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Apple Spice Box Lunch Delivery & Catering – Our 35 year history in Box Lunch Delivery & Catering allows franchisees to create a great business offering “working lunches” to the small to large businesses in their communities.  Franchisees benefit from providing not only professionally prepared and delicious box lunches, but hot and cold catering as well to business and corporations.  Apple Spice franchised in 2003, and today has 50 Apple Spice Box Lunch Delivery & Catering Companies in the U.S. 

Apple Spice Box Lunch Delivery & Catering – Box Lunches and Drop N Go Catering

Unique Business Features

  • Profitability – Cash Flow Quickly
  • Lifestyle business – early morning, closed by 3:00, no nights or weekends, or holidays
  • Low overhead – based in industrial space
  • Attractive EBITDA – can exceed 20%
  • Clean Kitchen – no fryers, grease traps or hoods required
  • Extensive training on operations, POS, location sourcing, lease negotiation, advertising/marketing
  • Established national buying power & vendor leverage
  • Strong systems and logistics for high volume accounts
  • Validates well

Why the Box Lunch Delivery and Catering industry?

  • Limited competition.
  • Lifestyle Business – early mornings, finished by mid afternoon, Monday – Friday.
  • Low overhead in leased industrial space with minimal kitchen.
Q Franchise Background

First Unit Franchised: 2003
Company Owned Units: 3

Franchised Units: 50

States Registered In: We are currently registered in all states except the Dakota's, Maryland and Alaska.
Canada Franchises: No
International Franchises: No

Q Financial Terms


1 Territory: $379,500 - $551,700

3 Territories: $465,200 - $798,700

Minimum Net Worth: $ 600k Liquid Needed $200k

Franchise Fee: Note, average deal is for 3.2 Territories!

1 Territory - $49,000

2 Territories - $90,000

3 Territpries - $125,000

4 Territories - $166,000

5 Territories - 207,000

10 Territories - $330,000


Royalty: 6%
Local Marketing Contribution: 2%

No Fee for National Ad Fund!


Average Number of Employees: 8-10
Passive Ownership: No
Home Based: No
B2B: Yes
Master Franchise Opportunities: No

Q Support & Training

Site Selection Assistance: Yes
Lease Negotiation Assistance: Yes
Recruiting Assistance: Yes
Co-Operative Advertising: No
Training: We have a very extensive training program that includes the following:

Pre-Requisite Training Prior To Opening:

The Virtual training (up to 70 hours) will be conducted online, by phone and/or by video conference. The Virtual training may be completed in 3 consecutive weeks or spread out as time allows.
Corporate Training in ASBC Location:

The Classroom/Training Restaurant program 1 -2 weeks will be completed in our Training Restaurant.
On-Site Training:

The On-Site training (up to 2 weeks) will be conducted in the franchisee’s own commercial kitchen with 3 Apple Spice Trainers.
The two weeks of On-Site training located at the franchisee’s own store will begin approximately one week before the restaurant opens and continue for one week after the restaurant opens. This training will consist of teaching the staff all job duties associated with running the restaurant and assisting the franchisee in the opening of the store. During the week of the store opening the training will consist of follow up training to assist the franchisee on the day to day management, operations and job functions of running the restaurant.
Note: The training manager reserves the right to add one additional week of On-Site training at their discretion.

Q Ideal Candidate


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  • Price Range $225,000 - $396,000
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