About Us

Francesca® is a fast-casual restaurant chain serving pasta seasoned with traditional Italian sauces from the Northern and Southern traditions to eat in, take away or have delivered.

All sauces are produced internally in the company kitchen facilities using organic tomatoes and other seasonal quality ingredients from reputed Italian suppliers. Thanks to its unique proprietary cooking system, Francesca® can serve perfectly “al dente” pasta in under 60 seconds combining restaurant quality with speed of service. The menu is complemented by salads, pizza, baguettes, coffee and desserts, providing an all-day meal and snacking solution.

The Advantages of The Francesca® Concept

Name a product that is more popular than pasta or pizza! We appeal to a very large customer base.

We are a “better fast food” concept: restaurant quality at high-speed thanks to our 60-second cooking proprietary system.

Ours is a totally de-skilled business: we do not require chefs or similar restaurant staff to make and serve restaurant-quality food. Simplicity is an integral part of our system and know-how.

Our business model ensures multiple revenue streams to our franchise partners: eat-in, take-away, home or corporate deliveries.

Five Good Reasons for Joining Francesca®

1. We have been franchising since 2006. During this time we have developed and refined the training and support systems based on the feedback received from our franchise partners.
2. In the UK we enjoy a brand reputation and prime real estate is accessible under our brand umbrella.
3. Finance and assistance to secure it are available from our professional team. We will also supply you with a Business Plan template and help you with the formulation of your own projections.
4. Highly sought-after territories were recently made available, including Central London and South of England locations.
5. Incentives are available (2015 only): entry fee £15,000 + VAT instead of £17,500 + VAT.

Initial Support

We offer comprehensive, personalised assistance in setting up and running your own Francesca® restaurant:

• Assistance with location sourcing via our Real Estate Team.
• Provision of a 4-week training programme during which franchise partners are trained in the operation, management and development of their store.
• Assistance with store design, construction and ordering of equipment.
• Help with sourcing of local ingredients (where applicable).
• Launch marketing programme.
• Supply of a full array of marketing templates.
• Support during the opening of the store by seasoned staff members.

Ongoing Support

• Constant menu development: one new sauce is launched every month and a new pasta every 6 months.
• Overall menu review every 12 months.
• All new products are accompanied by specific marketing collateral and franchise manual updates.
• Refresher training sessions.
• Innovations and system improvements.
• Franchise manual updates.
• Periodical auditing, review and planning.
• National marketing planning.
• National meetings.
• Helpline.
• Business guidance by an experienced management team with a solid track record in the food & beverage industry.