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I know I will likely come across as a bumbling idiot on this forum, but I have been reading this website from end to end and top to bottom and am AMAZED at the wealth of information found here. Here is my deal…
My wife and I own an electronics refurbishment business in Colorado Springs, CO. We have owned and operated this for years now and mainly do Microsoft xBox 360 systems, Sony PS3 and Apple iPods. We source warranty return products from Best Buy, Target, etc and refurbish it and then sell it to online merchants in wholesale volumes. We generally refurbished 600-1000 systems per month. We are burned out and the supply of warranty returtn product has dwindled. We want to move on and thought that a pizza restaurant would be a great choice. We are both hands on in terms of involvement and currently put in 40-60 hours each per week into our current business.
Here are my questions…
We have explored a Papa Murphys franchise but can not get one in Ft Collins, since one is already there. From what we have read, Nick n Willy’s is a terrible franchise to own.
If we open up an independent, would we be better off in terms of take–n-bake or a traditional baked pizza place? We feel that the Ft Collins area (with Colorado State there) would be a great place for a baked pizza store versus take-n-bake since college kids will not have ovens. There are existing pizza shops there but we really feel that we can differentiate our business based on the quality of the ingredients and taste of the pizza.
Are we barking up the wrong tree here? I did work in an Armands Chicago Pizzaria in Baltimore during college so I have some experience in this type of environment, but I need to know where and how to get started? Any advice to a complete novice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Rick
I know I will likely come across as a bumbling idiot on this forum, but I have been reading this website from end to end and top to bottom and am AMAZED at the wealth of information found here. Here is my deal…
My wife and I own an electronics refurbishment business in Colorado Springs, CO. We have owned and operated this for years now and mainly do Microsoft xBox 360 systems, Sony PS3 and Apple iPods. We source warranty return products from Best Buy, Target, etc and refurbish it and then sell it to online merchants in wholesale volumes. We generally refurbished 600-1000 systems per month. We are burned out and the supply of warranty returtn product has dwindled. We want to move on and thought that a pizza restaurant would be a great choice. We are both hands on in terms of involvement and currently put in 40-60 hours each per week into our current business.
Here are my questions…
We have explored a Papa Murphys franchise but can not get one in Ft Collins, since one is already there. From what we have read, Nick n Willy’s is a terrible franchise to own.
If we open up an independent, would we be better off in terms of take–n-bake or a traditional baked pizza place? We feel that the Ft Collins area (with Colorado State there) would be a great place for a baked pizza store versus take-n-bake since college kids will not have ovens. There are existing pizza shops there but we really feel that we can differentiate our business based on the quality of the ingredients and taste of the pizza.
Are we barking up the wrong tree here? I did work in an Armands Chicago Pizzaria in Baltimore during college so I have some experience in this type of environment, but I need to know where and how to get started? Any advice to a complete novice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Rick