Ideal Candidates
Our franchise partners come from a variety of backgrounds and typically share these characteristics:
- Full-service restaurant operations or ownership experience
- Strong business acumen
- Desire to be active in the business and become part of the Golden Corral family
- Willingness to promote a “caring culture” and be dedicated to the community
- Embrace and follow a restaurant model focusing on enhancing the guests experience through operational excellence and brand standards.
Financial Qualifications
⦁ $2.5mm net worth
(individual or group)
⦁ $500,000 liquid assets
(can be part of the $2.5mm)
⦁ Financial stability
No bankruptcy within the past seven years
Our Roadmap to Franchising
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1. Inquiry
Fill out our web form if you’re interested in learning more about Golden Corral’s franchise opportunity.
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2. Initial Discovery
Once we receive your inquiry, our development team will set up an initial call with you to learn more about you and your restaurant ownership/operations experience, and discuss your interest in franchising with Golden Corral.
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3. Application
After our initial call, if both parties want to move ahead, you’ll receive and complete the franchise application, which will be reviewed by our team.
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4. Discovery Day
Upon our satisfactory review of your application, you’ll be invited to attend an in-person discovery day where you will meet with executive team members to learn more about the brand’s values, mission and key initiatives that drive the brand forward.
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5. New Agreement Details
Both parties will work together to select a development territory and establish terms for the Area Development Agreement or site-specific Franchise Agreement.
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6. Signing of the New Agreement
Once you sign the Area Development Agreement and/or Franchise Agreement and we have received your initial development fee, you will officially become part of the Golden Corral family as a franchisee – welcome!
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Ready to Get Started?
Reach out to our franchise development team for more information.
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The “Franchise” pages of our website are for information only and not intended as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy a franchise. We offer franchises solely by means of our Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD). Certain states have laws governing the offer and sale of franchises. If you are a resident of one of these states, we will not offer you a franchise unless and until we have complied with applicable legal requirements in your state. The information about our franchise opportunity is intended solely for residents of the United States; we do not presently offer franchises in other countries.