by Marisa Cioffi | Jan 28, 2022 | Blog
Not all restaurant franchise opportunities are created equal. While there are lots of options out there, none come close to the key advantages that The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill offers our franchise owners. We’re proud to say that we’re a standout franchise opportunity and for many good reasons!
Key Advantages
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill provides a number of benefits through our partnerships with our franchisees. Our many advantages include
- A proven franchise model. Our established brand provides built-in demand, a successful track record, and an experienced network. Plus, we offer multiple revenue streams to leverage your experience further and see a stronger return on investment.
- Decades of experience. We’ve been in the industry for over 30 years, and in that time, we’ve perfected operational processes that result in a successful track record. Our experience can help save you time and money.
- A growing preference for Greek food. Long before Greek food became a fad among health-conscious consumers, we’ve been serving authentic dishes in the Mediterranean category.
- A partnership with franchising powerhouse United Franchise Group (UFG). We’ll help with everything, from real estate assistance, planning out construction, ordering necessary supplies and equipment, training, promoting your location, and organizing a successful launch date. Ongoing corporate support allows franchisees to focus on attracting and retaining customers, molding their team, and delivering an exceptional dining experience. We require no experience because our comprehensive training will teach you everything you need to know. While you’re in business for yourself, you’re never by yourself!
- We never compromise on quality. The quality of our food is what anchors our business. Our menu appeals to all palates. We use the freshest and finest ingredients, true to Mediterranean traditions, and make all of our soups, dressings, marinades, and more in-house daily from scratch.
Investment Profile
Start your dream restaurant business with The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill! We simplify the process with a turnkey investment that includes virtually everything you need to get your business up and running.
The amounts may differ based on a number of factors, including the complexity and uniqueness of the franchise model, the company’s cost for acquisition, development, granting franchise, and the expected ROI of the business.
An idea of potential costs you can expect in order to get your franchise business off the ground:
The $39,500 franchise fee covers key items like location selection, lease negotiation, site build-out, initial training, assistance with staff recruitment, training, access to our suppliers, your startup marketing kit, and help with the marketing and launch of your restaurant.
The $180,000 liquid capital includes assets that are readily available to keep your business financially stable until you begin to generate profit. These assets should be in the bank, non-borrowed, and ready to invest. This capital covers construction costs, rent, wages, advertising, and other costs associated with starting a business.
An investment range of $400,000 to $600,000 exists because many factors can affect this total. The location of the franchise, local demand, regional rates for construction, rent, supplies, equipment, and other relevant elements affect the total investment. Expenses could include insurance, fees for consultancy or legal services, and lease deposits.
Partner with The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill for a restaurant franchise opportunity that features many key advantages over the competition.
These are just a few of the reasons why you should open a restaurant franchise with The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill. Contact us today to learn more about what it takes to get started.
by Marisa Cioffi | Jan 21, 2022 | Blog
The new year can have many customers following a resolution about sticking to a healthier diet. At The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill, customers don’t have to compromise with our Greek food menu! We feature big, bold flavors and fresh, healthy ingredients that continue to deliver client satisfaction, no matter the time of year or dietary restrictions.
In today’s marketplace, consumers want healthier dining options. Fast-casual concepts are making moves to incorporate more healthy options to appease this consumer shift, but with our Greek restaurant franchise, we’re already able to deliver what they want.
Our Healthy Menu
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill features authentic, third-generation Greek family recipes. Our food anchors our business, and we’re proud to give our customers the best quality without compromise.
The menu at The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill keeps customers coming back. We balance our traditional family recipes with modern interpretations that result in amazingly fresh and flavorful meals. We chop, slice, and trim all of our ingredients every day. We use the highest quality ingredients to make our sauces, soups, dressings, marinades, and desserts. We never compromise on our commitment to freshness: this leads to a passionately loyal customer base.
As a bonus, our menu shares many of the same ingredients as the Mediterranean diet. Our customers can enjoy our food knowing they’re eating well and getting health benefits from the nutritious food we provide.
Open a Greek Restaurant Franchise
Want to bring The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill to your neighborhood? We know your community would enjoy it!
We’ve been in the business of delicious food with our incredible Mediterranean food menu for three decades and counting. We’re an established restaurant brand with industry experience, multiple streams of revenue, and a proven track record. Our franchise partners benefit from our strong business model and are able to see a return on investment through our partnership.
Training and Support
The backbone of our strong business model is the industry-leading training and support we provide our franchisees. We give our franchise owners the confidence and know-how to run their own Great Greek Mediterranean Grill and become an integral part of the community they serve.
Franchisee training includes 32 hours of a comprehensive classroom training program at our corporate headquarters, followed by 22.5 hours of on-site training at your location. We provide access to online training tools and collaborative systems, as well as an in-depth franchise operations manual.
Classroom training includes mastering the process of ordering inventory, marketing your business, nurturing customer relations, learning food preparation secrets, finding and hiring qualified employees, and more. On-the-job training at your location helps you prepare for your grand opening and ensure all of the details are just right. We’ll make sure you’re properly implementing the procedures you learned during your initial training.
We want to help you make the most of your investment by keeping your business running efficiently. We’ve developed ongoing franchise support resources to make it simple, including an easy-to-use point of sale system, customizable marketing materials, and a comprehensive operations manual. We keep an open line of communication so franchisees can reach out any time they need help.
We provide regular ongoing professional development opportunities in the form of email updates, online training, conferences, and more! Franchisees stay up to date on industry trends to offer the best food and service around.
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill franchise puts you in the business of delicious food for any palate or diet.
These are just a few of the reasons why you should open a franchise that offers a Greek food menu courtesy of The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill. Contact us today to learn more about what it takes to get started.
by Marisa Cioffi | Jan 14, 2022 | Blog
Younger generations have placed a renewed focus on healthy food, driving a shift in consumer trends. Customers are looking for new, delicious, and healthy options when dining out, and this trend is expected to take off in the form of healthy food franchises.
Greek food is known for big, bold flavors and healthy ingredients. Our Mediterranean food franchise features fresh, high-quality ingredients and authentic third-generation Greek family recipes. Our sauces, soups, dressings, marinades, and desserts are made from scratch daily, and we chop, slice, and trim all of our ingredients fresh daily.
Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean Diet has been recommended by The American Heart Association as well as by doctors and favorably mentioned in many research studies. The consensus is that this primarily plant-based eating plan is effective in reducing inflammation, controlling blood sugar, and positively altering body mass index.
While there are slightly different versions of the diet depending on which region of the Mediterranean you are referencing, it’s generally agreed that the diet includes daily intake of whole grains, olive oil, fruits, vegetables, beans, legumes, nuts, herbs, and spices. Lean proteins (fish and seafood being preferred) are eaten in smaller quantities, and processed foods, sugar, refined carbohydrates, and unhealthy fats are avoided.
Customers will embrace that this diet requires no counting or measuring and is more of a lifestyle than a diet. In addition to healthy food, there is an emphasis on embracing the Mediterranean philosophy of cooking together and taking time to sit down and enjoy the meal together.
More Than Just Weight Loss
The Mediterranean Diet can result in weight loss in a safe and sustainable way, but it also happens to tout a host of other health benefits as well.
In addition to weight loss, this anti-inflammatory diet may:
- Help reduce your risk for heart disease
- Help reduce women’s risk for stroke
- Help prevent cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease
- Help prevent and manage type 2 diabetes
- Help relieve symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis
- Help protect against certain types of cancer
- May ease depression
Why Franchise With Us
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill is the best choice for a Mediterranean food franchise: it’s even in our name! Our unique menu with healthy options works any place where customers appreciate being able to customize their orders to their exact dietary specifications, whether it’s gluten-free, dairy-free, or vegetarian.
We’ve been in the business of delicious food for over three decades. In that time, we’ve become an established brand with a proven track record. We are a supportive franchisor that provides our franchise owners with everything they need to start and run their business. When you become a franchisee, we’re there for you every step of the way, from a turnkey investment to being a marketing partner. We’ll help you make a profit in a shorter time span than starting from scratch.
Choose The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill for a deliciously healthy franchise investment.
These are just a few of the reasons why you should open a franchise that offers authentic Mediterranean food with The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill. Contact us today to learn more about what it takes to get started.
by Marisa Cioffi | Jan 7, 2022 | Blog
Your future customers are craving the great taste and healthy options in Mediterranean cuisine. Healthy fast-casual franchises are on the rise due to consumer demand for new, delicious, and healthy options when dining out. With The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill, you can give your customers what they want, as both a restaurant and catering franchise.
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill provides a sought-after dining destination with authentic, third-generation Greek family recipes that feature big, bold flavors and utilize many healthy ingredients. We deliver superior customer satisfaction with dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegetarian dietary options.
Fresh, made-from-scratch food, healthy dining options, multiple revenue streams, and industry recognition make up the ingredients in our recipe for success.
Catering Revenue
We take the concept a step further by adding additional built-in value with catering services. Our franchisee’s success is our success, so we want to help you see a great return on investment.
Catering can add extra revenue, especially during the holiday season. In the U.S., the combined annual revenue of catering businesses is about $11B. We can cater any event, whether it’s offering catering services for weekday business meetings, family gatherings, other events, or holidays.
We’ve adapted our delicious restaurant menu to account for portability, and your customers can count on consistent quality and freshness for any event or occasion. We offer appetizers, salads, souvlaki, skewers, gyros, sides, desserts, and classic Greek entrees.
Other Revenue Streams
If you’re looking for additional revenue streams beyond catering, we have options for that as well. Franchisees can expand via multi-unit opportunities, area developer positions, and master licensee positions.
With multi-unit opportunities, franchisees are welcome to invest in as many locations as they’d like. This can help by greatly increasing your customer base and multiplying your potential profits; maximizing the results of your marketing spend; creating more opportunities for valued employees to move into management positions, and fully leveraging the time you’ve spent mastering our business model. As an additional incentive, we offer significant discounts on franchise fees for investors who open two or more locations.
Area developers facilitate the opening of multiple franchises in a given metro area, region, or state. They seek qualified franchisees to invest in new restaurants and receive recurring revenue from the franchises they help sell.
Master licensees work similarly to area developers, except they take the concept abroad. They approach us with an ideal location. We provide demographic research, assist with the process of setting up the flagship restaurant and expand the concept by finding other qualified franchisees to invest. Master licensees enjoy recurring income from selling franchises and ongoing royalties.
Why Franchise with Us
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill is a game changer in the restaurant industry. We can help you establish yourself as a restaurateur with the guidance of our team of experts.
We’re a standout franchise opportunity thanks to the quality of our beloved menu and our partnership with franchising powerhouse United Franchise Group (UFG). Our fresh and healthy menu provides options for a variety of dietary specifications and continues to deliver client satisfaction, whether customers are eating in the store or enjoying catering services.
Our franchise opportunity includes everything you need to start and run a unique fast-casual restaurant. We stand out thanks to our turnkey investment, high-profit potential, opportunities for growth, proven franchise system, and established brand.
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill is recognized as a leading player in the franchise industry and a trustworthy and reputable source for franchise investments. We provide our restaurant and catering franchisees with built-in customer demand, the reassurance of a successful track record, and access to an experienced network. Won’t you join us?
These are just a few of the reasons why you should open a franchise with The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill. Contact us today to learn more about what it takes to get started.
by Marisa Cioffi | Jan 5, 2022 | Press
Multi-Unit franchise agreement with local entrepreneur to open five locations with the first opening in Charleston, October 2021!
West Palm Beach, The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill, an award winning and rapidly expanding Mediterranean fast-casual concept is opening its first franchise location in Charleston, SC located at 1405 Folly St Rd, Ste 410 in the Riverland Market Center in October 2021.
The Great Greek Charleston is owned and operated by the Willis family who put great food and quality at the top of their list. They will be initially opening two locations with the first located on Folly Rd opening in October and in Mount Pleasant at “The Bend” which is currently under construction and will open early 2022. “We are very excited for this new journey in our business life and as a family we want to create an atmosphere where not only is the food unbelievably fresh and amazing but the moment you walk through the door you feel like family. We look forward to being involved in the community and offering the best Greek food that will keep you coming back for more!” said Scott Willis on behalf of the family.
The award-winning chef inspired menu at The Great Greek features homegrown recipes and big bold flavors like the fan favorite traditional Gyro (Yee-Ro) as well as Lamb, Steak and Chicken Souvlaki platters. In addition, guests crave our four-signature house-made dips featuring Hummus, Tzatziki, Melitzanosalata and Tirokafteri (spicy roasted red pepper) as well as our made to order Fresh Feta Fries. Guests can also indulge in the must-have desserts like Baklava Ice Cream or Rice Pudding. The Great Greek offers a wide variety of customizable options for guests to enjoy, including a classic Greek Salad with a choice of Salmon, Shrimp, or several other protein choices. Everything is prepared in-house with fresh ingredients that bring traditional flavors from recipes passed down generation after generation.
“We’re very pleased to announce this development agreement for the Charleston SC market” said Bob Andersen, President of Great Greek Franchising, LLC. “Our guests consistently tell us they enjoy our healthy menu choices without sacrificing flavors and enjoy being served in a friendly comfortable environment! We really focus on delivering a terrific guest experience,” said Andersen, “which is contributing to the ongoing rapid growth of our brand globally and throughout the USA with South Carolina being a key development state for the brand”
Currently, The Great Greek has franchise agreements in place for over 158 locations domestically and internationally. The brand continues to receive high interest in multi-unit franchise development deals.
