Food Franchises in NZ
People always need to eat and the food business is ideally suited to franchising. There’s a huge range of opportunities from mobile food and coffee franchises through fast food outlets, café franchises and restaurants. There are food retail franchises from bulk stores to specialist chocolate boutiques and food distribution. Some specialise in healthy eating options, and it's alway important to be aware of the latest trends.
As a result, the cost of food franchises can vary enormously from under $25,000 to over $500,000. There’s more to the costs than the franchise fee – while mobile and distribution franchises tend to be low-investment, the bigger opportunities require premises, specialist equipment, more staff and longer hours.
This means that when you’re looking for a food franchise, it’s important to do more than ask ‘How much does it cost?’ and ‘What experience do I need? Do your research – we recommend putting in an hour of research for every $1000 that you plan to invest. Apart from talking to the franchisor and asking them lots of questions, it’s also a good idea to talk to franchisees who are already running the business to get all the information you need before you open your own business.
While there are many good food franchise opportunities for sale, they are all different. Before making your decision, you should consult a lawyer specialising in franchises. You’ll also want to know how much you can make from a food business so consult a financial advisor or accountant experienced in franchising. If you need finance, there are a number of banks which specialise in financing food franchises.
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From Our Directory
Anchor Franchise
Food and Beverage
Market leader in sales and distribution of dairy products and beverages throughout New Zealand including Anchor, Primo, Mammoth, Mainland, and Kapiti. National franchise structure operating since 1992 offering exclusive territories. Looking for people with business and sales acumen, a can-do attitude and great leadership qualities.
Black & White Coffee Cartel
Food and Beverage
Join the third wave of coffee today. Exciting opportunities to join NZ's rapidly growing first micro-roasting coffee company franchise. Offering turnkey cafes with a competitive operational model. Full training and support provided. We have brought the independent coffee shop to the masses.
Bocky Boo Gelato
Food and Beverage
Life should be fun! Bocky Boo is the franchise that brings the fun factor to your community. A place where family and friends love to meet. A place that will make you smile each day, while unleashing your creativity and entrepreneurial spirit.
Coffee Culture
Food and Beverage
Coffee Culture is the South Island's leading boutique group of coffee shops. We're currently expanding in both the north and south and need passionate coffee lovers to join us. With over 25 years' experience, we offer support and training that's second to none.
Gloria Jean's Coffees
Food and Beverage
Gloria Jean's is an energetic, international award-winning café brand. We are searching for franchisees to partner with us in growing the brand in NZ. North Shore, Auckland site available for immediate fitout (detail below) - Enquire now!
Katsubi
Food and Beverage
Your chance to be a part of one of the most successful New Zealand local hospitality franchises. With more than 20 years of experience in the food chain industry, Katsubi is now inviting our potential partners to build your dreams and succeed with us.
Soul Origin
Food and Beverage
Soul Origin’s taking our Aussie vibes to New Zealand, and we’re on the hunt for food lovers with a dash of personality! We’re talking fresh bites, delish coffee, and SO much flavour served with a friendly grin. Let’s make it official!
Sushi Sushi
Food and Beverage
Since 1998, Sushi Sushi has redefined how people enjoy sushi—transforming it from fine dining into a fresh, healthy, grab-and-go meal for everyone. With over 175 stores across Australasia, we’re now growing throughout New Zealand, inviting passionate entrepreneurs to join our successful franchise network.
The Coffee Club
Food and Beverage
One of NZ’s largest café and restaurant franchises, The Coffee Club have a comprehensive menu and offer a relaxed dining experience. Take advantage of a proven track record, great training and ongoing support. Ideal if you are passionate about people and building customer loyalty.
Bakers Delight
Food and Beverage
With over 30 years of experience, Bakers Delight is a successful franchise business with a growing network of over 700 bakeries spanning across four countries. Bakers Delight has a proven business formula which provides comprehensive training and on-going support.
Brumby's Bakery
Food and Beverage
Brumby’s have been part of the New Zealand bakery market since 1995, serving local communities wholesome, natural baked goods. Brumby’s artisan approach to baking utilises only natural ingredients, with no preservatives or additives, and products handmade fresh from scratch every day to our exclusive recipes.
Burger Wisconsin
Food and Beverage
At Burger Wisconsin it's always been about the food. And now is an exciting time to join us, with new sites planned throughout New Zealand and an existing store refresh programme underway. It's a gourmet opportunity for operators with good taste.
BurgerFuel
Food and Beverage
BurgerFuel is a leader in the gourmet burger market, dedicated to serving high quality burgers in an atmosphere as charged as the food. Combined with fun and irreverent marketing campaigns BurgerFuel creates the perfect environment for franchisees to grow and enjoy their business.
Columbus Coffee
Food and Beverage
NZ’s premium café franchise. Highly recognised and trusted brand offering customers exceptional coffee and chef-prepared food. Supreme Franchisee of the Year and Food and Beverage Franchise System of the Year 2015/16. Suit owners with passion for coffee, food and the value of customer relationships.
Cookie Time
Food and Beverage
A Cookie Time franchise offers business ownership plus support from an iconic Kiwi company, home to much-loved brands including Cookie Time, Bumper and OSM. A select number of rare opportunities available to become a franchisee distributing snacks and smiles as long-term franchisees retire from business.
Cookright Kitchen Services
Food and Beverage
Cookright, the kitchen hero, saving kitchens time and money. Deepfryer, overhead filter and hood cleaning. Cooking oil filtering. Oil and kitchen consumables product sales. Cookright has significant income potential with minimal competition for motivated, hard-working, practical operators who can sell and are well organised.
Esquires Café
Food and Beverage
At Esquires Café our franchise partners tailor their food to the local market from our extensive menu library. We don’t dictate the menu, we allow the freedom for you to be a true entrepreneur while ensuring you have comprehensive support from our team
Jamaica Blue
Food and Beverage
Fresh Ingredients, Stylish Stores, Award-winning Coffee. Our name comes from the famous Jamaica Blue Mountains, home to the world’s best coffee. Find your dream café location today!
Jesters Pies
Food and Beverage
Jesters Pies are offering new store opportunities on a turn-key basis. We will provide training, ongoing support and the tools required for you to maximise your investment. Seeking passionate franchise partners prepared to work in the business who are committed to excellent customer service.
La Porchetta
Food and Beverage
Join the largest Italian restaurant chain in Australia and New Zealand. You will love taking part in serving our guests quality Italian food, to order, using fresh ingredients. We are looking for passionate individuals with a strong work ethic and drive to join our family.
Mexicali Fresh
Food and Beverage
Mexicali Fresh has led the Mexican evolution in NZ since 2005, offering giant American-style burritos and Mexican beer in a colourful, casual atmosphere. We are recruiting energetic, enthusiastic franchisees with a passion for great food and excellent customer service for our turn-key restaurants.
Muffin Break
Food and Beverage
Muffin Break is one of New Zealand’s most-loved bakery cafés. It’s also part of an experienced group with over 30 years’ in the food retail industry. Our iconic bakery café is widely loved for its freshly-baked muffins, award-winning coffee blend and authentic customer service.
Robert Harris Coffee Roasters
Food and Beverage
Robert Harris Coffee Roasters operates New Zealand's best-known and largest chain of retail café franchises. Proven success in cities and provincial centres nationwide. We look for team players with high standards in presentation who have customer service experience plus the ability to work with people.
Super Liquor
Retail
Super Liquor provides ‘Super Service’ and a ‘Super Range’ of products in 180+ stores throughout New Zealand. If you are energetic, ready to take on a new challenge (or maybe you are already in the liquor industry), then we want to talk to you.
The Cheesecake Shop
Food and Beverage
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