Greek Restaurant Franchise Opportunity

• A corporate staff of qualified professionals with expertise in all areas of Santorini's restaurant operations
• A proven system of success
• Comprehensive training programs
• On-going support in operating your business
• Part of a high demand, growing industry
• An exciting and meaningful career in the specialty food industry

1. Recognized in the Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 for 2006
    
2. The ONLY Greek Island style food Franchisor in the United States:
   Santorini Island Grill's menu is a fast casual mix of Greek Island specialties. This is an untapped market in America with excellent growth opportunity and little or no competition in every major market of the country.
    
3. Low cost of of entry with excellent potential return on investment:
   A Santorini Island Grill restaurant franchise is one of the most affordable food restaurant franchise opportunities. The founders of the company have designed a state of the art franchisee support system which helps franchisees build attractive looking stores for the lowest price and receive the best prices in purchasing their daily supplies.
    
4. Broad public appeal:
   In recent years, Greek food has become one of the most popular segments in the food market. At the current time Santorini Island Grill concept is the ONLY Greek Island food franchise in the United States, offering to its franchisees a unique product for a broad market.
    
5. Ambiance, exciting new design & great value:
   When you walk into a Santorini Island Grill you are transported to the Greek isles. After ordering your food (most items $7.00 or less) and choosing your seat, your meal is prepared in our open kitchen right in front of your eyes as you listen to Greek music and feel that you are on a Greek island.
    
6. Franchise flexibility:
   The Santorini Island Grill brand is identified by traditional design elements (trademark, menu, etc.) and not by architectural styles, so it can be built from the ground-up or retrofitted into an existing space. You may choose to open a casual dining establishment, or a fast casual restaurant.
    
7. Dedicated, ongoing, business development support:
   We want our greek food franchisees to always succeed. That's why we support you right from the beginning: From site selection, through the construction of your unit(s) and with your marketing and advertising needs. Most importantly, we support you with on-going extensive training and field support program for you and your key employees. In other words, we are with you every step of the way.
    
8. Simple & well designed operating system:
   Our system is easy to learn. It was designed from the experience we accumulated during the past five (5)+ years through hands-on practice in our four corporate owned units.
    
9. Outstanding employee & customer relations:
   For three straight years our company was nominated by the San Diego Society for Human Resources Management as one of San Diego's BEST places to work. In return, our employees treat our customers the same way we treat them. That says it all!!
    
10. Comprehensive training program:
    Through a Personal Santorini Assistant (PSA) that we will assign to you, we will always be one call away or a visit away. Our PSA will help you manage your costs, increase your revenue and design your location's marketing budget.
     
11. Aggressive marketing strategies and tactics:
    Our marketing and advertising department has extensive experience in local marketing, direct mailings, media strategies, increasing customer counts, increasing ticket averages and suggestive selling.
     

• Our brand name and trademarks
• Real Estate / Site Selection
• Help with the décor of the location(s)
• Construction and Design
• Daily operations procedures and policy manuals
• Greek Island Food Recipe manual
• Marketing and Advertising
• Employee Selection and Management
• Purchasing and Distribution
• Business Management Systems
• On-going training

• A Santorini Island Grill site must be placed on a regional shopping mall, strip mall or local shopping center with strong anchor tenant(s) situated in the primary retail zone of trade area. Other specialized locations like college campus should be considered. The site should be a rectangular space of 700 – 2,500 total square feet with a minimum of 15 – 25' feet of frontage. Freestanding building or end-cup unit with access to patio dining are preferred.
   
• The site should be convenient to residential, industrial and commercial areas, schools and recreational facilities with extensive foot traffic. Preferred locations at or near a signaled intersection with a minimum combined traffic count of 40K+ cars / day, minimum traffic count on primary street of 30,000 cars per day.
   
• A Santorini Island Grill location must have excellent visibility from an intersection or from a primary street. The parking area should have at least 75 parking spaces in close proximity to the Santorini Island Grill location. More than 75 spaces may be required depending on the size of the store and the mix at the remaining tenants in the shopping center.
   
• Minimum permanent population of 50,000 within a 3-mile radius / 7-minute drive time and a positive population growth trend. Median age of 50 or less with minimum household size of 2.5 persons. Average household size of 3 or greater preferred. Minimum of 30% of population over the age of 25 and median household income of $50,000 or greater.
   
• A Santorini Island Grill site must have availability of licenses or permits for the sale of beer and wine and for a highly visible sign.
   

• Use of the trademarked name and logo of the Santorini Island Grill
   
• Use of our company's business plan
   
• Site selection, using our site selection criteria and our lengthy experience in the greek food industry (See special section bellow under "Demographics & Site Criteria")
   
• Existing and "generic" designs of dining and kitchen areas with functional layouts
   
• A proposed full restaurant and fixture package
   
• Extensive training that covers every aspect of store operations and management
   
• A complete Training Manual of Operating Procedures
   
• Access to discounted prices with national food and paper suppliers
   
• A menu and greek recipe manual
   
• A professional team to assist you with the grand opening of your store
   
• Access to our advertising, marketing and public relations kits
   
• Assistance with company's approved uniforms
   
• The Santorini Island Grill branded general merchandise products
   
• The Santorini Island Grill branded paper products
   
• In addition to the above, upon request and for a minimal fee, we can offer you training and and assistance in problem solving in the fields of Employee Motivation, Purchasing and Marketing
   

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