Dream Dinners
Cooking is your passion and you’d like to share it with others. If this sounds like you then a Dream Dinners Franchise is the perfect opportunity for you. Dream Dinners allows your customers to pre-make dinners using ingredients you provide to make nutritious home-made dinners for their families. The dinners are then frozen to be used on an as-needed basis by busy parents.
“Named “the grandmother” of fix-and-freeze businesses by TIME magazine, Dream Dinners is recognized as the originator of innovative and convenient dinner assembly stores. Created by working mothers Stephanie Allen and Tina Kuna, the Snohomish, Washington-based company was the first to roll out this timesaving concept on a national scale.” Their mission is to bring families together at the dinner table without the hassle of planning and preparing a meal every night.” As the owner of your own Dream Dinners store you’ll be giving busy parent’s the opportunity to eat dinner together every night no matter how hectic the family schedule.
The estimated cost of opening a Dream Dinners store is between $250,000 and $330,000 dollars depending on the real estate costs in your area and other fees and costs. As well, they have an initial franchise fee of $35,000 with a grand opening & environmental design fee is $10,000. You will also pay 6% of gross revenue to support marketing and advertising through the parent company.
They are looking for people who wil have a high degree of personal involvement in each store plus the ability to manage others. Being a “people-person”, is a must as you will be spending most of your time helping your customers with meal preparation. You’ll also want to have the financial stability to make this a full-time commitment. Deep roots in your community are also an advantage as a great deal of your success as a franchisee will be based on your community involvement in schools, churches and other organizations.
They are currently seeking qualified applicants in a variety of locations. To get an idea of how this opportunity works and hear from some of their satisfied owners, you can check out the testimonials available at the Dream Dinners website.
But don’t stop there when deciding whether this opportunity is right for you, check out existing Dream Dinners by clicking here for a list of stores in your area.
As always when planning a new business venture, make sure to get all of your financial information together and talk the opportunity over thoroughly with your accountant or attorney. Remember that although the information about initial costs is available on the website, you might have other expenses such as village and state requirements, health inspections and legal fees. And never go into business situation without the full support of your family and loved-ones. Although purchasing a franchise allows you to partake of the corporate marketing and advertising available to you, you’ll still put in long hours and a considerable amount of your heart and soul into making it work.
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