Bakers Delight: a healthy franchising choice
With over 700 bakeries worldwide and global sales of $521 million, Bakers Delight an Australian owned company, earns the title the 'World's Most Successful Bakery Franchise'.
Boasting a franchise success rate of over 90 per cent and with 28 years of experience, Bakers Delight holds a healthy 15.1 per cent of the Australian bread market - a stable market based on Australia's love for freshly baked bread, and growing demand for nutritionally sound produce.
With over 300 different products baked fresh every day, 2.5 million customers pass through the doors of Bakers Delight bakeries each week.
In 2007/2008, a continued focus on fresh baking, product development, consumer health initiatives, delightful customer service and working with the community has seen Bakers Delight post impressive financial results, including an average sales increase per bakery in Australia of 6.02 per cent.
In 2008/2009, Bakers Delight plans to replicate its recent sales success, forecasting another 6 per cent sales increase per bakery in Australia and global sales of up to $570 million.
Bakers Delight has been a major corporate partner of the Breast Cancer Network Australia for eight years, raising almost $2.6 million within this time. Through its bakery network, the company has donated over $350 million in bread to charities since 2000.