Pistachios in the park

Summary of Operation: Pistachios in the park is a community focused café franchise that serves a range of good quality, freshly prepared food and beverages. Each café also sells a variety of high quality hand-made wooden toys (made from reforested wood) greeting cards and a selection of traditional 'old fashioned' loose sweets.

Ideal Franchise Owner Profile: Potential franchise owners do not need catering or retail experience, however they should be physically fit; good with people and enjoy working with children; self-motivated; have a desire to own their own business; able to follow instructions; have an attention to detail; can manage people; be presentable; have a full, clean driving licence; and should never have been declared bankrupt or have CCJ's.

Cost of Franchise: £42,500 + VAT

Year Company Established: 2000

Year of First Franchise Owner: 2009

Training Provided: Initial training is carried out at the company's head office and at one of its head office owned Pistachios in the park cafes. Training will include both technical advice on how to successfully run a Pistachios in the park cafe as well as practical experience working in one of its head office owned cafes.

Support Services Provided: Full initial and ongoing support is provided to franchise owners, including a detailed operations manual showing you how to run a successful Pistachios in the park franchise business.