TL;DR
Grégoire, a high-end takeout restaurant in Berkeley, is preparing to franchise its business after 20 years of serving the local community. Founder Grégoire Jacquet plans to start with a central kitchen to ensure quality and consistency in new locations.
For two decades, Grégoire has been serving high-end take out and round crispy potato puffs to Berkeley students and long-time residents alike. It may not sound like a fancy spot, but Grégoire has fine dining in its soul. Founder and five-star-restaurant trained chef Grégoire Jacquet has thoroughly enjoyed making a name for his brand in the San Francisco Bay area. Now he’s opened up the business to franchising opportunities so the company can expand to new locations.
“Organizing a franchise system is no small potatoes.” says Jacquet.“I've been working on the franchise for every second of the day.”
He plans to start with a central kitchen, where he and a team can prepare food and deliver it to the new locations. His goal is a seamless system where he can ensure the new locations meet his standards for quality and consistency. Eventually, he’d like to have his name on restaurants around the country.
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on June 28, 2022. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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