Franchise

With the registration of the National Franchise Association - UFRAD, Çiğköftem, which has the title of "Turkey's Brand with the Most Restaurants in Europe", operates in Turkey, Germany, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, France, Netherlands, England, Spain, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Hungary. and operates in Poland. Making a difference with its global vision, Çiğköftem supports its investors in all processes from shop identification to branch establishment for those who want to start their own business, with over 30 years of experience.  

Join Our Growing Family

Çiğköftem continues to work with many branches in 12 countries and introduce its flavor story to the world. Join us and help us bring our flavors to more people. Let's grow together, let's win together. 

Join Our Growing Family

Çiğköftem continues to work with many branches in 12 countries and introduce its flavor story to the world. Join us and help us bring our flavors to more people. Let's grow together, let's win together. 

Everything Starts with Wondering

With Çiğköftem licensed dealership, you can be the boss of your own business! We answered the questions you have for your applications. We have tried to include details about each stage of the process below. For questions you cannot reach below, you can contact us on our WhatsApp line.

Everything Starts with Wondering

With Çiğköftem licensed dealership, you can be the boss of your own business! We answered the questions you have for your applications. We have tried to include details about each stage of the process below. For questions you cannot reach below, you can contact us on our WhatsApp line.

All you have to do is fill out the form on www.cigkoftem.com website or social media, or contact Çiğköftem via WhatsApp / phone at 0850 550 93 93 and apply.

After being called by the Çiğköftem Franchise Specialist, all you have to do is find a shop in a shopping mall or on a busy street, and then the location and shop analysis will be made by the Çiğköftem team. If you have a good idea, you will have to pay a lot of money if you want to do it.

The franchise agreement will be signed, a sketch of the branch will be prepared by Çiğköftem and the necessary renovation notes will be sent to you, and the renovation process will begin.

All needs such as refrigerated cabinets, countertops, tables, chairs, menuboards, branch coverings, brochures, magnets, etc. can be produced by contracted suppliers with the coordination of Çiğköftem or can also be supplied by the investor according to the standards.

The installation of the branch will be carried out with the guidance and accompaniment of the Çiğköftem team.

Before the branch is opened, training will be held in one of the training branches and the Çiğköftem opening team will accompany the investor for 1 week during the opening of the branch.

It is important to start with an effective opening and a regional campaign. Providing services on online platforms is extremely effective in increasing turnover. Çiğköftem team will coordinate all of these processes for you.

 The number of Çiğköfte shops is increasing day by day, but the companies operating the dealership of the Çiğköftem brand, which has been doing the job well for many years, can easily achieve their targeted income when they take into account the recommendations of the headquarters in strategic and operational planning. In addition to all these, making a location analysis in the region where the branch will be opened before opening a shop, ensuring customer satisfaction while operating the shop, staying on top of the job, selling delicious and fresh products, and being careful in product presentations are important criteria for profitability.

 Çiğköftem is a brand that dates back to 1993 and established the raw meatball industry. Çiğköftem, the franchise brand of Em Group Gıda, which started its commercial activities by producing raw meatballs for hypermarkets in 1993, is the Turkish brand with the most branches abroad in the restaurant chain field. Becoming a Çiğköftem franchise means starting out with a brand that determines the rules of the raw meatball industry in 8 different countries around the world and doing business with a vision that covers the whole world in future planning. Çiğköftem, the first brand to launch the franchising system in the raw meatball industry, introduced raw meatballs to Europe by opening its first branch in Belgium in 2009.

 Shopping malls are important points with a lot of human traffic. Since consumers come to shopping malls with the motivation to spend money, the sales potential is high at these points. Since raw meatballs are both a healthy and affordable product, investors who embrace providing quality service have the opportunity to earn high income in shopping malls. Çiğköftem, the Çiğköfte brand with the most branches in shopping malls in Turkey, has become a popular choice for investors thanks to its many years of experience.

 Due to the minimum ideal size required for equipment and hosting customers, the shop should be around 30 m2, and care should be taken to have a front facade of around 3 meters so that consumers can easily see the products and the shop is eye-catching. Another important criterion is that the shop is located in areas with high pedestrian traffic.

 The investment return period of Çiğköftem franchise is 4-5 times shorter than the general average in the field of food and beverage management. Average is 1 year.

 Çiğköftem, which also has products with the International Superior Taste Award in its product range, has HACCP and ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System Certificate, ISO 10002 Customer Satisfaction Management System Certificate, ISO 9001 Quality Management Certificate, FDA Certificate and Halal Certificate.

At Çiğköftem, which has 4 different concepts: Standard, Deluxe, Shopping Mall, and Open Area Kiosk, the branch concept selection is determined according to the budget of the investor candidates and their location. During this process, mutual negotiations are held with investors.

 Following the meetings of franchise experts with prospective investors, product samples are sent from the headquarters.

 The dealer's request for additional product sales is evaluated by the head office, and if deemed appropriate, the product(s) in question can be offered for sale in the branches.

 There is no fee charged from investors under the name of franchise or brand fee. Investors only invest in the equipment and food products necessary to launch the branch.

 In order for the branch to start operating, capital is required for the package that includes the internal and external materials and food products that must be purchased in the first stage.

 Equipment such as countertops, cabinets, menuboards, etc. to be used in the branch are sent to the dealer by the contracted logistics company. Food and packaging materials are sent to dealers from the headquarters.

 It is important to have a store with a minimum size of 25 m2 and in central points, main streets, and shopping malls with heavy human traffic. Providing takeaway services and being active on social media are other important issues for the efficiency of commercial activities.

Our professional field team provides free consultancy to entrepreneurs on investment feasibility and location analysis. All of our teams are personally involved in the project, from the architectural drawing of the project to the design works and the completion of the actual establishment of the dealer.

 The duration of the Çiğköftem licensed dealership agreement is 5 years, and at the end of this period, it is renewed through mutual negotiations.

 After the shop is rented, a sketch and layout plan specific to the shop is prepared. Then, the branch's counter, cabinet, signage, etc. equipment is prepared. Branch-specific design work is completed. This period takes approximately 45 days on average.

 In brand selection, the most important issues are the brand's vision and position in both the national and international markets. In addition, the quality of the equipment and products that the brand provides to the investor, the lifespan of the equipment rather than the initial investment cost, the reputation of the brand, the fact that it provides real information to the investor about the return period and profitability of the investment before the investment, the support it offers on important issues such as installation processes, training and sales increasing activities are among the most important factors today. Attention should be paid to its planning in the field of online ordering, which is a sales channel, and social media platforms that show the power of communication with consumers. Çiğköftem, with its hundreds of branches in 8 countries around the world and its global vision, provides strategic coaching to its investors not only for today but also for the future. With the responsibility of being the Turkish brand with the most branches in Europe in the restaurant chain field, the commercial life of all equipment used in Çiğköftem branches and produced at international quality standards reaches 10-15 years.

 The high profitability in the raw meatball industry is directly proportional to how the investor manages the shop. Attention should be paid to customer satisfaction and quality service should be provided to ensure that the customers coming to the shop come back again and again. Attention should be paid to sales of by-products and new products, and customers should be introduced to by-products or new products. Additional products should be suggested to the customer who comes to the branch, in addition to the product he wants to buy. It is important for the investor to stay in charge. Product profitability rate at Çiğköftem varies between 80-120%

 In brand selection, the most important issues are the brand's vision and position in both the national and international markets. In addition, the quality of the equipment and products that the brand provides to the investor, the lifespan of the equipment rather than the initial investment cost, the reputation of the brand, the fact that it provides real information to the investor about the return period and profitability of the investment before the investment, the support it offers on important issues such as installation processes, training and sales increasing activities are among the most important factors today. Attention should be paid to its planning in the field of online ordering, which is a sales channel, and social media platforms that show the power of communication with consumers. Çiğköftem, with its hundreds of branches in 8 countries around the world and its global vision, provides strategic coaching to its investors not only for today but also for the future. Çiğköftem, which carries out corporate collaborations and promotional activities with online food and beverage platforms, one of the fastest growing sectors in the world, regularly organizes sales-increasing activities for its dealers. With the responsibility of being the Turkish brand with the most branches in Europe in the restaurant chain field, the commercial life of our equipment, which we produce at international quality standards, is 10-15 years.

The high profitability in the raw meatball industry is directly proportional to how the investor manages the shop. Attention should be paid to customer satisfaction and quality service should be provided to ensure that the customers coming to the shop come back again and again. Attention should be paid to sales of by-products and new products, and customers should be introduced to by-products or new products. Additional products should be suggested to the customer who comes to the branch, in addition to the product he wants to buy. It is important for the investor to stay in charge. Product profitability rate at Çiğköftem varies between 80-120%

 The franchise system allows prospective investors to get a head start in business in many areas. Consumer trust is gained more easily with a reputable and well-known brand. The experience of brands that have been operating in this field for many years prevents damages from trial-and-error processes in trade. These two issues are of great importance. In brand selection, the most important issues are the brand's vision and position in both the national and international markets. In addition, the quality of the equipment and products that the brand provides to the investor, the lifespan of the equipment rather than the initial investment cost, the reputation of the brand, the fact that it provides real information to the investor about the return period and profitability of the investment before the investment, the support it offers on important issues such as installation processes, training and sales increasing activities are among the most important factors today. Attention should be paid to its planning in the field of online ordering, which is a sales channel, and social media platforms that show the power of communication with consumers.

 Before opening a shop, conducting a location analysis in the region where the branch will be opened, ensuring customer satisfaction while operating the shop, selling delicious and fresh products, and being careful in product presentations are important criteria for profitability. Companies operating the dealership of the Çiğköftem brand, which has been doing this job well for many years, easily achieve their targeted income when they take into account the recommendations of the headquarters in strategic and operational planning.

 Shopping malls are important points with a lot of human traffic. Since consumers come to shopping malls with the motivation to spend money, the sales potential is high at these points. Çiğköftem, the raw meatball brand with the most branches in shopping malls in Turkey, thanks to its many years of experience, guides the investor at all points from the shop rental process to the transition to the operation of the branch, and the Çiğköftem Franchise Team personally accompanies the meetings with the Shopping Mall Managements.

 First of all, it is important to conduct a detailed regional analysis. Care should be taken to ensure that there is no other raw meatball shop in the immediate area, that the shop is chosen in areas with high pedestrian traffic on the main street, and that there are attraction centers such as schools, markets and hospitals around it.

 Çiğköftem does not charge any brand usage fee from its dealers. Investors only purchase the equipment necessary to open their shops and the products they will offer for sale.

 Çiğköftem takes cold chain conditions and 360-degree food safety as a basis when delivering products to its dealers. Çiğköftem distributes to some regions with its own cold chain distribution fleet, and for some regions it ships through suppliers that provide services at international quality standards.

 Çiğköftem's main product range includes Spicy Çiğköfte, Less Spicy Çiğköfte, Minced Meat Stuffed Meatballs, Vegan (Vegetable) Stuffed Meatballs produced by Çiğköftem for the first time in Turkey in 2015, Middle Eastern flavor Falafel, and Hummus Stuffed Falafel, which is a first in Turkey. In the by-product range developed to increase the sales of the branches, there is the BANSOSA series, which has 4 different varieties: Stuffed Leaves with Olive Oil, Pomegranate Sour, Vegetable & Spicy, Lots of Hot and Lemon & Garlic. For dessert, there is Damascus Dessert.

 No sales are made by determining a new price list other than the prices determined by the headquarters. There are two different price policies for takeaway and takeaway service.

 Çiğköftem implements the industry's most ambitious campaign, "Eat 7" +50% Free campaign on the 7th, 17th and 27th of every month. Apart from this, special campaigns are also organized for online food platforms. Çiğköftem dealers can run special campaigns for their region, with the knowledge and approval of the headquarters.

 All products produced and offered for sale by Çiğköftem must be sold at dealers.

 No other name or sign other than the Çiğköftem brand can be used.

 Investors are given training for 1 week before branch openings. Franchise experts are personally present at the branch before the opening and during the branch establishment. After the branch is opened, training experts carry out the operations in the branch to support the investors for a week.

 The shop found by the investor is checked by Franchise experts and approved if deemed appropriate. However, if the investor cannot find the shop, Franchise experts provide support and are involved in the shop search process.

 The tube equipment, produced by suppliers with whom we have been collaborating for a long time for the Çiğköftem quality that has been preserved for years and offered to dealers with the assurance of Çiğköftem, is CE certified and in European standards. +4 degree cooler is used in all countertop presentation cabinets. All equipment required for the shop is supplied by Çiğköftem to the dealers.

Opinions of Our Franchisees

Opinions and comments of valued members of the Çiğköftem Family.

When did you join the Çiğköftem Family? How did you decide to participate?

I joined Çiğköftem Family in 2015. I was previously working in the textile industry. For me, it was a well-paid profession and it was an extremely dynamic environment because I worked with a large team. I was extremely happy both to be in this industry and to work with my teammates. But besides all this, there was a lot of change and development in the world. Women's share in the business world was increasing day by day. There were now many opportunities and alternatives for me to consider. When I took an initiative, I had full faith that I would succeed. At this point, our paths crossed with Çiğköftem.

Can you give us some information about how your life changed after joining the Çiğköftem Family?

While the idea of owning my own business was maturing in my mind, I was introduced to ÇİĞKÖFTEM's franchise system, which is profitable and very enjoyable to work with. Thinking that Çiğköftem's experience in the European market would be an advantage, I opened the Bochum branch, and now we work together with my wife. The freedom to do our own thing has of course positively affected our quality of life and comfort. Working with the Çiğköftem brand, which is in constant development and has a dynamic structure, has always kept our excitement fresh. I can also say that doing a job that makes us happy has a positive impact on every aspect of our lives.

Can you share the most interesting moment you have had with your customers since the day you first opened your dealership?

I still remember the day our former national football player Yıldıray Baştürk came to our branch. It was very enjoyable for us to present him the flavors that have a special place in Turkish cuisine with the difference and quality of Çiğköftem and to personally see the happiness these tastes brought.

What advice would you give to those who want to join the Çiğköftem Family?

The feeling that Çiğköftem made us feel the most was "We are with you". When you set up your own business in a different geography, you do not set out alone when you have a team with you that has walked these paths before, gained experience and accomplished successful businesses in Europe. On the other hand, having the opportunity to work with my wife is a strong motivation. It is a great feeling to believe in the same goal and develop a business of your own together with a person you can always trust and who supports you.

When did you join the Çiğköftem Family? How did you decide to participate?

I joined Çiğköftem Family in 2012. I was constantly consuming their products with pleasure. At that time, raw meatballs were very popular. I thought I would do good things with this product, which I enjoyed consuming. I decided to join the Çiğköftem Family because of its quality and approach that differentiates it from other raw meatball brands.

Can you give us some information about how your life changed after joining the Çiğköftem Family?

I was already a person who continued his business life, owning businesses in different fields. Even though I had no experience in the raw meatball industry, I stepped into the industry by taking a little risk. I believe that every innovation is an experience. In this way, I also gained good experiences and experience.

Can you share the most interesting moment you have had with your customers since the day you first opened your dealership?

Since we have been in the service industry for years, we have had the opportunity to meet many people. That's why we always paid attention to our communication with our customers and talked to them, sometimes about the country's agenda, sometimes about the situation of our favorite team, as if they were members of our family. However, if I have to mention a beautiful memory that I will never forget; Ms. Zehra and her friends, who have been shopping at our branch for years, created a small association with their own means, currently called Beyaz Butterflies. That day, when we and the association brought the food from the soup kitchen to those in need, will remain a memory I will never forget throughout my life.

What advice would you give to those who want to join the Çiğköftem Family?

In the service sector, especially the food sector, it is necessary to analyze demand and supply very well. If you are going to invest in this business, you should thoroughly explore the neighborhood where you will open your shop, get to know the local people and analyze your potential customers well. Depending on the budget you have allocated for this business, opening a branch in a shopping mall will be a good investment, I recommend it.

When did you join the Çiğköftem Family? How did you decide to participate?

I joined Çiğköftem Family in 2015. I was previously working in the textile industry. For me, it was a well-paid profession and it was an extremely dynamic environment because I worked with a large team. I was extremely happy both to be in this industry and to work with my teammates. But besides all this, there was a lot of change and development in the world. Women's share in the business world was increasing day by day. There were now many opportunities and alternatives for me to consider. When I took an initiative, I had full faith that I would succeed. At this point, our paths crossed with Çiğköftem.

Can you give us some information about how your life changed after joining the Çiğköftem Family?

While the idea of owning my own business was maturing in my mind, I was introduced to ÇİĞKÖFTEM's franchise system, which is profitable and very enjoyable to work with. Thinking that Çiğköftem's experience in the European market would be an advantage, I opened the Bochum branch, and now we work together with my wife. The freedom to do our own thing has of course positively affected our quality of life and comfort. Working with the Çiğköftem brand, which is in constant development and has a dynamic structure, has always kept our excitement fresh. I can also say that doing a job that makes us happy has a positive impact on every aspect of our lives.

Can you share the most interesting moment you have had with your customers since the day you first opened your dealership?

I still remember the day our former national football player Yıldıray Baştürk came to our branch. It was very enjoyable for us to present him the flavors that have a special place in Turkish cuisine with the difference and quality of Çiğköftem and to personally see the happiness these tastes brought.

What advice would you give to those who want to join the Çiğköftem Family?

The feeling that Çiğköftem made us feel the most was "We are with you". When you set up your own business in a different geography, you do not set out alone when you have a team with you that has walked these paths before, gained experience and accomplished successful businesses in Europe. On the other hand, having the opportunity to work with my wife is a strong motivation. It is a great feeling to believe in the same goal and develop a business of your own together with a person you can always trust and who supports you.

When did you join the Çiğköftem Family? How did you decide to participate?

I joined Çiğköftem Family in 2012. I was constantly consuming their products with pleasure. At that time, raw meatballs were very popular. I thought I would do good things with this product, which I enjoyed consuming. I decided to join the Çiğköftem Family because of its quality and approach that differentiates it from other raw meatball brands.

Can you give us some information about how your life changed after joining the Çiğköftem Family?

I was already a person who continued his business life, owning businesses in different fields. Even though I had no experience in the raw meatball industry, I stepped into the industry by taking a little risk. I believe that every innovation is an experience. In this way, I also gained good experiences and experience.

Can you share the most interesting moment you have had with your customers since the day you first opened your dealership?

Since we have been in the service industry for years, we have had the opportunity to meet many people. That's why we always paid attention to our communication with our customers and talked to them, sometimes about the country's agenda, sometimes about the situation of our favorite team, as if they were members of our family. However, if I have to mention a beautiful memory that I will never forget; Ms. Zehra and her friends, who have been shopping at our branch for years, created a small association with their own means, currently called Beyaz Butterflies. That day, when we and the association brought the food from the soup kitchen to those in need, will remain a memory I will never forget throughout my life.

What advice would you give to those who want to join the Çiğköftem Family?

In the service sector, especially the food sector, it is necessary to analyze demand and supply very well. If you are going to invest in this business, you should thoroughly explore the neighborhood where you will open your shop, get to know the local people and analyze your potential customers well. Depending on the budget you have allocated for this business, opening a branch in a shopping mall will be a good investment, I recommend it.

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