Cariblue

We are a team of experienced, qualified, hands on business consultants providing a wide range of practical solutions for companies wishing to franchise through to growing franchisors and franchisees wanting to excel and improve their performance and profitability. We work with franchisors and/or franchisees individually or nationally to develop and implement solutions which meet their needs.

We help businesses to franchise, providing a range of solutions to assist them in this exciting step. We help identify what you need and then work with you to implement the solutions…together.

Franchsing your business

Bringing experince and practial skills, our team assists business operators with a succesful business model who would like to franchise their business. Working closely with you at a practial level, we provide guidance to our early stage franchisors through this process and their early years. We help develop your:

• Business model
• Brand and marketing strategies
• Systems and processes
• Operations manuals
• Franchise development program
• Franchise sales materials and marketing plan

This can be done completely by oursleves, our you may choose to carry out some of this work yourselves and we suplement the additional items you require; for example you may have completed part of your Operations Manual and need help finishing it. See our testimonials below.

Growing your franchise - for Franchisors

Our focus is on working with franchisors and their team to drive performance improvement and business growth across the franchise network by developing and implementing tailored solutions.

• Do you want to grow your franchise and need help in reviewing where you are at, what are the opportunities and how will you capitalise on them?
• How do you identify the parts of your franchise which are holding you back?
• And how do you address them?
• Is your franchise still profitable or are current changes in the environment threatening this?
• If so how are you going to deal with it?
• You know your business needs to change but how will you lead and manage this successfully?
• Do you want to increase your market share or perhaps expand into new markets?
• Do you know where to start?
• Do you know what your customers really want; when was the last time you asked them?
• Would you like to create a branding image for your franchise that will make you stand out in the crowd?
• Do you know what your franchisees want, and how they value what you give presently?
• Would a different mix of services help them grow their franchises or expand to multi units faster?
• Do you have the right team within your franchisor structure and are you recruiting and managing that team effectively?
• How do your harness the ideas and innovations of your franchisees to increase profitability and grow the brand?
• Are your recruitment activities hitting your sales targets and selecting the franchisees you want to grow your franchise?
• Would it be useful to have someone to talk to about management or planning for growth?
• Are you considering retiring, selling or bringing external funding or equity partners into your franchise in the next couple of years – do you know how to go about it and when you should start planning?

If you have other questions needing solutions, please ask as we are sure we can work with you to solve them…together! See our testimonials below.

Growing your franchise - for Franchisees

Our focus is on working with franchisees to drive performance improvement and business growth within their individual or multi site franchise by developing and implementing tailored solutions.

• Do you want to grow your franchise and need help in reviewing where you are at, what are the opportunities and how will you capitalize on them?
• How do you identify the parts of your franchise which are holding you back and restricting your growth?
• How do you address them?
• Is your franchise still profitable or are current changes in the environment threatening this?
• If so how are you going to deal with it?
• You know your business needs to change but how will you lead and manage this successfully?
• Do you want to increase your market share or perhaps expand into new markets?
• Do you know where to start?
• Do you know what your customers really want; when was the last time you asked them?
• Do your employees give you headaches?
• Do you know how to recruit and retain the best employees?
• Are you considering retiring, selling or bringing external funding or equity partners into your franchise in the next couple of years – do you know how to go about it and when you should start planning?
• Would it be useful to have someone to talk to about management or planning, or to simply help to get things done?

If you have other questions needing solutions, please ask as we are sure we can work with you to solve them …together!

Memberships

• Australian Institute of Management
• Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Achaeus Institute for Entrepreneurs
• Franchise Council of Australia
• Commerce Queensland
• Government Panel - Preferred Supplier, Cariblue is on the Local Government of Queensland Association's Local Buy panel of preferred suppliers for Business Management Consultancy Services.

Testimonials

Christian Coenen, Director, Bakers Club

“Baker’s Club is a brand new European Bakery Concept headquartered on the Gold Coast. We are very experienced and successful bakers and retailers (with over 150 years of family baking experience behind us) and operated four company owned stores in Queensland, however never having franchised before we needed professional help to franchise our system.

As a member of FCA we were lucky to meet Sarah Cobb from Cariblue. She was the right person at the right time as we could bundle our skills together into a very successful start into Franchising. Her knowledge and care is unbelievable and she was able to transfer her know how quickly into our concept, building with us a professional structure on which to grow our national franchise. Cariblue opened doors to marketing and legal specialists as well and we have established a very good balance between daily operating business and the creation of the franchise with her support.

As a result we have sold our first four franchise stores within eight months and recently won a Gold Coast Business Excellence Award. We hope she will stay with us for a long time to make Baker’s Club the biggest and most successful Bakery concept in Australia. Thank you very much to Cariblue.”

Leanne Grey, Director, Mad Sports

“I looked around and around before I decided to use Cariblue to help me franchise my business. I have found that they provided real life advice and practical knowledge as they worked with me to design my franchise model, develop my operations manual, establish my recruitment process for new franchisees and developed the sales material that accompanies selling franchises. Cariblue listened, understood my business and worked with me - and they have always exceeded my expectations. All timelines were met and there were no hidden costs; we always knew the status of each project and their follow up skills were fantastic. I would recommend anyone looking to franchise their business or needing help with franchising to speak to Cariblue, you will not be disappointed. We couldn't have done it without them!"

Nick Allan, Director, CBI Coaching

“Cariblue assisted us in franchising our business and I really appreciated the partnership with them while stepping into uncharted territory. They enabled us to balance realistic expectations and legislative restraints in developing our model, enabling us to get a real sense of what is possible in franchising and worked with us to make it a reality. As a team of business coaches we are really clear that when you don’t know something you always value paying for good advice. We really value the good advice we get from Cariblue.”

Kylie Courtie, Director, F Factor Fitness (now Fitness Matters)

“Sarah Cobb, Cariblue’s Managing Director has been mentoring me through the process of franchising my business, F Factor Fitness. What sets Cariblue apart from other consultants I have used is that they are completely up front and honest, tell me what I need to know not what I want to hear, and are prepared to share information and industry contacts. Working with Sarah has challenged me to think about the proof behind my assumptions and to further educate myself particularly in franchising. Sarah’s obvious experience in the franchise sector has proved invaluable and I only wish I had met her sooner!”