My friend's mum started 1 few months ago. She said the initial cost is around 300k. The food is ok, but due to too many cafe in that area, I see their business is not that good. But at least it is still better than IRC in that area. The reason i go frequent that place is because for the past 2 mths my hse don't have internet connection and Hailam kopitiam got free wifi + power plug for every table (unlike old town who don't provide power plug, for fear that you will sit there whole day with just 1 cup of Old Town White Coffee )

u mean there will be more to pay later on?

few years back my fren's wife relatives bought a franchise of old town cheras area, invited me to share of 25 to 50k, i was reluctant then, so i passed & now that franchise is doin approx 10k nett profit mthly for the past 1.5yrs...

guys,
if the franchise owner lari or dun wan to do anymore, what will happened to the franchisee? need to close as well or we can continue using the same brand name or change other name??

I didn't ask in details. But i assume 300k is including renovation, franchise fee, initial start-up cost, 1st mth rental, starting operational cost etc. There after monthly is salary and other overhead. I'm not sure. But my fren's mum told me 300k, 5 shareholders, all paid in cash.

Since franchise brands are very common these days, I say...
Location is everything to franchises like these... must be placed in an area with steady traffic flow plus easy accessibility (parking, medium congestion, etc).

rm10k net profit monthly is not good right? can turn into losses if business drop a bit

Last time I see kopitiam business is damm profitable...
But nowadays I se many kopitiam tutup kedai....
hmmmm... it looks risky..

Fashion almost over

What I'm sure is that red Island cafes sure tutup kedai after opening for a while..
Scam victims....