Federal Donuts and Chicken, a Philly favorite known for its unique combo of donuts, fried chicken, and coffee, is branching out with three new suburban strongholds, per an announcement that had local foodies marking their calendars. Radnor, Willow Grove, and Conshohocken will be the first to welcome the expansion beyond the city limits, indicating that this could be just the appetizer before a full national takeover dishes out, as reported by PhillyVoice.
Conceived in 2011 by Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook, the culinary visionaries behind the CookNSolo restaurants, the Federal Donuts outfit now flaunts a fleet of 10 locations across Philadelphia, not to mention stands in Wells Fargo Center and Citizens Bank Park that assure fans can get their fix while enjoying a game, yet the brand has never ventured out into suburbia before now and this simultaneous launch in Radnor at 200 Radnor Chester Road, Willow Grove at 4021 Welsh Road, and Conshohocken's Plymouth Square at 200 Ridge Pike is meant to test the waters for a potential Pennsylvania spread—and then possibly loosen the belt for a nationwide feast of growth, as per Philadelphia Business Journal.
The move will include a fresh resurrection of their University City store, putting Federal Donuts and Chicken's tally at 14 stores nationwide, according to Philadelphia Business Journal. Those entrepreneurial franchisees ready to sprinkle some sugar on their portfolios will be looking at a $50,000 franchise fee with continued costs totaling an expected $740,000 to $915,000 which encompasses a 2% advertising fee and a 6% royalty pull.
The suburban rollout of these uber-trendy food joints isn't just a business maneuver, it's personal for the involved franchise partners which include auto dealership owner Mike Sloane and Michael Heller, legal ace and executive chairman of Cozen O’Connor; Heller, a man familiar with sifting through arguments for the loopholes, expressed to The Inquirer, his fondness for the chocolate cake old-fashioned and cinnamon brown sugar donuts, coupled with praises for the chicken sandwich and tenders that he touted as "insanely good".
