The fast-growing teriyaki franchise additionally welcomed 9 new franchisees, signed 13 new items and expanded into new states like Wyoming and Maryland.
Denver, CO (RestaurantNews.com) Teriyaki Insanity (TMAD), the fast-growing Asian-inspired quick informal franchise with a cult following and bowls as daring as its model voice, kicked off 2025 by turning up the warmth. The primary quarter introduced severe development throughout the board: 10 new outlets opened, 9 new franchisees joined the Insanity, 13 new store agreements have been signed and 14 new leases have been inked in prime markets – together with first-ever entries into Wyoming and Maryland. On high of that, systemwide product sales climbed 21% year-over 12 months whereas Q1 gross sales elevated 14.23% year-over-year and 5.45% over This autumn 2024, persevering with a long-running development of “how-is-this-even-real” efficiency that’s left the remainder of the business within the mud. (Technomic’s Prime 500 Chains? Simply 3.1% development. Cute.)
CEO Michael Haith isn’t stunned. “This was certainly one of our greatest quarters but, however actually, it’s what we’ve constructed this model to do,” stated Haith. “The demand is actual – prospects love us, franchisees are doubling down, and severe operators are lining as much as get in. Teriyaki Insanity is constructed totally different. And persons are beginning to catch on.”
Growth got here quick and livid. TMAD opened outlets throughout California, Texas, Colorado, Wisconsin and Ohio – and for the primary time ever, planted its flag in Wyoming and awarded new franchisees in Maryland. In Sheridan, Wyoming, Candice and Matthew Kindred are bringing bowls to the Cowboy State. In Marietta, Georgia, TMAD vet Keyur Patel is again at it once more. Brian Robinson and Lauren Greenberg Robinson, former Wingstop operators, locked down two areas in New York with plans to open extra. In Texas, 15-unit Golden Chick operator John Hagan is making his transfer into TMAD territory with a brand new store in Lampasas. Even higher? Forty % of recent openings in Q1 got here from current multi-unit TMAD franchisees who noticed the numbers and determined they wished extra. That form of inside validation? You’ll be able to’t faux it.
The Insanity isn’t stopping at U.S. borders both. On Might 2, TMAD will formally open internationally in El Salvador, with extra on the way in which all through Central America. Between fan demand and franchisee vitality, the worldwide alternative is heating up quick.
TMAD isn’t simply rising – it’s scaling sensible. This quarter, the model rolled out a brand new Government Franchise Bundle designed to let skilled operators open a vast variety of outlets whereas paying only one franchise payment ($121,500), so long as they hold signing new leases each six months. There’s additionally a brand new 15% low cost on franchise charges for candidates with at the very least 5 years within the hospitality recreation – as a result of TMAD is aware of the worth of battle-tested expertise.
The business has taken discover. For the ninth 12 months working, Teriyaki Insanity landed on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500®, coming in at No. 347. It additionally earned its seventh straight spot on Franchise Enterprise Overview’s Prime 200 Franchises, based mostly on actual franchisee satisfaction. However for Haith, these rankings aren’t nearly bragging rights. “These awards imply one thing as a result of they mirror what’s taking place contained in the system,” he stated. “We’re constructing a neighborhood that wins collectively – and has a hell of a time doing it.”
Now with greater than 165 outlets open and a pipeline filled with high-quality operators and recent markets, TMAD is charging into Q2 with all of the momentum of a model that is aware of precisely who it’s – and the place it’s headed. Large bowls. Large development. No indicators of slowing down.
About Teriyaki Insanity
Teriyaki Insanity is making large strikes. The key sauce lies in TMAD’s uncompromising help methods that enable new enterprise house owners to realize success by way of their proprietary coaching and help applications with groups devoted to every franchisee’s distinctive wants. Greater than 165 outlets throughout three nations ship large, heaping bowls of recent, wholesome, pure elements to their communities, making a cult-like following with prospects, employment alternatives for neighborhoods, and a excessive common unit quantity for franchisees. Backed by modern know-how, together with supply and loyalty improvements, and an all-star government workforce, Teriyaki Insanity focuses on offering scrumptious, wholesome meals to communities. Go to franchise.TeriyakiMadness.com for single and multi-unit alternatives.
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