Tasty yet nutritious: 9 healthy food franchise opportunities that boom |PART-1

Living healthy has become a necessaty in a world where most people choose to live a bad lifestyle. People are becoming conscious about what they eat and how they eat it. Whether they want to improve their eating habits, strengthen their health, or slim down, consumers  change their behavior towards a more nutritious and balanced diet. As a result, healthy food franchise businesses thrive.  

Nutritious food could taste great. A number of healthy food franchises prove to be a great alternative to high-fat fast-food restaurants.

More and more people realize food can be fun and taste great and be healthy at the same time. They look for healthier and more nutritious alternatives to high-fat fast-food restaurants.

With the increasing number of people who care what they put in their bodies, restaurants provide healthy meals choices and  vending machines offer nutritious snack and beverages.

In the following article we give you a variety of franchises that have dedicated to providing top service and healthy, delicious food. 

Subway: Subway is a Kentucky-based international fast-food chain which is different from all the rest of the fast-food restaurants in it offers a healthier, fresher, and tastier alternative to fast food. The wide variety of Subway’s fresh salads and made-to-order subs are prepared with nutritious  ingredients and topping and freshly-baked bread. The Subway franchise concept is world-known. The chain has nearly 40,000 branches in 100 countries across the world, all of which are franchise-owned. The total initial investment in a Subway restaurant runs between $85,700 and $262,850. The price includes a one-time initial franchise fee of $15,000 and a weekly royalty fee of 12.5% of the gross sales, 4.5% of which goes for advertising support. Subway offers single and multi-unit franchise ownership, as well as area development.

Edible Arrangements: Edible Arrangements is a unique franchise opportunity. The brand offers edible fruit-and-chocolate bouquets and baskets, as well as to-go sweet goodies. Edible Arrangements’ products are a great gift choice, as well as the perfect healthy snack. You can order Christmas, birthday, wedding, or business gifts, or pick-up a made fresh daily fruit-and chocolate arrangements for last-minute occasions. The brand was created in 1999 and is currently expanding worldwide. It takes between $153,066 and 278,106 to open an Edible Arrangements store. Franchisees pay a royalty fee of 5% of the gross sales. The company provides single-unit and multi-unit ownership alike. Edible Arrangements has some 1,100 units worldwide, the majority of which are located in the U.S.

Paleo Café: This place offers healthy meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The interest in the Paleo diet-based business has been enormous right from its start. The first restaurant opened in October 2012 in Cairns, Australia, and just six months later it started franchising. Just as the Paleo diet keeps it simple and only allows foods our ancestors could eat, so does the Paleo Café emphasize on simplicity and taste. Paleo Cafe currently has branches in Australia’s Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney, and since recently in Mornington Peninsula. Franchisees have showed interest and want to open units in additional locations across Australia; Paleo Cafe plans to open some 50 units total across Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., and Europe by 2015. The concept requires $150,000-$350,000 initial investment for a Paleo Café franchise.

Zoup!: The fresh ready-to-order soup chain Zoup! is a leading franchise concept for quick, nutritious, great-tasting liquid food. The Zoup! restaurants offer 12 rotating daily varieties of soup made by signature recipes suitable for the most delicate of tastes. The soup franchise quickly became a sensation. Aside from soup, the restaurants feature fresh made-to-order salads and sandwiched on their menus.  The company is strategically developing in certain areas before expanding internationally. Zoup! has over 50 restaurants in the Northern states of the U.S., and in Canada, the majority of which are franchise-operated. The total investment in a Zoup! restaurant is $327,500-$563,000. The amount includes a one-time franchise fee of  $39,000 and an initial inventory of $15,000.

Healthier4U Vending: This franchise concept is different from the rest in this list in it is in the vending machines industry. Healthier4U Vending machines carry only healthy snacks and beverages and are entirely owned and operated by franchisees. Owners receive a business plan and ongoing support, paired with inventory discounts and location selection assistance. The healthy vending franchise can be placed in various locations, including schools, gyms, offices, and malls. Startup costs range from $18,000 to $115,000 and includes no franchise fees or royalty fees. The Healthier4U Vending concept was lounched in 2011 and  allows for part-time and absentee ownership.