The answer is simple…doing the right things for the right reasons — The Freddy’s Way. Here at Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, our founding values are the core of everything we do — from training to using only the high-quality ingredients to treating every Franchise Owner, Team Member and Guest like an extension of our family.
When you invest with Freddy’s, one of the fastest-growing restaurant chains, you’re working with a restaurant franchise model that’s all about quality and consistency. We help every Franchise Owner by focusing on opening one restaurant at a time to deliver premium ingredients and hospitality in a fast-casual environment. This ensures that every Guest experiences the same craveable quality and Freddy’s friendly service, every time at every location. Learn more about our restaurant franchise.
“Pride, integrity, work ethic, family, patriotism – it’s embedded throughout the whole company,” adds Ron Oberg, Multi-Unit Franchise Owner since 2004 and our first Franchise Owner.
Invest in a brand built on long-term relationships.
We use vendor partners that value our standards.
Many of the vendor partners that work behind the scenes to bring our restaurants to life are the same ones we’ve worked with since we started franchising. They know us, our brand and the high standards we require to stand out as a top fast-casual restaurant.
We take great pride in our restaurant franchise model and build-out process to ensure that all our restaurants have the same high-quality, nostalgic brand look and feel. And, our corporate team of experts makes the process seamless for our Franchise Owners. As a Franchise Owner, you don’t need to find your own vendor partners – we’re here to help you in that process.
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We pass savings from vendor partner dollars on to you.
At Freddy’s, we are here to help you succeed any way we can. Other franchisors may take a percentage from vendor partner dollars, but we don’t. We pass the savings on to you. It’s the right thing to do. Period.
The Freddy’s Way of building a restaurant franchise is built on strong relationships, including the ones in our vendor community. From construction to food supplies, our vendors all value The Freddy’s Way. For Franchise Owners, this translates to keeping strong processes in place at every stage so build-outs and operations run smoothly for one of the best ROI franchises.
Freducation® training drives long-term success.
Everyone, including Franchise Owners, receives Freducation® on everything from food prep to how to deliver our honest hospitality for a world-class Freddy’s experience every time. Once you join our family, you go through a 16-to-24-day on-the-job training program with our Wichita training team. We pride ourselves on our world-class training for everyone at Freddy’s with continued field support and ongoing guidance from our Leadership Team following grand opening.
Our Freducation® is always evolving, especially during the pandemic. “We quickly pivoted and focused on drive-thru, carryout and delivery with a cross-functional team,” says Scott Redler, our co-founder and COO. “And we are laser-focused on drive-thru to speed it up significantly, which is really the thing that has kept us rolling at the pace we are.”
Meeting performance standards with a positive attitude.
We have internal reporting in place to track store sales and customer satisfaction to ensure that our fast-casual restaurants and Franchise Owners are delivering The Freddy’s Way, every day.
On location
Our Franchisee Business Coaches visit restaurants three times a year to do Operational Assessment Reports and Mystery Shops are provided for every location.
Online
With our in-house digital hospitality specialists interacting with our Guests online seven days a week, we’re well above average in reputation performance metrics.
In person
We work with Franchise Owners who aren’t meeting our standards to improve their operations while elevating those who are doing an excellent job. We’re here to help every Franchise Owner grow with our proven systems, processes and positive attitude — which is a big reason that almost 1/3 of our Franchise Owners continue to add more locations after their initial agreed-upon number of restaurants are open
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Honoring the values Freddy’s was founded on.
We hold each other accountable every day with Freddyisms that honor the good old-fashioned values of our namesake, Freddy Simon. Some of our favorite Freddyisms include:
Be inspiring.
- Remember we are all achievers.
- Smile even though times get tough occasionally. It is a proven fact that smiling adds seven years to your life.
Be respectful.
- Be prompt, people don’t like to wait.
- Always be patriotic and do all you can to keep our country free.
- Return all phone calls, even negative ones. You can turn them into positives.
Be dedicated and honest.
- From the beginning, demonstrate solid work ethics in your job or profession.
- Always tell the truth.
Always have fun.
- Keep that sense of humor, even when times get tough.
- Exercise and keep in shape so you can always enjoy Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers twice per week.
Freddy Simon, our Co-Founder and namesake, always said that “after following these rules and some of your own, help your children be successful so that they can name a business after you.”
Now’s the time to franchise The Freddy’s Way.
Today’s the day. Take the first step and fill out the form below, and a Franchise Development Director will be in touch within one business day.