bon Pain franchise, and verify that you have adequate capital available for the investment.
We will get back to you as soon as possible with a response, and qualified applicants will be sent an application as the first key step in the franchising process.
Thank you for your interest!
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