Looking for a franchise opportunity that is flexible and family-friendly has brought some South Australian women to coffee franchise business Xpresso Delight. Franchisees install Swiss made espresso coffee machines into businesses free of charge, with clients simply charged a flat rate per cup.
Adelaide Mum-to-be Nazarie Surquia (pictured) took on the Xpresso Delight business in September 2009 after years working in a supermarket. “I used to work 12 hour days, seven days per week,” she says. “I wasnÕt able to have to have much of a life or any time with my partner or friends.
“These days I work 20 hours per week visiting clients and looking after my machines, which is great as I can spend the rest of my time on things like getting our house ready for the new arrival.”
Trevor Spurr, Xpresso Delight SA master franchisee, explains the franchise has strong appeal for mothers because of its flexibility. “Because our coffee systems only require a weekly restock and service our franchisees are able to visit clients when it suits them, meaning they can literally work around family commitments.
“All SA Xpresso Delight franchisees are either mothers or mums-to-be,” he reveals. “The most recent FCA inquiry into franchising showed rapid growth in the part-time franchising sector in the past few years, driven by people seeking greater flexibility and work/life balance. The data showed 40 percent of all franchisees in Australia were working less than 40 hours per week in their franchise business.
“Because Xpresso Delight coffee machines are always generating income, our franchisees generally only work 10 to 20 hours and turn over between $1,000 and $2,000 per week, with about 70 percent of that money being profit”.
Spurr says the market for coffee in Adelaide is growing rapidly. “People in Adelaide have developed an appreciation for quality coffee over the past decade and this is obvious when you see the number of gourmet coffee bars popping up. Alongside this there is also a growing corporate coffee market here for our franchisees to capitalize on.”