Business Insider SABurgers are big business in South Africa - and it's one fed mainly through fast food joints.
Although chicken dominates the quick-service restaurant sector in South Africa, burgers are still big business. Many of these operations are available to buy as franchises, which means you buy into the branding, logistics, and systems that put you in an excellent place to take advantage of South Africa's hunger for burgers. But the more recognisable and established the brand, the pricier the up-front fee, and the harder it is to secure an outlet.
Those who make it through this"On-the-Job-Evaluation" then face a set of panel interviews, and if those go well, they'll meet McDonald's South Africa's managing director, who makes the final call on whether you can pay the fees below to buy and run a branch of your own.According to a franchise document seen by Business Insider South Africa, a local McDonald's branch costs between R4 million and R6 million.
For a standard branch, Steers charges a R68,000 joining fee, plus about R43,500 in design fees, and a project fee calculated at 5% of the overall build cost.