To be considered as an FAO candidate, you or your partnership must meet the following criteria:
- Passionate about Noodles & Company: Our food, our team and our culture
- Driven to provide an exceptional dining experience to our guests
- Shared Values
- An insatiable learner who’s enthusiastic, humble, friendly and driven to succeed
- Willingness to become proficient in all aspects of running a Noodles & Company restaurant
- Significant Business Experience
- Successful business ownership
- Demonstrated ability in developing and leading people, operational execution, financial results and building sales
- Successful multi-unit restaurant experience in a leadership role is a plus
- Live in the market to be developed
- Commitment to personally devote full time and best efforts to day-to-day operations
- Solid understanding of the market to be developed
- An Entrepreneurial Spirit
- Strong desire to succeed in the restaurant business
- Willingness to accept risks
- Resources and experience to meet the development schedule
- Ability to develop and execute a business plan
- Dedicated funds for the capital requirements
- Ability to meet the Financial Requirements
- For 3 to 5 restaurants
- Liquid cash or available assets of $1,000,000;
net worth $2,000,000 - For 5 to 8 restaurants
- Liquid cash or available assets of $1,500,000;
net worth $3,000,000 - For more than 8 restaurants
- Liquid cash or available assets of $2,000,000;
net worth $5,000,000 - Ability to borrow funds or have access to capital to fund development
