You Just Found Your Happy Place

Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream Parlors are the Midwest’s gift to America and the Global community. “Happy Joe” Whitty, a trained baker from Minot, North Dakota, founded the iconic concept in 1972.  The innovative brand combined creative pizza-based food offerings, good old-fashioned hospitality, and a family friendly, fun atmosphere centered around children.  Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream proved to be a huge success for Happy Joe’s franchisees.  Happy Joe’s is now under new ownership and leadership with Tom Sacco as Chief Happiness Officer, CEO and President.  Happy Joe’s is recognized nationally and internationally for our menu research and development continually introducing new and innovative menu items that provide uniquely delicious, family-friendly food offerings, particularly pizza and pasta.  Happy Joe’s goal today is to ensure that we always have “Best-in-Class” menu items available to successfully satisfy our ever-inquisitive guests with their always evolving taste profiles providing our business-minded franchise owners a competitive advantage that leads the pizza industry across the US and globally.  Happy Joe’s successful business model partnered with its children focused fun component, provides a significant financial advantage for franchise owners to be a “the” happy place for all families of every color, race,  social status, and religion, as well as to be “the” happy place when making deposits at the bank every day!

Not Your Average Joe

Our full-size restaurants combine a true dining experience, a family-friendly fun center, and a lucrative delivery and carryout service, all under one roof.

Happy Joe's Highlights

-Unique Eatertainment venue
-Yummy menu options appealing to everyone
-Supports all day parts (breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, special events)
-Proven business model for 50 years
-Multiple revenue streams
-Loads of available territory in both U.S. and abroad
-Supportive corporate resources
-A system of happy, profitable franchisees
-Full Size Dine-In Average Unit Sales
-Volume $1.50MM* and Delco
-Delivery Carry Out Average Unit Sales
-Volume $1.51MM*
-Sales up 15%+ in 2021 calendar year over 2020, and up every quarter during pandemic

Estimated Initial Investment

Includes rent, security deposit, leasehold improvements, initial inventory, furniture/fixtures/equipment, insurance, training, grand opening advertising, signage, miscellaneous funds for 3 months — $498K US – $1,200,000K US (depends on location selected and whether ground-up or second-generation space.

-Royalty Fee – 6% of gross sales
-National Advertising Fee – 1.5% of gross sales (paid monthly)
-Local Advertising – 2% of gross sales
-Two venue types available:
-Dine-In with kid’s party room(s) and game area (4,000 s/f)
-DELCO (Delivery and Carry Out only)

There will be resources and assistance given from Happy Joe’s in site selection, training, grand opening, and on-going support to assure profitability.

If you are seriously intereseted in exploring franchise ownership with Happy Joe's Pizza and feel your qualifications meet our standards, now is the time to begin!