Want to open a fast food franchise? Find out which restaurant works best with your wallet.
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So, you want to open a fast food franchise? Well, of course you do. There's big money in fast food these days, especially for a chain as large as Tim Hortons, which reported a whopping profit of nearly $90 million just last quarter, a 10 per cent hike in net income from the company's most recent filing.
While chasing cash is a no-brainer, there's much more to opening a franchise than just buying uniforms and donut mix. To compare what each chain requires, MSN considered the needed down payment and operating budget, as well as the royalty structure and advertising fees, of the ten largest fast food franchises in the country. Do you think you can hang with the big boys? Here's what it takes.
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