If You Had to Open a Franchise...
 

... and you assume that the following things were true, what are your top three picks of franchises to open?

1. You have the funding and means.
2. You have secured a suitable location and all permits and red tape has been cleared.
3. No one else has yet opened your franchise in your area.

I think my top three would be, in this order:

1. ACE Cash Express (Payday Loans and Check Cashing)
2. CiCis Pizza (Low Cost Pizza Buffet)
3. Value Place Hotel (Extended Stay Hotel, Rooms Rent by the Week)

i would open a adameve franchise store :)

Quizznos...inside joke

i would probably start a Long & Foster and go into real estate. Alot of cash in those franchises

payday loan by far.

Just be ready for a potential political bs smack down soon.

Pizza hut
mcdonalds
taco bell

Coldstone
Starbucks
Ciggarette Shop.

Selfishly I would open up a Hooters because there is usually only one per city and you'd have a non-stop supply of hot potential talent to catch before they make it to stage 2 of porndom.

Step 1- Waitress at Hooters
Step 2- Waitress at a strip club
Step 3- Stripper
Step 4- Porn

But if I was opening something cutting edge that I thought would do well, it would be one of these, they're hot in Austin and a great concept.

http://www.whichwich.com/

Haha! Thats actually a pretty damn good idea, the Hooters part. I never thought about turning your waitresses out, hell, why not the customers, too. You're right, sure would be a fertile hunting ground, no pun intended.

A combination Starbucks/KrispyKreme

Tim Hortons

DH

McDonalds...

i would open an internet/gaming cafe in the city

Tim Hortons!
Tim Hortons!
Tim Hortons!


They put crack in the coffee!

:pimp

i would open tim hortons
its the fastest growing franchise in canada and the poeple are addicted.

I'm thinking In n' Out Burger :thumbsup

co sign that ish

Retail franchises are too much work.

I do think it'd be fun to have a Starbucks though in retirement.

bloody brilliant! let's do it!

Seems Panera Bread is a fast grower now. I heard of some guy with a Subway he was working 70 hrs a week and only making 35K....he would have probably made more as an employee...lol

Are they still using that rat with the Steve Buscemi teeth in an attempt to sell food products?

Starbucks....

Pizza...

Loans are going to be a pain and alot of extra work.
Hotel is great but so much shit to compete with just wouldn't be worth it.

You open a CiCi's and chill out serving american's favorite food while making friends with the local community.

Subway, its consistently the #1 rated franchise by Entrepreneur
2006 - http://www.entrepreneur.com/franchis...500/index.html
2005 - http://www.entrepreneur.com/franchis...8/2005,-1.html
2004 - http://www.entrepreneur.com/franchis...8/2004,-1.html
2003 - http://www.entrepreneur.com/franchis...8/2003,-1.html
2002 - http://www.entrepreneur.com/franchis...8/2002,-1.html

Or a Dunkin Donuts, Theyre always doing tons of business and I've never seen one close.

low cost pizza buffet? Interesting....

From what I understand, Starbucks doesnt franchise out, its all company owned. Unless you own an exclusive space that they want to get into, like an airport.

Blockbuster, I love movies.

AlphaGraphics

i would also open a mc donalds, just to get my meals for free

panera bread company

True...the pillars of any society always frequent the CiCi's pizza buffet :)