The tradition began in September of 1996 when our first Bandana’s BAR-B-Q opened in Arnold, Missouri. Our mission remains the same, to provide the best Southern Style BAR-B-Q, with exceptionally quick service, in a friendly, family atmosphere. Our real wood pit smokers operate 24 hours a day, which is why you can “SMELL THAT SMOKE” every time you come to Bandana’s BAR-B-Q.

Our meats are hand-rubbed before they go into the smoker. This is how we apply our special Bandana’s Dry Rub, which contains over a dozen herbs and spices. This combination requires 11 to 14 hours in the smoker to produce our signature Bandana’s BAR-B-Q taste. The BAR-B-Q then goes straight from the smoker and is hand-cut to order.

We take just as much care with our side dishes as we do with our meat. Our Potato Salad and Cole Slaw are hand made, fresh each day. Our Bar-B-Q Baked Beans are slow-cooked with our special sauce and chunks of smoked meat. We give the same attention to our other sides like Fried Corn on the Cob, and Grilled Garlic Bread. Bandana’s is a barbeque restaurant, that is what we are all about, and consistency is the key.

Our customers are the most important ingredient to our success and we consider them friends. That is why we treat every guest like they are guests in our home when they stop by for a meal.

We Start With American Hardwoods

We know American hardwoods produce a mellow smoke that complements the taste of our barbecued food. For this reason, we employ woodsmen that understand our strict standards requiring fresh, green hardwood, grown on high ground. They hand-select and harvest this hardwood for Bandana’s and deliver this fresh-cut wood directly to our restaurants.

We Hand Rub All Our Meats

Our meats are hand-rubbed before they go into the smoker. This is how we apply our special Bandana’s Dry Rub, which contains over a dozen herbs and spices. This 50-year-old family recipe gives all our meats that unique Bandana’s flavor.

Time Is One Of Our Secret Ingredients

It still takes 11 to 14 hours for our meats to reach their peak of tenderness and flavor. Each Bandana’s location has two, large capacity slow smokers that operate 24/7 to guarantee there will always be freshly barbecued meats ready for our customers. The temperature is set at 200 degrees which ensures that the green hardwood doesn’t burn, but smokes all night.

Hand-Cut To Order Bar-B-Q Is What We Do

Bandana’s is a barbecue restaurant, that’s what we’re all about, and consistency is the key. What you will find is the best “Southern Style” smoked barbecue pork, beef, chicken, ribs, and turkey you’ve ever tasted. Each order is hand-pulled and hand-cut into bite-sized pieces. And with so few items, there’s no reason not to do it right.

We Only Serve Bandana’s Bar-B-Q Sauces

We Only Serve Bandana’s Bar-B-Q Sauces The recipes for these six sauces have become Bandana’s standards. Original (mustard-based), Sweet and Smoky, Spicy and Hot & Chicago Sweet. All six sauces are available on the table for customers to add their favorite finishing touch to our barbecued meats.

Even Our Side Orders Are Special

We take just as much care with our side dishes as we do with our meat. Our Potato Salad is hand-made, and fresh each day. It’s an old family recipe, it doesn’t come from a 5-gallon foodservice bucket. Our Bar-B-Q Baked Beans are slow-cooked with our special sauce and chunks of smoked meat. We give the same attention to our other sides like; Fried Corn on the Cob, and Grilled Garlic Bread.

Bandana’s Stands For Great Value In Barbecued Meats

We rely on a high volume crowd of barbecue lovers and we like to see them come back, again and again. Our customers are the most important ingredient to our success and we consider them friends. That’s why we treat every guest like they are guests in our home when they stop by for a meal. Every Bandana’s employee can tell you what this means to them because we’ve built a business on great food, friendly service and reasonable prices.

BANDANA’S BAR-B-Q DELIVERS PROFITS 3 WAYS

We Cook It Slow But Serve It Fast

We really know how to slow cook great-tasting barbecue just the way barbecue lovers like it. And we serve it in a fun and friendly environment that appeals to both business people at lunch, and families anytime. Kids love our clean and casual interiors but parents appreciate our fast service. We experience more table turns per day than restaurant industry standards. We can provide a pleasant dining experience for a table of four and have them back on the road within 30 minutes. Faster table turns translates into more sales per mealtime period. Our servers realize more income from these fast turns, and that makes them more loyal. Bandana’s has a lower turnover rate than industry averages.

Carry Out Represents over 20% Of Our Total Income

Carry Out means Big Profits and that’s a nice business to have. Customers can call ahead, go online, or just stop by on their way home to pick up our delicious food. Our barbeque is the ideal Carry Out meal. Without tables to serve and clean, each “To Go” meal represents a higher profit margin. With Bandana’s quick turn around times our Carry Out patrons are in and out in a flash.

We Use Catering As Our Primary Sampling Device and It’s Profitable

Each Bandana’s Bar-B-Q Restaurant has a staff of employees that work specifically for the catering side of the business. We’ve catered office parties and social gatherings for Boeing, Edward Jones, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Energizer Battery Company, Monsanto, and the University of Missouri. Everybody enjoys barbecued food, but they really love Bandana’s. We like to think of our catering business as our primary sampling device. Invariably, some questions about Bandana’s and our great tasting food will come up at these events and we want our people to tell the appropriate brand stories that support the award-winning Bandana’s brand.

ANSWERS TO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BANDANA’S FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY

OUR FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY

This franchise business is built on three sturdy principles: Great Bar-B-Q, impeccable service, and tremendous value. Coupled with the three separate revenue streams of Dine In, Carry Out, and Catering opportunities, we believe a Bandana’s franchise has success written all over it.

Q. What makes Bandana’s different from other restaurant franchises?

A. Bandana’s serves Southern Style Bar-B-Q. We serve barbecued Pork, Beef, Chicken, Ribs, Sausage, and Turkey, with side dishes that complement our meals. Our secret is our family recipes for our sauces and sides, and our proprietary method of smoking meats. In a nutshell, we make Southern Style Bar-B-Q, cooked slow and served fast.

Q. What does the franchise fee cover?

A. The franchise fee helps to cover the cost of providing you with business opening assistance, initial training, and other support and franchise development services.

Q. How much is the fee for continuing support services.

A. The continuing services, or “royalty” fee is 5% of the gross sales derived from the franchised restaurant, paid every week. This fee entitles you to continued use of the Bandana’s Bar-B-Q name and trademarks access to our operating systems, marketing assistance, ongoing business development consulting, and other benefits that come with being part of the Bandana’s Bar-B-Q franchise system.

Q. What about Advertising?

A. Building recognition of the Bandana’s Bar-B-Q name and reputation is an important part of the business. To this end, you will spend $10,000 on the Grand Opening Advertising promotion. You will also contribute 1.5% of your gross sales toward advertising and development. Corporate reserves the right to establish a National advertising fund in the future where you may be required to contribute an additional 0.5% of gross sales.

Q. How much training is provided in the Bandana’s Bar-B-Q system of operations?

A. You and two of your employees will participate in an initial training course of approximately 5 weeks duration depending on your experience. This course provides instruction in kitchen duties, customer service techniques, and administrative procedures involved in running a Bandana’s Bar-B-Q Restaurant. You may also be invited to attend refresher-training seminars from time to time.

Q. What form of continuing guidance will I receive?

A. As a Bandana’s Bar-B-Q franchise owner, you will receive periodic visits from your franchise representative, who will provide guidance and quality control, and answer any questions you may have. You will also receive a copy of the Bandana’s Bar-B-Q Confidential Operations Manual, which covers the policies and procedures involved in running your business. As the manual is updated, revisions will be made available to you. And, of course, we’ll only be a telephone call away for answers to any questions that may arise during the day-to-day operation of your business.

Q. Will I have an exclusive territory?

A. Yes, each Bandana’s Bar-B-Q Restaurant will be located in its own, “designated area,” inside which no other Bandana’s Restaurant will be developed. Your territory may be defined by zip code boundaries, highways, physical landforms, and other criteria. The typical designated area will include a base of approximately 150,000 people.

Q. What is the term of the Bandana’s Bar-B-Q franchise agreement?

A. The term of the Bandana’s Bar-B-Q franchise is ten years. The franchise agreement is renewable for up to three additional successive five-year terms, provided renewal criteria are satisfied.

Q. What is my next step?

A. Just fill out the Franchise Evaluation form and return it to us. If, after reviewing your qualifications we feel you have the potential to join the Bandana’s Bar-B-Q franchise organization, you will be invited to meet with us in person. If you have any questions in the meantime, please feel free to call us at 636-537-8200.