Last Updated on July 30, 2012 by DeanR
Hungry Howie’s Pizza & Subs Franchise
Hungry Howie’s Pizza & Subs is a franchise for a pizza and subs shop. It was founded in 1973 and started franchising in 1982. It was founded by Jim Hearn and opened his first shop in Taylor, Michigan as a hamburger shop.
It eventually became a pizzeria that offered delivery and carry-out. It was Steve Jackson who delivered pizzas for Hearn and this turned out to be a partnership that became the birth of Hungry Howie’s. They opened their business to franchising in 1982 and awarded the first franchise of Hungry Howie’s in 1983. In just three years, they already had 65 franchises and by the time the 1980’s was over, they had 160 locations. Their 500th location was opened in 2005. They established the Hungry Howie’s Distributing inc. as a way to control the consistency and pricing of their products. One was opened in Michigan in 1986 and another was opened in Florida in 1987. They continued to grow and have been known as one of the largest pizza chains. They now have 560 locations in the United States.
What is on the menu at Hungry Howie’s Pizza & Subs?
Their pizzas have different sizes, 10 inch or small, 12 inch medium, and 14 inch large. They have something that makes them different from other, flavoured crusts in sesame, original, Cajun, butter cheese, onion, ranch, butter, and garlic herb. You can also choose whether to have it thick or thin and from toppings like ham, pepperoni, onion, mushroom, Italian sausage, green pepper, bacon, black olives, ground beef, fresh tomato, mild peppers, and pineapple. Their Specialty Pizzas include veggie, meat lovers, Howie Maui, Howie Special, bacon cheddar cheeseburger, Philly cheesesteak, and works.
For oven-baked Subs and Chicken, they offer steak, cheese, and mushroom, deluxe Italian, turkey sub, ham and cheese, vegetarian sub, turkey club sub, pizza sub deluxe, pizza sub, boneless wings, and Howie wings. For Salads and Breads, they have Greek, antipasto, garden, chef, Howie bread, dressings, Cajun bread, three cheeser Howie bread, and Howie cinnamon bread.
Cost and requirements on running a Hungry Howie’s Pizza & Subs franchise
You need to have a net worth of $250,000 and a total liquid asset of at least $100,000. Expect to be investing about $172,000 to $416,000. The cost of Hungry Howie’s Pizza & Subs franchise fee is $15,000 to $20,000 with an on-going royalty fee of 5%. This is for a renewable 20 year term agreement. You will need about 10 employees to run one location. They allow multi-unit ownership. They do not allow absentee ownership.
What is included in the franchise package?
There will be four weeks training at the headquarters and occasional regional seminars. You will be receiving newsletters and assistance at the grand opening. You will also be given access to the internet. Expect to be attending meetings and receiving occasional field evaluations. For marketing support, there will be ad slicks, co-op advertising, regional advertising, and national media.
Hungry Howie’s Pizza & Subs Contact details
You may reach them at:
Address: 30300 Stephenson Hwy. Madison Heights, MI. 48071
Phone: (248) 414-3300