Kolache Kitchen eyeing Lafayette, North Shore for franchise locations | Business
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The founder of Baton Rouge-primarily based Kolache Kitchen area explained he’s franchising the breakfast organization and has been given curiosity to open locations in the Lafayette space and on the north shore.
“Our aim this 12 months is to lock down one particular or two franchise offers,” explained Will Edwards. “We hope to open by the conclusion of the year or early upcoming 12 months.”
There has been fascination in opening Kolache Kitchens in a number of locations on the North Shore and Lafayette, but Edwards mentioned the community close to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a popular location. “We experience like there’s a absence of brief-service breakfast spots in Lafayette, sites that do breakfast catering,” he claimed.
Kolache Kitchen area obtained its commence nine many years back with a location around LSU. Kolaches are sweet yeast breads stuffed with fruit or sausage and a common breakfast option throughout Texas. Edwards grew up in Houston and moved to Baton Rouge to attend LSU knowing there was a market locally for kolaches and breakfast tacos.
The enterprise has grown to three spots in Baton Rouge and two in New Orleans. But Edwards wished to franchise Kolache Kitchen to generate even more expansions. He utilised the downtime throughout the COVID pandemic to get franchise designs “buttoned up and finalized.”
“We’re genuinely energized about franchising, it is been a tricky few of a long time,” he said.
Afterwards this thirty day period, Kolache Kitchen area will open its to start with out-of-state cafe in Vital West, Florida. The cafe will be a joint undertaking amongst the business and companions who moved to the spot from New Orleans.
Edwards reported the holidaymakers who stop by Important West ended up selling details for opening a Kolache Kitchen there.
