How To Buy A Franchise Without Breaking The Bank

Buying a franchise is a great move for many people. Almost everybody, on some level, wants to be their own boss (hence the name of our website). But not everybody has the work ethic, the vision and the entrepreneurial spirit to pull it off. And not everybody has the money. Of course, owning your own business is supposed to make you money. But you must spend money to make money and when it comes to starting you own business, you often have to spend a lot. Especially when you’re buying a franchise.

Buying A Franchise

Running a franchise offers several advantages over an independent business. With an independent business you don’t have to pay a franchising fee or any royalty fees, so some people think this path is better. But it rarely is. With an independent business, you don’t get the benefit of advice, guidance, education and support from a franchisor who knows how to grow a business. With a franchise, you also get a brand name under which to operate and a protected territory meaning that brand won’t open another franchise in your area.

But you have to pay for all of this. And, relatively speaking, you have to pay a lot. For most people, the only thing that they’ll ever spend a lot of money on is a home. But buying a franchise is a business investment. It’s an investment in your future success; it’s not like spending money on a luxury good. And you don’t have to spend an exorbitant amount to get a good franchise.

Low Cost Franchises

There are many great low cost franchise options available out there. While you can make lots of money by paying a lot for a franchise and then investing a lot to get it up and running, you don’t have to if you are of more modest financial means. And, luckily, among the low cost franchises around today is perhaps the most iconic type of franchise: the food franchise. When people are first asked to think of a franchise, they often think of a quick service restaurant (QSR), also known as a fast food restaurant. And many of these food franchises are relatively cheap to buy and start running.

Affordable Food Franchises

What kind of cuisine can you prepare and sell at a low cost? Some affordable food franchises include:

• Sandwich franchises – Sandwiches are easy to make, easy to eat, and tremendously popular. You don’t need a lot of space to run a sandwich franchise thus making them some of the most popular and cheapest food franchises available.

• Ice cream franchises – Ice cream doesn’t take up much space either nor do you need a great deal of space to sell ice cream. And everybody loves ice cream.

• Healthy food franchises – Everybody loves ice cream but we don’t always love what it does to our bodies. Thankfully there a many healthy food businesses around and they are some of the more affordable food franchises, too.

• Sit-down restaurants – We generally think of QSRs as affordable food franchises but some sit-down restaurants are also very affordable.

Be The Boss

To discover some more affordable food franchises for sale in your area or to explore other low cost franchise opportunities, please get in touch with us today.