BELLACINO’S PIZZA & GRINDERS:  a fast-casual, franchised system with family heritage

The term "Grinder" can be traced back to the East Coast, where, during WWII  Italian immigrants setup sandwich shops close to the shipyards.  Their freshly baked Italian rolls were filled with generous amounts of meats and cheeses and were then baked and garnished with  lettuce and tomato.  These super-sized sandwiches were a favorite of the hard working men who ground rivets off the warships.  The friendly shop owners referred to the men as grinders and the ever popular sandwiches also came to be known as Grinders.

Since 1998, Bellacino’s, Inc. has been showing franchisees how to successfully operate pizza & grinder shops.  Family recipes for our unique foods, only the best foods from our approved distributors, ergonomic kitchen design, and proven operational guidelines are all reasons for our successful development into 14 states.

“Made from scratch” (in your store) Italian bread and pizza dough are the foundations of our great tasting and unique flavor profiles of our menu items.  Huge portions and a commitment to using only the best and freshest food products are keys to giving your customers a great product at a great value. All our recipes were established by Samual Mancino Sr. in the 1950's near St. Clair Shores, Michigan.  The original concept is still prevalent in all the Bellacino's shops today.  The original recipes and good customer relations have never changed. 

Franchise Fee

Single store franchise fee of $30,000

Term of Franchisee Agreement

The franchise agreement has a term of 10 years with (2) additional 10 year options to renew subject to terms & conditions listed in the franchise agreement 

Continuing Royalties

The royalty fee is 4% of sales

National marketing fee is 1% of sales

 Area Development

Though not required for a single location, an area development agreement can be reached with Bellacino’s, Inc. to allow you to maintain rights to a larger market and to allow you to develop your stores at a pace acceptable to you (per unit development costs and term of development agreement vary per market). 

Marketing Support

Bellacino’s “In-House” Marketing Director generates professional marketing material that is made available for your use within your marketing plan both locally and regionally.  Radio, print media, direct mail, video, and in-store point-of-sale material is produced and provided in media kits for each and every franchised unit. 

Operational Support

Every one of Bellacino’s, Inc.’s officers has spent years of “hands on” time operating pizza & grinder style restaurants.  This experience results in first hand working knowledge of our in-store operations.  This “system” is reviewed regularly by our corporate personnel and monitored by a sequence of reports from vendors and your POS sales data.  Bellacino’s new website (currently under construction & development—scheduled for mid ’05 completion) will include a franchisee log-in site for “real-time” information sharing.  100% of our stores are franchisee owned.  All of our future successes depend on our system of franchisees and the monitoring and maintaining of our system by our corporate office.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU JOINING OUR EVER-GROWING “FAMILY” OF RESTAURANTEURS!