Franchisees

“So we got way more efficient. We bought them out. We actually operated at 95. Sales went up in all the franchise markets. So literally sales went up, wages went up, everything went up, and it actually improved out better.”

“Enterprise restaurants, you need to go through the proper channels and sell into the enterprise and not just work with individual franchisees or operator groups. Cause it really upsets headquarters, if they haven't vetted the things that.”

“And so we have a process that we follow, even at the first time that we talk to them, there's a process. And that gives us indications on whether or not they're an individual that can follow a process, because certainly if they become a franchisee, they're goi…”

“It's a great business to have a fully franchised brand, but it needs to be very good for everyone to be sustainable, meaning your franchisees making money is left, right, and center of this business.”

“Because even McDonald's, their biggest barrier to growth for new franchisees, they have to already be wealthy. Then they have to be wealthy and want to run a McDonald's. And McDonald's does not allow outside investors.”

“I was talking to an executive at a big franchise system, and you know, they've got probably 20 franchisees that pretty much run the company. You know, whatever those people say goes, because they're the ones generating a lion's share of the profits for the com…”

“They're gonna find that with one 800 got junk, they're gonna charge more. And that incremental value that you get being able to charge more is because of a premium brand that we've created that has huge credibility. So that incremental amount more than covers …”

“Anybody that's thinking about getting in a franchise should realize that it is a relationship that you are actually now getting into a partnership with another entrepreneur. You're gonna have to spend a lot of time listening and making sure and inspiring and h…”