Fuddruckers

Founded: 1980 Franchising since: 1983
With a '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll theme, Fuddruckers opened in 1980 in San Antonio, Texas, and started franchising three years later. Fuddruckers operates and franchises more than 200 restaurants in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and the Middle East. Restaurants serve freshly ground hamburgers from on-premise butcher shops and freshly baked goods from in-store bakeries.

5700 Mopac Expwy. S., #C300 Austin, Texas 78749

Phone: (512)275-0421

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 35 employee(s); 9 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2005	99	1	20	113

Where Seeking Franchisees
In the U.S. Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North carolina, North dakota, New hampshire, New jersey, New mexico, Nevada, New york, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode island, South carolina, South dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United states, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: DMAs

Total investment: $740K-1.5M Franchise fee: $50K

Ongoing royalty fee: 5% Term of agreement: 20 years, renewable

Express/kiosk option available

Type of Financing Available

	In-House	Third Party
Franchise Fee	No	Yes
Startup Costs	No	Yes
Equipment	No	Yes
Inventory	No	Yes
Accounts Receivable	No	Yes
Payroll	No	Yes

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $1.5M
Cash liquidity requirement: $550K
Business Experience:

• Industry experience
• General business experience

Operations

• 53% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 40
• Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (99% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• 6-week training program

Ongoing Support

• Newsletter
• Meetings
• Grand opening
• Internet
• Field operations/evaluations

Marketing Support

• Regional advertising

Franchise 500® rank:
#285 (2006);