Franchise

Wolfgang Puck Corporate Office

Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 1982 in Beverly Hills, California. Originally, the company was called the Wolfgang Puck Food Company, Inc., but changed the name in 2001

The company operates and franchises a chain of both casual and fine dining restaurants in the U.S., Canada, and Japan. Wolfgang Puck also sells and markets soups, pizza, appetizers, broths, and cooking sprays. Wolfgang Puck also publishes cookbooks and offers coffee for resorts and hotels.

Wolfgang Puck is a well-known chef that also produces cooking shows for television and offers online cooking lessons. The company is perhaps best known for its restaurant chain Spago’s. The Spago’s location in Beverly Hills, California, as well as the location in Las Vegas, Nevada, has been featured in many commercials and movies.

Wolfgang Puck

Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 1982 in Beverly Hills, California. Originally, the company was called the Wolfgang Puck Food Company, Inc., but changed the name in 2001

History

Kona Ice Corporate Office

Kona Ice was founded by current CEO Tony Lamb in 2007 in Florence, Kentucky after he decided that he could design a better ice cream truck that offered healthier frozen treat choices. The company sells premium frozen shaved ice and ice cream products from trucks with vivid paint jobs.

The company introduced a smaller truck in late 2012 so that it could be parked indoors and shaved ice sold at events. Kona Ice also offers kiosks, trailers, and carts for selling shaved ice in a wide variety of locations.

Kona Ice has turned a simple mobile, snow-cone franchise into a $125 million (2018) jackpot for retirees, millennials, and those simply looking for extra cash.

Kona Ice began franchising in 2008. The company currently has 1,143 franchise locations in more than 43 states.

Kona Ice is listed as #12 on the Entrepreneur’s list of Top Fastest Growing Franchises in America. The company has relationships with third parties to help cover the cost of equipment, inventory, and franchise fees. Kona Ice also offers a discount on fees for veterans.

While Kona Ice has been marketed towards children, the company now sees that adults enjoy these tasty treats as well. Adults will find more sophisticated flavors including appletini and blackberry mojito.

Kona Ice maintains a corporate office in Florence, Kentucky.

Kona Ice

History

Kona Ice has turned a simple mobile, snow-cone franchise into a $125 million (2018) jackpot for retirees, millennials, and those simply looking for extra cash.

Kona Ice began franchising in 2008. The company currently has 1,143 franchise locations in more than 43 states.

Kona Ice maintains a corporate office in Florence, Kentucky.

Jersey Mike’s Subs Corporate Office

Jersey Mike’s Subs was founded in 1956 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. This small sandwich shop was originally named Jersey Mike’s when Peter Cancro went to work there as a teenager. The owner decided to sell the shop in 1975 and Cancro decided he would buy it to see if he could make this struggling sandwich shop pay off.

Today, Jersey Mike’s Subs is a successful franchise with nearly 2,000 locations across the US. Cancro is still the owner and CEO of the company, which specializes in freshly made submarine sandwiches, made to order. The company also features a “Mike’s Way” specialty sandwich that has a “secret” dressing applied to it.

Entrepreneur recently listed Jersey Mike’s Subs as #13 on their list of America’s Top Growing Franchises. The company offers third-party financing to help cover start-up costs, inventory, and equipment. Jersey Mike’s Subs had annual revenue in 2014 of $525 million

Jersey Mike’s is still opening new locations and raises thousands of dollars each year for various charities.

In February 2023, the National Hockey League choose Jersey Mike’s Subs as the official team sandwich.

Jersey Mike’s Subs maintains a corporate office in Manasquan, New Jersey.

Jersey Mike's Subs

History

Jersey Mike’s is still opening new locations and raises thousands of dollars each year for various charities.

In February 2023, the National Hockey League choose Jersey Mike’s Subs as the official team sandwich.

Jersey Mike’s Subs maintains a corporate office in Manasquan, New Jersey.

Planet Fitness Corporate Office

Planet Fitness was founded by Michael Grondahl in 1992 when he purchased a struggling gym and dramatically lowered prices in order to compete with bigger name fitness clubs.

Planet Fitness differs from other clubs as they focus on the needs of newcomers as well as those who might have a more difficult time exercising for various reasons and the member who only comes in occasionally. Each Planet Fitness offers “Bagel Morning”, “Pizza Night”, and Tootsie Rolls are always available.

Planet Fitness now has more than 1,859 locations in 48 states and in the early part of 2015, they opened their first international location in Toronto, Canada.

As of January 2020, the company opened their 2,000 franchised location in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The company is listed as #14 on the Entrepreneur List of Fastest Growing Franchises in America. The company has third-party relationships to help finance start-up costs and equipment. Planet Fitness is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PLNT. In 2019, the company stock surged 38.7%.

Due to the coronavirus crisis and subsequent quarantine, nearly all Planet Fitness locations were forced to close. The company is slowly reopening certain locations as restrictions are lifted during August and September 2020.

In November 2022, the company reported that it had reached a record 16.6 million clients.

As of 2019, the company states that only 80 Planet Fitness locations are corporate-owned, the remainder are franchises.

Planet Fitness

Planet Fitness was founded by Michael Grondahl in 1992 when he purchased a struggling gym and dramatically lowered prices in order to compete with bigger name fitness clubs.

History

Planet Fitness now has more than 1,859 locations in 48 states and in the early part of 2015, they opened their first international location in Toronto, Canada.

As of January 2020, the company opened their 2,000 franchised location in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

In November 2022, the company reported that it had reached a record 16.6 million clients.

As of 2019, the company states that only 80 Planet Fitness locations are corporate-owned, the remainder are franchises.

Auntie Anne’s Hand Rolled Soft Pretzels Corporate Office

Founded in 1988 by Anne Beiler and her husband, Auntie Anne’s Hand Rolled Soft Pretzels, often referred to as Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, started as a two person, one market stand in Pennsylvania’s Farmer’s Market. Today, the company has grown to more than 1500 locations around the world, located in malls, Walmart stores, airports, travel plazas, amusement parks, and military bases.

The company creates a wide range of soft pretzels and varieties of such, as well selling a mix to make pretzels at home. Auntie Anne’s is a franchise operation and in 2010, Auntie Anne’s was purchased by FOCUS Brands.

Auntie Anne’s Pretzels is listed as #18 on the Entrepreneur 2015 list of the Top Fastest Growing Franchises in America. The company offers third-party sources which offer financing to cover items such as franchise fee, startup costs, equipment, inventory, accounts receivable and payroll. There are discount programs available for veterans.

Auntie Anne's Hand Rolled Soft Pretzels