Memilih Franchise

Ketika kita berniat membuka usaha dengan sistem franchise atau waralaba, kita jangan cepat tergoda dengan umbar janji akan mendapatkan keuntungan cepat tanpa mempunyai sikap waspada terhadap perusahaan pewaralaba tersebut. Jangan biarkan kita sampai salah dalam memilih waralaba karena kerugian dalam investasi ini sangat mungkin terjadi.

Berikut beberapa hal yang perlu diketahui ketika hendak memilih sebuah waralaba:

Memilih jenis waralaba yang sesuai minat
Kunci sukses berbisnis adalah memilih sebuah bisnis yang kita benar-benar senang melakukannya. Jika kita benci mengerjakan sesuatu tak peduli berapa besar potensi laba yang dimilikinya maka kita tak akan bisa mencurahkan diri secara penuh padanya dan ini berpotensi meruntuhkan bisnis kita sendiri. Pekerjaan yang kita senangi akan membuat kita termotivasi dan dapat bertahan lama.

Mengumpulkan dan mencari informasi sebanyak mungkin mengenai perusahaan pewaralaba
Ini merupakan hal penting yang harus kita lakukan sebelum memutuskan memilih sebuah perusahaan pewaralaba. Kita jangan merasa cukup dengan informasi singkat yang menggiurkan dari pewaralaba. Track record, umur bisnis, produk, fee, sistem pengembangan dan lain sebagainya adalah informasi yang kita butuhkan untuk menilai perusahaan tersebut. Adanya rencana bisnis jangka panjang dari mereka adalah hal yang penting demi kelangsungan bisnis kita.

Fasilitas dan dukungan yang diberikan
Hal ini perlu diketahui bagaimana perusahaan pewaralaba memberikan dukungannya kepada terwaralaba. Bentuk dan apa saja pelatihan yang diberikan, sistem transfer manajemennya, pelatihan karyawan, suplai barang/jasa, pembagian hasil dan strategi pemasarannya.

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International Franchises 2007 (Entrepreneur Version)
Source: Entrepreneur Magazine

6. Domino's Pizza LLC
Pizza, breadsticks, buffalo wings
On business since: 1960 , Franchise available since: 1967
In 1960, brothers Tom and James Monaghan borrowed $500 to purchase DomiNick’s, a pizza store in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The next year, James traded his half of the business to Tom for a Volkswagen Beetle. In 1965, Tom Monaghan renamed the company Domino’s Pizza LLC. The first Domino’s Pizza franchise store opened in Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 1967. Tom Monaghan retired in 1998, selling 93 percent of the company to Bain Capital.
In addition to regular, pan and thin-crust pizza, Domino’s products include bread sticks and buffalo wings. Domino’s operates more than 6,000 stores in the United States, Canada, Europe and Africa.
Total investment: $141.4K-415.1K
Express/kiosk option available
Franchise fee: $15K
Current royalty fee: 5.5%
Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable

7. Jiffy Lube Int'l. Inc
Fast oil change
On business since: 1979 , Franchise available since: 1979
The decline of full-service gas stations in the 1970s left many consumers without their traditional sources for oil changes. Jiffy Lube began under Jim Hindman in 1979 as an association of seven fast-lube centers in the western United States. Today the franchise is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pennzoil-Quaker State Co. and has locations nationwide.
Total investment: $214K-273K
Franchise fee: $35K
Current royalty fee: to 5%
Term of agreement: 20 years, renewable
Renewal fee: $17.5K
8 Sonic Drive In Restaurants
Drive-in restaurant
On business since: 1954 , Franchise available since: 1959
Sonic Industries Inc. was founded in 1973. In 1974, Sonic acquired the name Sonic Drive-In from Troy Smith, Sr., and began franchising. Smith used his more than 15 years of experience in the restaurant business to develop and operate the Sonic franchise program.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Sonic Corp., the company is based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has locations throughout the United States. The company’s storefronts recently got a facelift to give them a retro-futuristic look.
Total investment: $861.3K
Franchise fee: $30K
Current royalty fee: 1-5%
Term of agreement: 20 years, renewable
Renewal fee: 10 years for $6K

9. McDonald's
Hamburgers, chicken, salads
Total investment: $506K-1.6M
Express/kiosk option available
Franchise fee: $45K
Current royalty fee: 12.5%+
Term of agreement: 20 years, renewable
Renewal fee: $45K

10. Papa John's Int'l. Inc.
Pizza
On business since: 1985 , Franchise available since: 1986 - Total investment: $250K
Franchise fee: $25K
Current royalty fee: 4%

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International Franchises 2007 (Entrepreneur Version)
Source: Entrepreneur Magazine

1 Subway
Submarine sandwiches & salads
On business since: 1965 , Franchise available since: 1974
In 1965, 17-year-old Fred DeLuca and family friend Peter Buck opened Pete's Super Submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut. With a loan from Buck for only $1,000, DeLuca hoped the tiny sandwich shop would earn enough to put him through college. After struggling through the first few years, the founders changed the company's name to Subway and began franchising in 1974. Offering a fresh, healthy alternative to fast-food restaurants, Subway has franchises throughout the United States and in several countries, with locations in traditional and nontraditional sites alike.
Total investment: $74.9K-222.8K
Franchise fee: $15K
Current royalty fee: 8%
Term of agreement: 20 years, renewable

2. Dunkin' Donuts
Donuts & baked goods
On business since: 1950 , Franchise available since: 1955
In 1946, William Rosenberg founded Industrial Luncheon Services, a company that delivered meals and snacks to workers in the Boston area. The success of Industrial Lucheon Services convinced Rosenberg to start the Open Kettle, a doughnut shop in Quincy, Massachusetts. Two years later Open Kettle changed its name to Dunkin’ Donuts.
Today, Dunkin’ Donuts serves a variety of doughnuts, muffins, bagels, coffees and fruit drinks at its locations in more than 40 countries.
Dunkin’ Donuts is a subsidiary of Allied Domecq, parent company of Baskin-Robbins and Togo’s. Franchisees may operate combination stores, co-branding Dunkin’ Donuts with Baskin-Robbins or Togo’s.
Total investment: $179K-1.6M
Franchise fee: $40K-80K
Current royalty fee: 5.9%

3. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
Tax preparation services
On business since: 1960 , Franchise available since: 1986
Started in1960, Jackson Hewitt is a full-service, year-round national tax service specializing in computerized federal and state preparation of individual returns. It began franchising in 1986, the same year that the IRS introduced electronic filing.
Total investment: $48.6K-91.8K
Express/kiosk option available
Franchise fee: to $25K
Current royalty fee: 15%
Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable

4. 7-Eleven Inc. Request Info
Convenience store
On business since: 1927 , Franchise available since: 1964
Taking its name from the hours its stores used to operate (7 a.m. to 11 p.m.), 7-Eleven has grown from a Dallas-based ice company to an international convenience store chain. Approximately 6 million customers visit 7-Eleven stores in the United States and Canada each day, buying items such as milk, wine, bread fresh-food items and gas.
Total investment: Varies
Franchise fee: Varies
Current royalty fee: Varies
Term of agreement: 15 years, renewable

5. UPS Store, The/Mail Boxes Etc.
Postal, business & communications services
On business since: 1980 , Franchise available since: 1980
Founded in 1980, Mail Boxes Etc. became a subsidiary of UPS in 2001. The company now franchises The UPS Store concept, whose locations provide packaging, shipping, copy and print services, mailbox services, computer time rentals, and more. The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. franchises are located throughout the United States and in over 40 countries.
Total investment: $153.95K-266.8K
Express/kiosk option available
Franchise fee: $29.95K
Current royalty fee: 5%
Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable
Renewal fee: 25% of current franchise fee

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