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Huddle House
Own a down-home, family-style 24-hour restaurant that has the backing of an iconic brand name and a reputation for amazing Southern hospitality. With incredible momentum from a 50-year history and more than 400 locations in 20 states, now is the time to invest in the Huddle House franchise. More about the cost of owning a Huddle House franchise is below.
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Huddle Up for One of the Most Affordable Breakfast Franchises
Own a down-home, family-style 24-hour restaurant that has the backing of an iconic brand name and a reputation for amazing Southern hospitality. With incredible momentum from a 50-year history and more than 400 locations in 20 states, now is the time to invest in the Huddle House franchise.
Huddle In for the Opportunity
“Any Meal. Any Time.”
The Huddle House has established a niche in small towns which are underserved by other franchise breakfast restaurants. With breakfast making up about 60% of Huddle House sales, the lower food costs for breakfast foods lead to higher profit margins for Huddle House franchise owners.
According to the National Restaurant Association, annual full-service restaurant sales, including family-dining restaurants are estimated at $201.5 billion.
Why Should You Invest in a Huddle House?
- Easily adapts to most markets
- Open 24-hrs a day serves any meal at any time
- 50 years experience
- Nationally recognized name
- Quality food
- Affordable initial investment
- Flexible concept
- Professional support
- Loyal customers
- Ongoing training and support
- Multiple business models
There has never been a better time to invest in this iconic American restaurant franchise
Investment
Huddle House requires a minimum net worth of $600,000 and a minimum liquidity of $200,000 for the development of new restaurants. For franchisees purchasing existing restaurants, these requirements may be lowered depending on the specific situation.
Your initial investment will range from $444,192 to $1,550,670, depending on the type of Huddle House franchise you purchase.
Repeat customers eat at Huddle House an average of 47 times a year and spend an average of $1,055 per person.
What Makes Huddle House Unique?
- An iconic breakfast franchise with Southern hospitality has big portions at a fair price.
- Compared to other full-service, freestanding restaurant brands, the Huddle House's initial investment is relatively affordable.
- Huddle House restaurants are smaller than Denny’s® or IHOP® restaurants, which saves money and allows staff to get to know their customers.
- In many small towns the Huddle House targets, they are the only sit-down restaurant with table service.
- The newest restaurants have open kitchens so guests can see the cook prepare their food in plain sight.
- A full-service 24-hour restaurant that serves any meal at any time.
Multiple Building Options
Huddle House is the type of restaurant that can work in many markets, and they work with all their franchisees to make sure they have the best possible scenario to do well. Franchisees can own this iconic family-style restaurant as:
- Freestanding locations
- Interstate travel center locations
- Endcaps, strip malls & shopping centers
- Blended locations:
- Convenience stores
- Hotels
- Casinos
In addition to the limitless possibilities when it comes to opening new restaurants, Huddle House also offers opportunities to purchase existing franchise or company restaurants and reopen former Huddle House restaurants in various markets.
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Training & Support
One-third of Huddle House franchisees had no previous food service experience. If you do, great, but if you don’t, no problem. New franchisees benefit from the franchise support of the Huddle House team the minute you sign the contract. You’ll receive assistance over 5-9 weeks with:
- Site selection
- Design and construction
- Extensive training
- Operational and marketing support
The entire process to open and train you will take approximately 6-9 months.
Come see how the Huddle House's new Evolution model is breaking records.
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Huddle House Franchisee Candidates
Ideal Huddle House Franchisees have a background in business and a passion for working with people. What Huddle House is looking for is someone with a strong business background, either with experience working for others or someone who might be in business for themselves already. The seasoned leadership team can teach franchisees everything they need to know to be in their restaurant on a day-to-day basis or how to hire a general manager for multiple locations and oversee their franchises on a larger scale.
Open your own Huddle House franchise.
Note: At this time, Huddle House is only accepting inquiries from within the USA and Canada.Huddle House offers resale opportunities in the following states: AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MO, SC, and TX.
FAQs
- Southern style diner known for its “round the clock” breakfast and Southern hospitality
- Also offers an array of lunch, dinner and dessert menu items
- In store sales of breakfast and other meals items
- People who love breakfast any time of the day
- Single-unit restaurateurs or franchisees interested in multiple units
- Food service experience helpful but not absolutely necessary
- Work to establish a restaurant brand as a central meeting place in a new market
- Hire food service and management staff
- Manage day-to-day operations of a restaurant, or oversee multiple franchise units
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