Restaurants & Food Service · Breakfast, Brunch & Diners
Black Bear Diner Franchises for Sale
A full-service, family-style diner known for oversized portions and a rustic bear-themed interior, usually freestanding with its own parking. A Western system where the affiliate runs nearly half the units.
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Black Bear Diner Franchise Model Overview
Black Bear Diner restaurants are casual, full-service family diners serving signature entrees in very large portions at moderate prices, with a small bear-themed gift shop inside and a rustic trade dress of carvings, decor and exterior signage. Most units occupy a freestanding, one-story building with surrounding parking, often a converted former restaurant. This is a heavy build: leasehold improvements, a full commercial kitchen, decor and carved-bear packages and a computer system push the investment well into seven figures even on leased premises. Royalty is a modest 4.5 percent of gross sales with a 1 percent marketing fund that can rise to 3 percent and a 1 percent local advertising requirement. The restaurant must be under full-time supervision by the owner or a trained general manager. The system is concentrated in California and the West, grows a few units a year, and the affiliate operates roughly 43 percent of all restaurants. Renewal requires a remodel.
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