Concept:
Fast Food
Territory:
KFC serves customers Australia wide. Strictly limited opportunities to become a franchisee are in the following areas: Sydney metro, NSW Central Coast, NSW Regional, Melbourne and VIC Regional.
Training Provided:
Comprehensive 24 week training program is provided.
Marketing Support:
New product innovation helps KFC drive sales year after year. KFC advertises such innovations on television 52 weeks per year, supported by high impact leafleting campaigns.
Agreement Term:
10 plus 10 years.
Number Of Units:
Around 600 stores in Australia and New Zealand. Over 400 of these stores are franchised.
Units Outside Country:
Internationally KFC has over 9000 stores in over 85 countries. For the last 2 years KFC has built a store in China every 24 hours.
Investment Required:
Total build costs including initial fee, start from $800,000 for a store in a food court and from $2,000,000 for a free standing drive through restaurant. A very limited number of company stores are being released in NSW and VIC. Prices of existng company owned stores will vary by site.
Business Established:
From the 1930's in the US.
Franchising Commenced:
From 1968 in Australia. In 2008 KFC celebrates 40 years of franchising success in Australia.
Qualifications Required:
To become a KFC franchisee we are looking for optimistic, business minded individuals with business ownership experience from a known brand or middle management experience where you have been responsible for growth and profit KPI's as well as the training and developing of others.
About KFC - Yum Restaurants International
Thinking BIG? Looking for a market leading, global brand that grows sales every year? Through constant new product development and market leading 52 week a year television advertising, KFC Australia has posted positive sales growth for the last 7 consecutive years. Now for the first time in over a decade, we are looking for talented, business minded people to become franchisees.
KFC (part of Yum Restaurants International) is a
market leading brand operating in the fast food category. KFC franchisees
benefit from 40 years operations experience in Australia, world class new
product development, 52 week per year high impact television advertising, global
training systems and significant purchasing power across Australia, New Zealand
and Asia.
What do our franchisees say about Yum Restaurants?
The average tenure
of Australian KFC franchisees is 14 years and we expect advanced applicants to
talk with at least 3 of these franchisees before the interview stage. Now, for
the first time in over a decade, we are looking for talented people to join us.
Successful applicants will need to be talented, optimistic, business minded
individuals with business ownership experience from a known brand or middle
management experience where you have been responsible for growth and profit KPI's as
well as the recruitment, training and development of others.
The franchise
recruitment process is thorough. Applicants start by submitting an on-line
query, We will make contact and collect and share information. From a short
list, applicants will be invited to complete an on-line application and self
assessment questionnaire. Progressing applicants will then complete a business
plan and SWOT analysis before entering the interview phase with executives like
the General Manager of Operations and the Chief Development Officer. Once the
applicant is approved they commence a comprehensive 24 week training program in
both store and classroom environments.