#6 on the Franchise 500: Culver's Succeeds By Investing In Managers
At the #6 company on our Franchise 500 list, a mentorship program focuses on turning store managers into franchisees -- and it's fueling growth.
by Hayden Field
Jan 01, 2019
1 minute
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Started franchising: 1988
Total units: 680
Cost to open: $2M–$4.7M
The menuat Culver’s hasn’t changed much since the company’s inception in 1984. It still offers frozen custard, a new at Culver’s -- because it’s here, ranked in the top 10 of the Franchise 500 for the first time, after bringing in $1.43 billion in revenue in 2017, according to Technomic, a research and firm. (Last year, Culver’s ranked #13.)
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