Industry Food / Restaurants Number of locations 37 | Founded 2008 | |
Headquarters Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada Website | ||
Ben & Florentine is a Canadian breakfast and lunch restaurant chain, serving around 2.5 million customers per year. The founders used characteristics from their own families to create the concept of the chain. Each Ben & Florentine restaurant is owned individually as a franchise.
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History
Ben & Florentine was founded in 2008 in Saint-Laurent, Quebec and the first restaurant opened in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec on June 1, 2009. By 2011, the chain had opened 16 locations in the province of Quebec, Canada. The franchise has been a CFA member since 2010.
The restaurant chain began by serving an extensive breakfast and lunch menu.
In 2012 the chain expanded into Ontario, and by 2014 there were 31 locations. In 2015 the chain continues to expand with 43 franchised units.
In January 2016, Ben & Florentine opened its first restaurant in the province of Manitoba in the city of Winnipeg. During 2016, Ben & Florentine kept growing in the Great-Montréal in opening a franchise inside the tennis club of the nuns' island.
Around 50 restaurants will be open by the end of 2016 which includes a location in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Business
Cash investment (excluding loans) to open a restaurant range from $200.000 to $250.000. The total investment required is between $550,000 and $650,000 for a new restaurant.