Buying a franchise is a big investment – whatever the spend. You will be running your own business and getting a profit will be a priority.

So do you need to be a dab hand with numbers?

We asked Mike Marr, marketing manager at Australia’s largest food franchisor, the Retail Food Group, what he thought.

Retail Food Group is the franchisor for Brumby’s, Cafe2U, Crust Gourmet Pizza Bars, Donut King, Gloria Jean’s Coffees, Michel’s Patisserie and Pizza Capers.