Invest in a well-known and highly regarded franchise group of Italian restaurants, with a food manufacturing division for retail supply.

Our client is a franchisor supporting multiple franchisee Italian restaurants. The brand is well-known and highly regarded, with a proven reputation for excellence from decades of supplying much-loved, high quality Italian food. The franchisee restaurants are supported through set-up, training, marketing and business services by the franchisor. As a result, the restaurants are effective in crafting authentic, quality, Italian dishes, establishing the company as a favourite in the Southern African restaurant sector. A food manufacturing division further extends the franchisor’s services and supply offering, producing fresh ready meals for the retail market. 

Key Aspects

• Excellent profit margins
• Well known for supportive relations with franchisees, invested in their success
• Provide comprehensive support, strategic partnerships with suppliers, and meticulous control over product quality - all pivotal to the company’s success
• Large and growing number of franchises
• Multiple income streams from the franchising business model, supplier menu listings, rebates from the franchise group suppliers, and product manufacturing for sale in retail outlets
• Strong and established brand that appeals to a large and diverse consumer market
• Significant barriers to entry exist in establishing a new restaurant franchise brand
• Quality food manufacturing, supplying high-end retailers with fresh products and enjoying strong year-on-year growth 

Opportunities

• All revenue streams have opportunities for growth
• Franchises:increasing the number of franchises across Southern Africa
• leveraging technology to facilitate training, monitoring and support for franchisees
• growing brand loyalty through diversifying customer experiences
• Food manufacturing:increasing volumes within national retail chains to serve the growing market demand
• growing the number of retailers stocking the products, with a strong focus on entering the Gauteng market
• diversifying into other fresh or frozen food products
• expanding production capabilities and scale

Current Markets

• Italian food appeals to people of all ages, cultures, and stages of life, so there is a consistently high demand.
• Franchisee restaurants are located in the Western Cape, KZN, Gauteng, and two other African countries.
• Food manufacturing is currently for retailers within the Western Cape, with the intention to expand into the larger Gauteng market.