/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.15115793]

I just got approved to open an Arby’s franchise,, am I making a big mistake?

[Anonymous No.15115809]

>>15115793
Dunno the one near me closed down. Could be because it was in a nig area though and arby's kinda expensive.

[Anonymous No.15115815]

arby's is a unique fast food concept. has lots of loyal customers.

[Anonymous No.15115818]

>>15115815
I’m opening it in Vancouver, BC if that matters

[Anonymous No.15115824]

Please do not ask an anonymous imageboard about cooking for business advice

[Anonymous No.15115826]

>>15115815
Yes I am one of those customers. I fucking love Arbys. Easily the best fast food, standing next to Taco Bell. Can't get any more unique than those two.

[Anonymous No.15115858]

arbys fucking sucks

[Anonymous No.15115871]

i fucking love arby's.
#fastfoodie

[Anonymous No.15115874]

>>15115793
i don't know, have you done the requisite research, made projections, and determined if you can turn a decent profit in the market that you plan on opening in?

[Anonymous No.15115883]

>>15115793
I almost opened a pizza franchise, but I got scared and didnt do it. You need to do a lot of research and decide if you will run it or try to find a manager you trust

[Anonymous No.15115889]

>>15115815
inclined to agree, I don't really eat there, but it's one of those places that I want to.
They have a shtick and stick to it. Kind of why people enjoy wienerschnitzel

[Anonymous No.15115891]

They're gyros are the best.

[Anonymous No.15115894]

I've only been to an Arby's once and when I did the manager came out and personally thanked me for eating there because they haven't been getting much business recently. Practically begged me to come back.
This was back in 2018 too, not a coronavirus thing.

[Anonymous No.15115897]

>>15115874
It’s really my wife opening the business with her inheritance but she’s letting me run it.

[Anonymous No.15115915]

>>15115897
Perfect, then you dont have to do the requisite research, make projections, and determine if you can turn a decent profit in the market that you plan on opening in.

[Anonymous No.15115920]

>>15115897
i only eat there when they have coupons or during 2-5pm HH; not poor btw, just not going to pay $8 for a sandwich made of boiled meat product

[Anonymous No.15115927]

>>15115874
>i don't know, have you done the requisite research, made projections, and determined if you can turn a decent profit in the market that you plan on opening in?
>I know literally nothing about becoming a franchisee.

[Anonymous No.15115932]

fuck jannies

[Anonymous No.15115941]

>>15115793
look at this abhorrent monstrosity.
arbys is shit, i hope you fail asswipe. the only reason you got one is because youre some shitskin leech.

[Anonymous No.15115958]

>>15115941
Just because it's on the menu doesn't mean it should be ordered

[Anonymous No.15116011]

>>15115920
>sandwich made of boiled meat product
Gaaahhhh. This. Sorry, OP, but that shit is disgusting. IIRC they were sued over consumer deceptive practices but argued that "Arby's Roast Beef" is its own separate concept from "roast beef" and means "recovered meat fragments held together in a matrix of meat glue and other happy surprises".

It all depends on your location and your market. Fried chicken makers in the ghetto do great business. If your storefront is on a main road with a lot of traffic, then you should do fine. If you're on some backwoods hillbilly road you'll probably be broke in six months.

You just have to manage the employees and the tax paperwork, and don't fuck the teenage cashiers or you'll get sued.

I've known two restaurants that failed miserably, and both were because their owners did really stupid things. The first set up a "vegan pizza" shop in the middle of a college district. Well, that may be a market, but it's not a big one, and 99% of people are going to want real cheese at least, not soy protein with fake cheese flavor added. Broke and out of business in six months.

The second was a sadder story. He set up a high end restaurant in a beautiful location, but with what had to be the absolute stupidest place to put a restaurant -- a highway with zero parking anywhere nearby. People would have to park, walk about a mile along a busy road, and then go in to eat. Nice ocean view out the back, but so what if you have to hike to get to it. His first week he had zero customers, and shut the doors and started packing up. He probably could have made it a success even so, but he expected people to pour in and start chowing down from Day One and didn't have any savings to ride on until word-of-mouth took off. Really just piss-poor planning all around.

[Anonymous No.15116207]

>>15115941
bro i always get a buffalo slider. they're the shit.

[Anonymous No.15116232]

>>15115818
I know there used to be an Arby's at Oakridge, years ago, I suspect it will depend on location. Just myself, I can't ever remember going "I want Arby's," if I had it, it was because I was at Oakridge as a youngun and thought "well, I don't want chinese, A&W, etc. so let's have Arby's."

I suspect it will, like all things real estate, depend on location, location, location. Tho I guess in this market you also get door dash/skip the dishes, etc. business.

You're not some horrible person using Vancouver to mean Surrey/Coquitlam, are you?

[Anonymous No.15116323]

>>15115793
Keep your business clean, promote yourself well. keep your staff up to date and make sure they keep a decent attitude.

Find out what your target market is and what they eat, and focus on making it your best looking product.

[Anonymous No.15116333]

>>15115793
you should only hire channers

[Anonymous No.15116338]

>>15115871
>>15115858
These are pretty much the only 2 opinions I ever hear about arbys. Is there any other fast food chain as polarizing?

[Anonymous No.15116340]

>>15116338
Taco bell

[Anonymous No.15116342]

>>15116232
No the future location is in East Vancouver. I have lived here for 6 months and haven’t been outside of Vancouver and Burnaby; I’m scared to even drive through Surrey and Richmond.

[Anonymous No.15116366]

>>15115793
Fast food is up due to the pandemic, so you might be alright if it doesn't end before you launch.
DON'T SKIMP ON THE STAFF. The steak and shake in my town is collapsing, and it's because they offered the lowest pay possible, got terrible workers, and quality plummeted. Shitty staff means shitty quality, which means locals will avoid your restaurant. Find out what other fast food restaurants nearby are paying, and bump it up by enough to at least be competitive and at most poach their best workers.

[Anonymous No.15116367]

>>15115815
customer loyalty is a bad thing. kill yourself consoomer.

[Anonymous No.15116370]

>>15115826
This. Arby’s has god tier vanilla milkshakes and I love their specialty sandwiches. They’re underrated because people think they only have roast beef and curly fries.

[Anonymous No.15116383]

>>15116370
Even their roast beef is good as fuck. Market fresh sandwiches are good as fuck, sliders are fucking dank, chicken is pretty good, mozz sticks, jalapeno poppers, etc etc their whole menu is good

[Anonymous No.15116402]

>>15116383
Absolutely. I think their battered fish sandwiches (think they only have them around Easter) are the best you can get from fast food

[Anonymous No.15116425]

>>15116402
Hell yeah. I eat Arbys way more than I should

[Anonymous No.15116432]

Arby's is technically food, so you might get by not killing customers.

Btw, don't ask any part of 4chan for advice. We're all fags who don't know shit.

[Anonymous No.15116433]

I will take a roast beef gyro and two packets of horsey sauce, a loaded curly fries and a medium gold peak rasberry iced tea.

[Anonymous No.15116531]

>>15116338

This you can actually blame on the Jews.

As Arby's was one of the few restaurants that had Kosher options it was one of the places people would bring their Jewish Grandma's in the 1970's. These Jewish Grandma's would compare these roast beef sandwiches to the Deli's in the Bronx - ie complain about them being not as good - and as the 1980's and 1990's came around the Jewish kids who heard their Grandparents and Parents complain about Arby's used it as an easy joke.

[Anonymous No.15116567]

>>15116531
I don't need a reason to blame anything on the Jews, I just do it.

[Anonymous No.15116650]

>>15116342
Is it in Port Moody?

[Anonymous No.15116655]

Franchising is such a good racket. Those jews are really long dicking you right up the butt.

[Anonymous No.15116723]

>>15116531
Fucking jews

[Anonymous No.15116762]

>>15115793
This is a better question for >>>/biz/
Not if you're in the right area, with not much competition from other fast food chains.
How much capital are you laying out?
Have you seen figures for costs for sourcing Arby's menu items?
What's the local minimum wage?
How much is your rent (or mortgage, if you're building) going to be?
What are you planning on paying yourself?

Personally, I wouldn't franchise an Arby's, and seek out a different company, just due to the customer base being thin, but you do you.

[Cute No.15116771]

The roast beef always looked weird to me.

Open a Fazolis instead. Mmmm spaghetti

[Anonymous No.15116786]

>>15116762

>> This is a better question for >>>/biz/

Holy shit, that place is filled with freak gamblers and other unemployables. He unironically should rather go to r/smallbusiness, if he has to ask people on the Internet at all (which I find worrisome in itself, but OK)

[Anonymous No.15116789]

>>15116762
>>15115793
I should mention, I actually own a franchise business (but not fast food), so I can give some advice that's generally helpful, but specific to Arby's. Some franchisers really support their franchisees, and some are happy to not give a fuck and collect their fees (looking at you, Wyndham and Subway).

[Anonymous No.15116800]

>>15116762
>better question for biz
hahahha yes indians trying to pump shitcoins will surely give you the advice you need

[Anonymous No.15117653]

>>15115941
What's it like to be wrong about everything?

[Anonymous No.15117725]

>>15115793
Just please make sure you teach your employees how to clean the milkshake machine. Nearly killed my whole family last time I went to one.

[Anonymous No.15117752]

>>15117725
Story pls?

[Anonymous No.15117758]

>>15115826
>love Arbys
>next to Taco Bell
unironically two of the worst fast food places I can think of

[Anonymous No.15117759]

>>15115793

I love Arby's but the last two time I ate there I got constipated. I just can't do it bros.

[Anonymous No.15117763]

the only edible things from arbys are the curly fries and the buffalo chicken sandwich with blue cheese sauce

[Anonymous No.15117798]

>>15115793
If it's not on/near a military base, yes.

[Anonymous No.15117944]

>>15115793
imagine visiting the /ck/ arbys

maybe i'll make a pilgrimage

[Anonymous No.15117951]

>>15115793
I've never eaten at an Arby's because the food looks like shit to me. Didn't know they had mozzarella sticks though...

[Anonymous No.15118054]

>>15115793
Do it mang. Love me some arbys, even though there's so few in SoCal. Even the one in Hollywood is great, and clean. Away from all the fags, and they actively kick out the homeless

>>tldr; Arbys is cool, fuck everyone else

[Anonymous No.15118082]

>>15117951
is this real?

[Anonymous No.15118155]

>>15115793
Yes. Go to instagram, no zoomers hastags arbys

[Anonymous No.15118307]

>>15118054
What kind of retard chooses to live in LA if they don't like fags and homeless people? Why aren't you in Ohio?

[Anonymous No.15118476]

>>15116567
kek

[Anonymous No.15118764]

>>15116342
>I’m scared to even drive through Surrey and Richmond.
What's it like to be a massive fucking pussy? You're bound to fail.

[Anonymous No.15118789]

>>15115793
Yes

[Anonymous No.15119104]

>>15115793
I work at an Arby’s and I hate it. I have a drug addiction and recently flunked out of college so I have to work full time or my mom will kick me out of the house. Working here is the most soul crushing experience and if I ever kill myself Arby's and Inspire Brands will be directly mentioned in my note several times.

[Anonymous No.15119135]

>>15119104
mention 4chan too

[Anonymous No.15119763]

>>15117951
Holy hell, that cat can dance.

[Anonymous No.15119798]

>>15115793
Arbys is fucking delicious

[Albumen No.15119805]

>>15115824
thank god this is an imageboard about the finer aspects of breeding tunisian alpaca for making sweaters

[Anonymous No.15120224]

>>15115793
Depends on where your opening it

[Anonymous No.15120296]

>>15115793
Arby's is too expensive

[Anonymous No.15120314]

>>15115815

I legitimately never had Arby's until I saw that show Baskets

[Anonymous No.15120649]

>>15115793
Bring back the 5 for $5 faggot

[Anonymous No.15120689]

>>15115793
I don't know how ARby's operates but my uncle opened the first few Little Ceaser shops in NC and he absolutely hated it cause LC has so many rules and regulations you have to follow and I don't even mean just the resturant side of things. Even with the obsen amount of money he was making he said it was just not worth it cause they pretty much dictaded every inch of his life.

[Anonymous No.15121036]

>>15115793
be prepared to be working hard as fuck to make the place profit, every fast food joint is operating at like 30-70% capacity as they used to as people don't prefer to eat out in a pandemic anymore. i hear canada is doing fine so you have less to worry about in that dept. however you will definitely have to know everything about the place and how to work every role while managing at the same time. you'll also have every problem in the store blamed on you even when you're literally not involved just because you're the owner, and be nervous as hell every single day not knowing if your manager opened the store or not because they can and will quit out of nowhere so when that happens you'll have to drag your ass out of bed at 6am, open it yourself, deal with open interviews where 99% of applicants are trash, never show up for the interview, nor when they actually get the job. you're also going to be defending a really bland overpriced menu and trying to profit off of selling stupid people overpriced sandwiches based on the brand name alone. you'll also have to respond personally to every complaint that gets elevated to corporate and no matter how retarded the person is you'll have to apologize. doing this shit takes guts, it's completely thankless, but the profits are all you have to look forward to so good luck.

[Anonymous No.15121058]

>>15117758
Every other one has the same burger and fries offerings

[Anonymous No.15121092]

Ask yourself this, if the franchise goes tits the fuck up in the first few years and you lose everything you invested, can you walk away with enouh other money that you wont lose sleep? If so, then do it, if not then dont. Everything I hear about franchising makes it sound almost as predatory as car dealerships who lend to customers with absolutely fucked credit scores.

[Anonymous No.15121148]

I like Arby's but fuck their prices I can make most their shit at home just fine

[Anonymous No.15121164]

Arby's is legit good food but I've never seen them busy. I recommend meeting with another franchise owner and check their balance sheet/income statement before you invest money in it.

[Anonymous No.15121190]

>>15115793
Depends on the clientele anon. If its in a poor area kill yourself now

[Anonymous No.15121228]

>>15115793
Depends on who you hire as employees. If your staff is all nigger, no one will come because order accuracy will be sub-50%, food quality will be shit, cleanliness of the restaurant will be shit, and wait times for customers will be over ten minutes even when slow. Customers will go to the mcdonalds next door.

[Anonymous No.15121330]

>>15115793
How does arby's make their roast beef? Is it blended into a paste and rolled into sheets? Odd texture for beef but I'll eat it once a year.

[Anonymous No.15121799]

my old buddy was an arby's manager and he was one of the most depressing guys I knew, his employees were always calling off or ghosting every other day and he was constantly pulling 12-15 hour shifts covering their asses. dude smoke 4 packs of cigs a day. hire some good workers so you don't create any of that misery

[Anonymous No.15121835]

>>15121799
Why didn't he just fire them?

[Anonymous No.15121867]

>>15121835
Unions and labor laws, probably

[Anonymous No.15121875]

>>15115941
Are you posting that disingenuously to make it look like a weird sandwich? It’s a slider, and along with a jalapeño roast beef slider and somert to drink, a complete meal.

[Anonymous No.15121971]

>>15116370
>They’re underrated because people think they only have roast beef and curly fries
That's because that's literally all they had for years until they started vamping up their menu about 10 years ago.

[Anonymous No.15121990]

>>15121875
I think he was posting it because it looks like orange slop. I've never had Arby's so I can't really comment on the taste, but that shit looks like it has way too much sauce on it.

[Anonymous No.15122034]

>>15121835
Because then he'd have no workers and the replacements would be exactly the same.

Why do you people think there's some miraculous pool of skilled and dedicated fast food workers out there?

It's a shit job that pays shit and so you get shit-tier employees.

[Anonymous No.15122059]

>>15122034
Maybe if they provided a livable wage you'd get better workers

[Anonymous No.15122086]

>>15122034
>Why do you people think there's some miraculous pool of skilled and dedicated fast food workers out there?
Because Chick-fil-a exists

[Anonymous No.15122108]

>>15115793
This is probably the worst time to start a business in 10 years

[Anonymous No.15122195]

>>15115793
I'd vote a big No on this one frendo. Arby's has a niche brand and doesn't seem well-suited for fag yuppie Vancouver. If you can franchise a Taco Bell, however, and get a spot near Yaletown, you're fucking set.

[Anonymous No.15122207]

>>15122195
>open an In N Out or Chick-fil-a
>license to print money granted

[Anonymous No.15122226]

>>15122207
Chick fil A requires 10+ years of franchise experience

[Anonymous No.15122273]

>>15117752
Food poisoning, I imagine.

[Anonymous No.15122310]

>>15122086
who the fuck gets that happy to pour some faggot a drink holy shit

[Anonymous No.15122329]

>>15115858
Money is money I guess

[Anonymous No.15122341]

>>15116342
what is there to be afraid of in richmond? do you have a phobia of chinese restaurants?

[Anonymous No.15122382]

>>15122207
In-N-Out doesn't franchise

[Anonymous No.15122484]

>>15122310
Faggots don't go to in-n-out, that's why he's happy

[Anonymous No.15122489]

>>15115894
Did you come back?