May mga nagsasabi na good investment ang franchise. But from what I see and hear parang not always. We all know there is no sure fire investment or franchise for that matter since there are several factors to success. But I am told a food franchise will often "require" you to buy from a commissary of sorts. One where the prices are higher than market rate. Hmmm you already pay the high fee to get the name. Then you are also made to pay more to help provide the franchisee more profit.

Dunno if this is true but someone said that a group of people who had the Chillis franchise even created an off-shoot that "cloned" the menu but did not bear the name so they wouldn't have to pay the exhorbitant franchise fee and the "clone" is now doing very well since they can lower the costs on the menu.

Is it better to get a franchise of an established brand or one that has not even gotten a "name" out there? Because there appear to be some groups that actually sell franchises like real estate based on speculation. But isn't it a name people tend to go to anyway?

What do you think? Is it worth the premium to pay for a name?