Why Restaurant Franchises Are Using Smaller Meals, Protein to Cater to GLP-1 Users<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been there since the beginning, and we\u2019re still there. Now it\u2019s a trend that people are jumping on board, but we\u2019ve always been in the forefront,\u201d Bick said. \u201cWe continue to provide what we\u2019ve known all along as a great benefit to health and wellness.\u201d<\/p>\n
ProteinHouse has thus entered a new chapter in its 14-year history, scaling the brand in a populated and ever-competitive segment. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur healthy food is actually delicious\u2014that\u2019s where we\u2019re differentiating ourselves. \u2026 It\u2019s served hot and fresh, it\u2019s cooked to order, and I think that really differentiates us between the competitors that are coming out now,\u201d Bick said. \u201cThey\u2019re high protein, but how does it taste? Is it fresh? That\u2019s what we have, and that\u2019s what we continue to hang our hat on.\u201d<\/p>\n
ProteinHouse has expanded to 31 units, nine of which operate internationally (one in Thailand and the rest in the United Arab Emirates). The brand is growing faster than ever, doubling its unit count since 2024.<\/p>\n
About half of the brand\u2019s growth has come from multi-unit franchisees, said Bick, who lauded their ability to bring and apply extensive operational experience to the ProteinHouse system.<\/p>\n
The company is leveraging multi-unit growth with reduced franchise fees for those opening additional units: $50,000 for the first location and $30,000 for each additional one. A company press release announced that through the end of 2026, multi-unit operators committing to four locations for $140,000 can open a fifth at no extra cost.<\/p>\n
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The cost to open a ProteinHouse ranges from $504,375 to $846,300, according to the company\u2019s franchise disclosure document.<\/p>\n
Average unit volume for franchise units in 2024 came to $1.7 million.<\/p>\n
Franchisees are exploring additional revenue drivers through catering and customized meal preparation services. Bick estimated catering and meal prep sales each account for 5 to 8 percent of company sales.<\/p>\n
In addition to having strong operators, Bick attributes the brand\u2019s recent sales and development growth to investing internally with enhanced franchisee support, a well-staffed opening team and key corporate hires.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m looking forward to the brand being as successful as possible and having our franchisees happy and successful,\u201d Bick said. \u201cThat\u2019s our key driver is making sure our own ProteinHouse franchise community is successful and thriving, and that’s what brings us the most happiness here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Story HighlightsProteinHouse, a fast-casual, health-forward restaurant concept, is finding success through multi-unit growth, building on its 31 units…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[49,48,322281,84,395,3560],"class_list":["post-940796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-franchise_news","tag-health","tag-nutrition","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}