Lean Kitchen Company
$75,000
$30,000
28
2018
St. Joseph,MO
Austin Evans
Overview
Lean Kitchen Company has become the nation's fastest growing meal prep company by delivering meaningful & profitable outcomes for our franchise partners by improving the quality of life for their communities, their customers, and their families every day. We have a unique franchise model providing two essential services: healthy, prepared meals, a market that has nearly doubled in size in the past 2 years and nutritional supplements and vitamins, a market expanding at a projected 8.2% compound annual growth rate. Our model is extremely scalable and is available at an achievable investment level between $105,000-263,000 for a new, qualified franchise partner for multiple storefronts.
Franchise Unit Trends and Revenue
28
6
$498,378
* in 2021
Franchise Fees
$30,000
6.0%
Gross Sales
2.0%
Gross Sales
Why Choose Lean Kitchen Company?
- Lean Kitchen is an extremely fulfilling business to operate. You will be positively impacting the health of your community every day, which is very rewarding.
- Multiple Streams of Revenue: Meals, Supplements, Delivery & Catering all under one roof!
- A recurring revenue pattern with an industry leading average ticket both in-store & via online orders.
- Low Investment: Lean Kitchen stores can be opened at a very achievable investment level for multiple units.
- Easy Management: Far less employees than a traditional restaurant/cafe food business.
- Small Spaces: Many stores are less than 1800 sf.
- Attractive Hours: Flexible hours for franchisees with store locations closing by 7/8pm.
Starting Costs and Investment Requirements
$112,500 - $278,300
$250,000
$75,000
Training and Support
- Lean Kitchen University: A one-week long on-site training in Missouri at our HQ.
- Opening Support: We are present for your opening & visit your location again within 90 days of opening.
- On-going Support: Frequent calls with our team to monitor KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) of your business such as labor cost, food cost, etc.
- Recipe Development: We continue to create recipes that cater to market demand. Rest assured, we will continue to support you to the max as your success is crucial to our success!
History
When Co-Founder, Austin Evans, first opened a supplement store in 2015, he put people first & focused on educating customers about what they should be eating as a key step to overall health. He only recommended supplements that were necessary, rather than pushing customers toward higher-priced products they didn’t really need. Frequently, he heard customers talk about food being their biggest obstacle in achieving their health goals. Austin was meal prepping for himself & knew there was a great opportunity to help others with healthy meals. Then he met current Co-Founder, JR Roberson, a fellow gym member who was running a side-hustle meal prep business. Together, they started a buildout of a commercial kitchen in the back of the original supplement store, and Lean Kitchen launched with 1,000 preorders its first week in business. The model changed a few times & became what is now THE Lean Kitchen Company. We know how to run a kitchen very efficiently and offer absolutely delicious, healthy meals in a grab n’ go style store. We began franchising in January 2018 & are the fastest growing meal prep franchise in the US! Maybe even cooler than that though, we are constantly hearing customer’s success stories: weight loss transformations, building muscle, the ability to come off of medications they thought they would be on for life… Impacting somebody’s life in this way is a feeling that money can’t buy. We want to deeply thank everyone that has supported us to this point. We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you and we are grateful for your ongoing support as we continue to grow our business and make America healthier!
Ideal Candidate
- Motivated & Professional
- High personal standards
- Passion for helping people
- Determined & Self-driven
- Interested in nutrition/health/fitness
