Teriyaki Madness : Inside the Teriyaki Madness Shop Owner Conference
How to use this video
This video features insights from current franchisees sharing their experience with the Teriyaki Madness franchise. As you watch, listen for details about daily involvement, support, and challenges as well as successes. If this perspective resonates, the next step is to request more information and speak directly with the franchisor.
About This Video
This Teriyaki Madness video takes viewers inside the TMAD shop owner conference, a gathering franchisees describe as one of the most valuable parts of belonging to the brand. The conferences take place roughly every 18 months, and this one was held in Vail.
Owners explain that the event is about learning first. They value the chance to talk with franchisees from other regions who face similar challenges and have already found solutions. Several say that no matter what stage you are at, from planning a project to running a restaurant, someone at the conference knows something useful and is willing to help.
The conference is also a celebration. Franchisees describe it as recognition of owners' effort and success, and as a celebration of the entire brand. After a year of hard work in the kitchen, one owner says, it is time to celebrate.
One couple recalls attending their first conference three years earlier, while their shop was still in development and at the construction bidding stage. With no pressure from a running restaurant, they were able to absorb as much as possible, meet the corporate team and connect with owners on the same path. They opened their shop six or seven months later.
The relationships continue beyond the event. Owners say they reach out to each other regularly for support and ideas because the more successful each owner is, the more successful everyone becomes. One franchisee sums it up by saying you feel like part of a family, not just an investor, which is why he plans to develop more shops.