Kokopelli Sonoran Grill Franchise Information:

Welcome to Kokopelli Sonoran Grill
Kokopelli Sonoran Grill is a fast-casual Tex-Mex restaurant specializing in made-to-order big-burritos, tacos, fajitas, and other Tex-Mex favorites made with all-fresh ingredients and only of the highest quality meats, chicken, and seafood products at a reasonable price. Customers choose from freshly grilled chicken, steak, shrimp and fish and proceed down the ordering line while their order is being prepared in front of them. For those customers that are concerned about their health and waistline, KoKopelli’s offers a “Heart Smart” and “low carb” menu as well. The typical square footage is 2200-2600 sq/ft., with seating for 65-85 inside and 30 in a patio setting.

History
KoKoPelli first opened its doors in Phoenix, Arizona in 1997, and positioned itself as the premier quick-casual Mexican concept in the Southwest.

Strategy
At KoKoPelli, we believe that successful franchising is a partnership between headquarters and owner/operators. We're here to offer our years of experience and know-how in the food service and restaurant industry to our franchisee partners. Together we ensure the finest retail dining experience possible for customers across the country.

KoKoPelli offers a complete solution for building, developing and franchising through its complete turnkey, 12-step Franchise Restaurant Development System.
This System is the most comprehensive restaurant development system in the industry today. It is
comprised of the following:

• Complete Design and Lay-out
• National Roll-out program
• National Marketing and Public Relations program
• Franchise Sales program
• Project Management
• Real Estate
• Architecture
• Construction
• Construction Management
• Two-phased Training program
• Complete Operations Department
• Website Development

Complete Design and Lay-out
KoKoPelli will supply a complete design and layout of the facilities to maximize the efficiencies of the concept being developed.

National Roll-Out
KoKoPelli’s development program is designed to brand and rollout a restaurant chain’s franchise program on a national level.

National Marketing and Public Relations Program
KoKoPelli will provide a complete national marketing and public relations program to insure the national rollout program is maximized. One should think of concepts such as Starbucks, Baja Fresh, Applebees, Panera Bread and Krispy Crème to get the idea of what a national rollout program looks like and accomplishes.

Franchise Sales Program
KoKoPelli has a complete franchise sales department that is well versed in attracting national franchisees who are desirous of expanding with another non-competing concept.

Project Management
As part of the KoKoPelli “Turn-Key” franchise program, the project management team will manage all phases of the franchise development and provide a seamless flow, from Real Estate (site selection, lease negotiation), architecture, design and layout, construction management, equipment purchasing, food procurement and distribution, corporate training, in store training, store set-up, grand opening, and on going operational support. Our project management team is there throughout the process, and keep the franchisee informed every step of the way.

Real Estate
KoKoPelli’s real estate department will coordinate all efforts of local real estate professionals to insure the complete analysis of all potential sites to be considered in the national rollout. We also assist you with lease negotiations.

Architecture
KoKoPelli provides full architectural support for the development of franchised stores. To include design layout, in-put into the site analysis and coordination with the construction management team.

Construction and Construction Management
KoKoPelli has formed an alliance with several national restaurant construction companies to act as contractor and construction management for all franchise and corporate restaurants.

Two-phased Training Program
KoKoPelli provides a complete two-phase training program designed to enhance a new franchisees ability to open successfully.

Operations
KoKoPelli has created a fully functional operations department for the Company. The operations department will work with new franchisees to help insure their success.

Website and Intranet
KoKoPelli takes all of the components of the franchise operating system and places it on an intranet site that is password protected and secure. This will enable us to constantly add to and improve our current operating manuals, while keeping the franchisee system updated with the most current information.

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