That's my suggestion as well. no good fast food out there for college kids.. and more and more move to west Ames every year.
Franchise Ideas
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That's my suggestion as well. no good fast food out there for college kids.. and more and more move to west Ames every year.
unless you have a Million dollars in assets and the town is atleast 20,000, and atleast so many thousand cars drive by the location....then they wont bother. i looked into it and the stipulations to start one are rediculous. The #1 franchise in America is Subway. Cheap start-up and overhead is low.
How about a cold stone creamery by bass pro in Altoona?! Altoona only has a DQ on the other side of town...
Many of the chain restaurants being mentioned require a TON of capital and/or net worth...in the millions of dollars.
I love the Tasty Tacos idea. That would kill in campustown.
I love the Tasty Tacos idea. That would kill in campustown.
Damn! That place is unreal good. Best hangover food ever.
The other place I'd look at is Jersey Mike's Subs. May not run Jimmy John's out of business, but it would put the hurting on Subway and Quiznos.
Jersey Mike's Subs - Authentic Sub Sandwiches Since 1956
That place would probably fit more on Duff, though. IMO Campustown would need a place that would be able to stay open late and serve a lot of drunks quickly. Burritos, gyros, subs, pizza by the slice. The one exception would be a sportsbar type place that serves food AND beer (BWW). It sounds like there should be some strip mall type places being built on Duff (in front of Target) that would be perfect fits for places like Noodles Etc, Jersey Mike's, Five Guys...fast casual.
Thanks for all of the ideas, there are definitely new ones to look at!
I really wanted to open a Noodles And Company, but they do not franchise anymore; all corporate stores only now. BWW and other large chains are out of my league right now.
Having lived in Nebraska for 2 years, I will NEVER buy into a Runza!!!
Please keep the ideas coming.
I really wanted to open a Noodles And Company, but they do not franchise anymore; all corporate stores only now. BWW and other large chains are out of my league right now.
Having lived in Nebraska for 2 years, I will NEVER buy into a Runza!!!
Please keep the ideas coming.
I'm looking at franchises too, but I'm avoiding restaurants like the plague. Too many of them fail and the ones that do survive do so just barely.
I'm not sure how well that would do in Ames. I'm not saying it wouldn't work at all, but it would do better in other cities besides Ames. The one in IC has a great location, just off of I-80 and IC is larger than Ames. I can't think of many good locations in Ames for this, especially when trying to pull from I-35 traffic.
Those types of places seem to do well along Interstates and Ames isn't really a prime stopping point for travelers, when they have DM and Ankeny just 15 mins down the road.
