Popular Canadian breakfast franchise is ready to expand in U.S. with backing from global franchising leader Kahala Brands and MTY Group
Ben & Florentine™ breakfast franchise has been a life-changing opportunity for dozens of entrepreneurs who dreamed of opening a unique brunch franchise in their communities. While leaving a career to go into business for yourself can seem overwhelming, the experts backing Ben & Florentine come from not one, but two, franchise industry giants — Kahala Brands™ and MTY Group™ — and have significant experience in helping entrepreneurs achieve their goals.
A franchise company of this size, which encompasses a combined 70 brands and more than 5,500 franchised locations in nearly 30 countries, has teams dedicated to operations, research and development, as well as marketing and support. Ben & Florentine owners benefit from having access to these experienced franchising teams, as well as other owners in the network, as they launch their new businesses.
In fact, prior restaurant experience is not required — all that we require is your drive to succeed.
“You don’t need any experience in the restaurant industry to franchise with Ben & Florentine,” says Nicolas Lazin, Marketing and Communication Director with Ben & Florentine. “The entire head office is here to help you to launch your restaurant with success. Our training in the restaurant is a three to four week process, where you learn every aspect of the restaurant. We also do one week of classroom training, so you learn how to make payroll and order inventory, and how to market effectively in your community. We have a full marketing team to help you, from providing marketing materials to helping you choose the right media platforms to engage directly with your local area. We’re a team — and we will work together every step of the way to help you thrive in your business.”
As we take our proven concept to the United States for the first time, Ben & Florentine is excited to welcome new entrepreneurs with a passion for breakfast food, customer service and the desire to lead a team to our rapidly growing brand.
Ben & Florentine emphasizes team culture and immersive training
While the majority of our franchisees did not have any experience owning and operating a breakfast restaurant prior to joining our franchise family, all of them mastered our concept by completing our immersive training experience. New franchisees train at an operating restaurant for three weeks to work in every role of the restaurant. You will become an expert in how to prepare and serve our products, as well as learn how to greet customers, take orders, use our POS system, manage inventory and lead a team. By the end of your training, you should have the confidence and the skills to open your new restaurant.
Ben & Florentine has proven our business model over the past decade, and our robust support platform is designed to make business ownership accessible to entrepreneurs who are ready to make the leap. We provide ongoing coaching, mentoring and our in-house marketing support will provide you with all the resources you need to spread the word about your new business. When you join Ben & Florentine, you’re a part of a franchise family that has your back.
“From day one, we set out to establish a family spirit in our brand,” Lazin says. “One of the guiding principles of our brand is to be close with our franchisees. We work very hard to ensure that our franchisees are ideally suited for our brand, as they are the final point of contact between us and the customer. In turn, our number one goal is to help our franchisees thrive over the long term, finding solutions to their challenges and celebrating their successes.”
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