What fast food franchise would you choose to open and why?

If I had 1.5 million it would be a no brainer- McDonalds. Ever hear of one not making money?

Im not sure what one I would start but I would want to be creative if I did and start up some thing that has not been started yet

@SeventhSense Several. I know of no less than… 4 I can think of at the moment that shut down.

I would like to own a subway. That’s just because I love their bread.

@jamielynn2328 – I always get the honey oat bread. ;)

@avvooooooo
41 out of 31,000…not a bad track record. Any that shut down are usually due to being robbed excessively.

McDonald’s revenues grew 27% over the three years ending in 2007 to $22.8 billion, and 9% growth in operating income to $3.9 billion. Besides being one of the most stable stocks along with their partners like Coca Cola.

@pjanaway I love Nandos! But I don’t think their chicken is as spicy as they say it is. It’s a great concept, though, and I think it will be huge. You could also manage one, which would be waaay easier. A lot of intro to business classes have comparisons of different franchises. Some of them require a huge investment of time and effort (apparently Dunkin Donuts) and others have each location operating as an independent store, which means the company could allow another owner to open up a store right next to you. Still… Nandos= YUM. You should open a 24-hour location, by my house. :p

Dairy Queen. Only if you are thinking of starting small.

Well, here in New Jersey, I’d open a Steak N Shake… simply because there aren’t any and I want one!

Moe’s or Willy’s. DELICIOUS FOOD and nice people :)

@chyna – Never heard of Dairy Queen

@poofandmook – Never heard of Steak N Shake, but I love steak, so it must be good :)

@coolkek – Never heard of Moe’s or Willy’s. What do they do?

I’d open a Sonic, just because there isn’t one near my house.. and they are amazing.

@pjanaway I didn’t look to see where you were from first. A Dairy Queen serves mainly ice cream treats, hot dogs and hamburgers. You should probably go with the McDonalds since that is world renowened.

White Castle, because I’ve worked in several restaurants around here and people seem to love the mini burgers, so it only makes sense WC would prosper

Probably a Rat in the Box or maybe a Burger Thing, they both seem to have the best french fries these days.

@chyna – Thing is with McDonalds, theres millions of them in Melbourne. Theres like one on every street it seems.. lol

If I wanted to make money, probably a McDonald’s. However, if I wanted to have access to healthy food I might opt for a Kiva Juice. They don’t make much money, though.

@avvooooooo
And how do you know of 41 that closed down? Who do you work for Subway?

@FutureMemory Those names sound like they came out of Invader Zim or JTHM. I know they had a Taco Hell…

I’ve never heard of a lot of the chains in this thread. I love it when quirky chains are only available in certain areas. I live just outside DC, so you have to reeeeally drive out of town a ways to eat at a Waffle House or a Wawa market. 24-hour fresh made sandwiches and waffles for $2.75? Ingenious! There’s also a great place in Alexandria called “Wafle Shop.” I also love the stuff you can only get in the south. I go to Richmond a lot, and they have Church’s Chicken and Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken. On Yelp, Lee’s is actually the #1 chicken place in the city because it is really damn good.

@SeventhSense She said 4.

@SeventhSense That was four. Not forty one. Just ones that I can think of in a relatively small geographical area. None of them were excessively robbed, nor robbed at all to my knowledge.

Oh my bad the 4 next to the “I” which of course makes it even more impressive 4/31000. Of course there’s probably been others.
@avvooooooo
But please it’s not a mystery. There’s no more successful fast food restaurant chain in the world and they’ve proven it for decades. They’ve created the entire fast food industry itself and established the blueprint for others to follow.

@pjanaway Moes and willy’s are burrito joints.
everyone in atlanta is obsessed.

@SeventhSense It doesn’t matter what you open if the area can’t support it. You asked if anyone had ever heard of a McDonald’s not making money. I have. I answered your question. There’s no sense in arguing with me about it because it cannot change the fact that I do indeed know of McDonald’s that did not make money. They were not robbed, they did not have other reasons for closing down, they were simply not profitable. It happens. It doesn’t matter how successful the company is if the individual fails.

Starbucks, of course. And I would put it in a ridiculously busy location like an airport, and wait for the money to roll in. :P

But I would LOVE a Fresh and Easy where I live. I miss them! (F&E are a stateside subsidiary of Tesco, for those of you who know what that is.)

We just lost three Starbucks and a Quizno’s in our town because they just didn’t make enough money. Part of it was location, but the manager of that Quizno’s always seemed to hire folks that gave away a huge amount of free food to friends.

However, we also just added three McDonald’s and two Starbucks in other parts of town and they seem to be doing quite well.

Location, location, location is a big part of it, but so is attention to detail by the managers.

@avvooooooo
Whatever.. it was obviously a rhetorical question.

@SeventhSense It obviously was not. There is no sense in you continuing to try and argue with me about it to try and make yourself right.

@evegrimm – Probably need alot of money to setup in an airport… XD

Starbucks! Ohh or Chipotle! umm, I want coffee and burritos now.

Anyone know how much it costs to operate a hot dog cart? I’d like to set one up downtown. Drunk people love hot dogs.

@Ansible1 Even better, do a variety. Sausage dogs, hot dogs… even tofudogs. You’ll make a ton!

I vote for Nando’s, I love their chicken. But there is another chicken place in oz, I forget the name but they serve Bondi-burgers. I think they started at Bondi (seems logical, hehehe). They are goodo!!!

I would open a Whattaburger. They have them in Oklahoma and Texas but none in Kansas. Every time I go to Texas I try to eat Whattaburger as much as possible. Also I’d love to have a Waffle House. I could eat some hasbrowns that are scattered, smothered and covered whenever I want instead of only on vacation.

@Haleth Hmmm are those tv shows or somethin’? I got those from a vegetarian girlfriend, I figured she made them up

@Ansible: If you really want to make money off drunk people, you need to open up a grease truck. You would not believe the popularity of the grease trucks around where I live, since I’m pretty close to Rutgers.

McDowell’s

“Look…me and the McDonald’s people got this little misunderstanding. See, they’re McDonald’s…I’m McDowell’s. They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick. We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds. My buns have no seeds. ”

@poofandmook
That’s always a nice income source. Tough daily grind to set it up everyday. Around these parts, the truck is a minor expense but buying the route is where the cost is.

@SeventhSense: These trucks don’t move :)

I would set up a Taco Bell and a Baskin Robbins because we don’t have any in New Zealand. I miss them! Mmmmm.

If anyone is keen on opening either of these businesses in New Zealand… do it in Wellington! K thanks.

@ChazMaz I love John Amos! Great answer :)

@poofandmook
They could open a side business in that case.
Trailer Tacos :)

@FutureMemory they’re a cartoon and a comic created by Jhonen Vasquez. JTHM is about a serial killer, and Zim is about an alien and his dog-robot-thing who are sent to take over earth but are totally inept. They both have kind of a perky goth aesthetic. They’re dark, but in a loud, funny, manic, over the top way. All the food places in both series really suck, so they have a gross taco place that sells poop soda and has a hideous obese pig mascot.