Last Updated on July 25, 2012 by DeanR
Farmer Boys Franchise
Framer Boys is a franchise for a restaurant that specializes in hamburgers. It was founded in 1981 by the Havadijas brothers.
The Havadijas brothers grew up in Cyprus and worked on their farm and restaurant. They learned to work hard and be hospitable to strangers. In 1973, they went to the United States to study Northrup University in California. In 1981, they bought McCoy’s restaurant and changed the name to Farmer Boys after their farm heritage. It was in that same year that they bought Theodor’s restaurant in Hollywood and that is when they appreciated the difference between a full service restaurant and a fast food chain. In 1995, they realized that having eight locations was not enough and they started planning on opening the business to franchising. The first franchise was opened in 1999. In 2011, they are celebrating their 30 years in the business. They now have 48 franchises all over the United Stated and 17 locations that are company owned.
What is on the menu at the Farmer Boys?
Their breakfast menu is available all day. They have three eggs served in any style you want and with choices to go with flat iron steak, sausage, bacon, ham, or patty. They also have the three egg omelet with choices from farmers, Denver, chilli and cheese, ham and cheese, and veggie.
Other breakfast options are French toast and hotcakes, breakfast burritos and the favourites which are the egg sandwich, biscuits and sausage gravy, and tropical fruit bowl. For hamburgers, they have the farmers burger, bacon cheeseburger, double cheeseburger, cheeseburger, double bacon cheeseburger, chilli cheeseburger, farmers classic double, hamburger, hotdog, veggie burger and you can add avocado. On the side, they have giant onion rings, crispy zucchini, fries, and chilli cheese fries. For sandwiches, they have pastrami, club sandwich, and cheesesteak. They also have melts like tuna melt, bacon turkey melt, grilled cheese, patty melt, and grilled cheese and ham. Some of the classics are the B.L.T., harvest turkey or ham, veggie sandwich, and homestyle tuna. Also on the menu are fresh salads and wraps, fish sandwich, chilli and soup, flame broiled chicken like honey Dijon chicken sandwich, and shakes and desserts.
Costs and requirements on running a Farmer Boys franchise
You need to have a net worth of $750,000 and a total liquid asset of at least $350,000. Expect to be investing about $515,000 to $796,000. Franchise fee is $45,000 with an on-going royalty fee of 5%. This is for a renewable 20 year term agreement. You will need about 30 employees to run one location. They do not allow absentee ownership.
What is included in the franchise package?
There will be 13 weeks training at the headquarters and four weeks training at your location. Training includes focusing on the business and food service, and training on the menu items. You will also be provided the operations manual. There will be assistance at the grand opening, site selection and lease negotiations. You will also be attending meetings for on-going consultations and seminars. You will be given access to on-call assistance. For marketing, there will be ad slicks, co-op advertising, and regional advertising.
Farmer Boys Contact Details
You may reach them at:
Address: 3452 University Ave. Riverside, California 92501
Phone: (888)930-3276 or (951)275-9900