Last Updated on July 30, 2012 by DeanR
Italian Joe’s Franchise
Italian Joe’s is a franchise for an Italian restaurant serving pizzas, hoagies, and wings. It was founded in 2008 and started franchising in 2009.
They say that they were formed by true Italian taste buds. The founder’s grandmother was born and raised in Abruzzi while the grandfather was born and raised in Naples. They are a couple of immigrants that came through Staten Island, New York. He formed Italian Joe’s with the approval of his grandparents. They launched the first Italian Joe’s in November of 2009. They say that what they offer are the finest ingredients and toppings in the industry. They want to provide their franchisees the ability to adjust the menu for them to satisfy their local market. They also want to give back to those who help their community with a daily discount. It is under Complete Express, LLC together with Carla’s Sandwiches and Burgers and Brewster’s Chicken. They currently have one location and seeking franchise units worldwide.
What is on the menu at Italian Joe’s?
For Appetizers and sides, they have Cheesy Bread Sticks, Mozzarella Sticks, Garlic Knots, Garlic Bread Sticks, Chicken Basket with Fries, Chicken Tenders with honey mustard, Onion Rings, Cheese fries, and Crinkle French Fries. For Wings, they have it with or without bones and in fours, tens, 20’s, and 30’s. Flavors for wings include hot, mild, BBQ, honey mustard, red thai, teriyaki, garlic teriyaki, Caribbean jerk, Alamo zest, lemonpepper, and Jamaican jerk. Their pizza is available in 12 inches, 14 inches, and 16 inches. You can choose your toppings from beef, pepperoni, Italian sausage, ham, mushrooms, bacon, green peppers, black olives, tomatoes, onions, jalapeno peppers, banana peppers, and pineapple. Their Specialty Pizzas include the Old Classics with sausage, pepperoni, green peppers, onions, and mushrooms. Extreme Pepperoni has extra mozzarella cheese, double pepperoni, and cheddar cheese. All Meat has pepperoni, beef, ham, sausage, and bacon bits.
They also have the White Pizza that has mozzarella and ricotta cheeses. Other options include the Mini Pie’s which are seven inches and available in pepperoni, cheese, all-meat, garden delight, and you can add toppings or extra cheese. For Calzone, it has mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, and a choice of one meat topping. For Stromboli, it has ham, pepperoni, green peppers, mushroom, and mozzarella cheese. The Calzone and Stromboli takes 25 minutes to be baked. They also have 10 inch Hoagies. Italian Sausage Hoagies has sautéed onions, peppers, and topped with mozzarella cheese. Italian Sausage Parmesan has marinara sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese. They also have Meatball, Philly Cheese Steak, Eggplant Parmesan, and Chicken Philly Cheese Steak.
Cost and requirements on running a Italian Joe’s franchise
Expect to be investing about $124,000 to $2,400,000. The cost of Italian Joe’s franchise fee is $11,500 with an on-going royalty fee of $1,000 to $3,000 per month. Their term of agreement is not renewable.
Italian Joe’s Contact Details
You may reach them at:
Phone: (813) 641-4104