uWink Inc. (UWKI)

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I owned 3 restaurants, pizza, subs, dinners, etc. 70% of my business was delivery.
I bought the first restaurant and opened the next 2. Both were conversions from previous restaurants. I had "wild" dreams of franchising these someday but soon learned that is a very complicated route. I sold them in 1990. Because I used a conveyor oven I needed a huge space with vents and this was done in less than 3 months in both locations. I found the inspections were the worst delay. None of these had a liquor license. I "spruced" up the decor in the dining rooms which had max occupancy of 40. Ordering the new custom signage took all of 3 months. These were small restaurants in strip shopping malls.
Based on my experience, existing locations may be more difficult to find considering I only needed 2,500 to 3,000 sq. ft. and UWNK will require a mim of 5,000 sq. ft.
A Shotsky's Deli went out of business near here and a Popeye's will be opening shortly. Looking at the free standing building in a huge Wall Mart Supercenter mall, I doubt that it could have been converted as it does not appear to be large enough plus the demographics are not what UWNK wants/needs.

If a franchisee needs to start from the "dirt" it will take him well over a year to build and building and get it up and running.