Buying a restaurant franchise
First contact
- Introductory session followed by a first interview
- Financial verification and credit and background checks
- Meeting with other members of our team
- Disclosure process
- Post-disclosure meeting
- 2-day workshop
- Executive approval
- Franchise agreement signing
Building the restaurant
Our real estate team works with you and stands by you at every step to provide assistance in:
- Finding a site
- Negotiating the offer to lease
- Designing the restaurant
- Coordinating bids and permits
- Overseeing the construction
Training
More than 100 videos, from fruit preparation to setting, are available online for you and your employees’ training. Our Operations team also provides on-site training to assist you and your staff for a few weeks prior to and after the restaurant’s opening
Research and development
Our in-house chefs and food specialists work to develop recipes that please your guests’ taste buds and are time- and cost-effective in your kitchen. The R&D team has taste, efficacy and profitability at heart.
Marketing
Our marketing team creates strong and original national ad campaigns. From radio spots to out of home advertising, including billboards, and social media, each new promotion is adapted to the format to effectively intercept our target audience. Plus, since the local community is at the heart of our business success, you’ll receive help from your marketing advisor to choose and organize your local activities.
Purchasing
The purchasing department is on the lookout for new offers and trends. It seeks to obtain the best quality-price ratio for the purchase of food, cutlery or any other product necessary for your activities.
Operations
The operations team accompanies you throughout the franchising process, including accounts receivable, service providers, and assistance with the purchase of your various dishware and food supplies. We are also able to guide you in your hiring process and the recruitment of your employees. Our team sees to your training according to Cora standards and, finally, it offers you the tools and support necessary for the regular management of your restaurant.
Casseroles Cora
Our distribution centre, Casseroles Cora is equipped with refrigerated and freezer facilities. It supplies all our franchises across Canada with frozen, dry or fresh foods, utensils, everyday kitchen tools or marketing material.