Top 5 French Fries Food Carts In the Philippines, Costs and How to Franchise Them

French fries also known as finger chips, chips, fries or French fried potatoes are currently a hit in the food cart industry.  These golden strip batons of deep fried potatoes is an all time favourite snack not only among Filipinos but of all people all over the world regardless of race and age.  This famous potato snack made to goodness is still popular wherever you go and is evolving in terms of flavours and other interesting add-ons.  From the simple potato, a root crop that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable or served as a side dish on any meal has now become a staple snack treat when one needs to satisfy hunger pangs.  This is why there is a growing trend of French fries food carts sprouting like mushrooms in the country. There is no doubt that if you engage in serving yummy French fries in your food cart, people will surely stop and munch these long strips of potatoes.  Come to think of it, it does not require much utensils to eat in the first place.  Thus, below are the popular French fries food carts that you may choose from if you are planning to start your own French fries food cart franchise in the Philippines.

Potato Corner. This is the product of the innovative concept of Cinco Corporation that opened its doors in the Philippines in 1992.  Potato Corner is considered to be the pioneer in offering flavoured French fries and has been one of the industry leaders in setting the trends in the food cart business.  To date, they have 306  growing Potato Corner outlets not only in the Philippines but to other countries as well including Indonesia, Malaysia, USA and even as far as Panama.  They offer a variety of franchise packages from in-line stores, kiosk, standard carts and to school carts. Franchise fee packages ranges from P150,000 to P400,000.00 approximately as it will vary depending on your space consumption.

Potato Madness. This food cart concept started with Potatoes and because of the many ways this tuber can be enjoyed, it eventually progressed into other delectable menus.  Currently Potato Madness offers several choices on how you will take pleasure in eating your potatoes.  Aside from the popular flavoured French fries, it offers hash browns, twister fries, cris-cut fries, potato wedges and to complete the line they have potato meals such as the grilled potato salad, potato and meat balls, potato croquettes with and ham and cheese and potato and fish balls among others.  If one is interested to franchise this concept, the total capital required is around P300,000.00 and you may contact Potato Madness through RK Franchising Consultancy.

NY Fries and Dips. This company revolutionized the French fries market and made a twist in its products.  NY Fries offers crispy and most of all humongous fries made with trans fat-free oil in order to bring a healthier option snack treat to Filipinos.  What made NY fries also unique is the availability of its 11 lip-smacking dips which are also healthy as it is made from natural ingredients free from MSG and artificial colourings.  Thus a complete healthy choice from fries to dips.

Patatas Pries Food Cart Franchise.  This French fries food cart is offered by Filtrepreneur Franchise, Inc. also known as FFI.   This company aims to promote and develop Filipino entrepreneurship with its variety of food cart packages.  Currently, it is considered as one of the leaders in the food cart business franchise in the Philippines and is a recipient of several awards such as the Outstanding Franchising Business Opportunity Company in 2009.  Patatas Pries serves the typical deep fried French fries which offers three (3) flavours to choose from that includes the plain, barbecue and cheese fries.  Its franchise package costs only P30,000 that includes P400.00 worth of initial inventory and an e-loading dealership freebies.  FFI also does not charge royalty or monthly fees and other hidden charges. 

Patatas Twister.  This is a food cart concept of Smart Pinoy Franchising owned by the San Diego Family. Its mission is to help people become more successful entrepreneurs by providing them with the best products coupled with the greatest quality of service.  Patatas Twister on the other hand is a relatively new concept in its list of franchise packages.  The company offers a wide variety of packages that you can choose from depending on your business needs.  You can have the table top franchise which only costs P16,900 to single cart at P35,000.00 and to low end carts at P45,000.00.  You also have an option of availing the 2 in 1 or the 3 in 1 cart promo at P50,000 to P60,000.

Because of the popularity and the demand of quality and affordable potato snacks in the country today, engaging in the yummy French fries food cart business will guarantee you to enjoy your return on investments or ROI in a much shorter time.  Potatoes have been proven to be an enjoyable snack not only here in the Philippines but in the whole world as well.  The challenge is how to put on a twist on your French fries which is believed to be an all-time favourite.