Great Harvest Bread Co.
Description:
Run your own bakery franchise with the support of proven, tested, scalable, profitable business solutions offered by Great Harvest.
Opportunities:
Franchises available throughout the US.
Business Type:
Franchise.
Minimum Investment:
$100,000.
Financing Assistance:
Yes, through a third party.
Training Provided:
Yes.
Our Mission and The Freedom Franchise™
At the Great Harvest Bread Co., we’re dedicated to finding the best people in the world who share our values, our love for life and our passion to run a great business. Those values can be summed up by our brief but heartfelt Mission Statement:
Be loose and have fun.
Bake phenomenal bread.
Run fast to help customers.
Create strong & exciting bakeries.
And give generously to others.®
To achieve this mission, we've rewritten the rules with a proprietary Freedom Franchise concept. Under this model, you have the freedom to run your own bakery franchise. We assist you by offering proven, tested, scalable, profitable business solutions. We have found that middle ground between the advantages of a traditional franchise and the fun of a let’s-do-it-all-ourselves start-up. Our philosophy is simple. Let’s create Mom and Pop whole grain bakeries where Mom and Pop know what the heck they’re doing!
"We left corporate America and have never looked back. We love being the 'bread man (lady).' People stop us everyday to express their gratitude for our great bread, our fun store and the fact that we are so involved in this community. Great Harvest has been a wonderful example to our children that when you give, it comes back to you - ten fold!" - Dennis & Marian Cihacek, Great Harvest Bread Co., Omaha, NE
Bread - Keep it Simple!®
We love whole wheat bread. That's because we think whole wheat bread tastes better than almost anything else, especially when it's made with fresh ground flour and combined with other simple ingredients. It's our first reason for loving this business. There's just something about the way that nutty, rich taste of wheat combines with honey, yeast and salt that keeps us coming back every time.
In 1976, the first Great Harvest bakery opened its doors and sold the first loaf of Great Harvest whole wheat bread. Today, each bakery franchise owner continues the artisan tradition of handcrafting whole grain breads and treats from scratch.
Superb training and support
Pre-opening training requires a notable commitment of time and energy by you. Be prepared to spend at least three weeks on the road in bakeries and at the home office. The time invested in training, preparation and planning at the front end will be time well spent when your opening week arrives. Nothing makes us more proud than watching you on your grand opening day. You did it, and you’re now in the business of baking great whole wheat bread.
"Even though Great Harvest is a franchise, it affords us the opportunity to own a business that truly feels like our own creation, and not just a small cog in someone else's big wheel. We make our own decisions about location, bakery decor, make up of the menu and many other details that would be made for us by most franchise companies. We have the freedom to run our own stores, yet help from the franchise company or fellow owners is available when we need it. Great Harvest has the best bread, the best bakery concept AND the best franchising arrangement." - Mike & Julie Scheel, Great Harvest Bread Co., Salem & Corvallis, OR
You should have approximately $100,000 in liquid, unencumbered cash (not including retirement accounts), along with additional resources and/or the ability to borrow or acquire the balance that will be needed to open the bakery.
Pre-opening services include:
- Location hunting and demographic analysis
- Lease negotiation support
- Project management manual (“Tracking Guide”)
- Equipment specifications and search support
- Design and layout assistance
- Two weeks of production training
- One week at Dillon Learning Week
- Start-up marketing program
- Public relations support at opening
- Team of trainers for your opening
- Post opening visit, six-month visit and twelve-month visit
Combine the pre-opening support with the ongoing services we provide and you’ll have all the resources you need to achieve your business ownership dream. If you are creative, entrepreneurial and progressive, and you have the desire to succeed as an on-site owner-operator of a Great Harvest franchise, we would like to hear from you.
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