Melting Pot Fondue Franchise Plans: The Melting Pot, this restaurant with 94 units where people go to have fun and eat fondue is going to open places in Canada. They want to do this because a lot of people in Canada are interested, in The Melting Pot. It did really well in 2025. The Melting Pot is excited to expand across Canada.
The brand has a store in Edmonton that has been around for a time. Now the brand wants to make the brand bigger in Edmonton from now until 2026 and, after that.
The company is doing well and that is why it is expanding in Canada. Canadian expansion is a deal for the company and it is happening because of strong growth. This strong growth is very important for the company. It is the reason, for the Canadian expansion.
In the year 2025 Melting Pot opened four restaurants. They also gave out three franchise agreements. At the time the company saw a big jump in people wanting to open Melting Pot franchises in Canada. A lot of these people were, from Toronto and Calgary. They really wanted to open Melting Pot restaurants. Melting Pot was very popular. People wanted to be a part of it.
The people who work for the company say that more and more people want to buy from them. This shows that the company has a chance to make the brand bigger in cities in Canada like the brand is already doing in some places so they can make the brand bigger for the brand in these big cities, in Canada.
The Melting Pot has found that people in Canada already like fondue. However when you come to the Melting Pot we give you a four-course experience that you cannot find in Canada. Collin Benyo, who is the Franchise Growth Strategist for the Melting Pot said this about the Melting Pot experience. The Melting Pot is really different from what people, in Canada’re used to said Collin Benyo.
Key Cities Targeted for New Locations
The Melting Pot people think that Toronto and Vancouver and Calgary and Ottawa are the places they really want to focus on when it comes to building things in the future. They see a lot of potential in these cities the Melting Pot and they want to make sure they do something big in Toronto and Vancouver and Calgary and Ottawa.
Expansion Goals Through 2030
The company wants to open restaurants, in Canada. They think they can open one or five new restaurants by 2030. This will depend on how the market is doing and if they can find the right franchise partners. The company is looking at Canada as a place to open these restaurants. They will see how things go and then decide how new restaurants to open. The company is thinking about 2030 as the time to have these new restaurants open.
The focus is on growth of the business. This growth is supported by people who have experience and are, from the area. They are the operators who know what they are doing. The goal is not to expand but to have steady growth of the business.
Focus on Experienced Canadian Franchise Partners
Melting Pot wants people to join them as franchise partners. They are looking for people who’re really good at taking care of customers and know the Canadian market very well. Melting Pot says these are the kinds of people they want to work with. They need to have experience in hospitality which means they have to be good at making people feel welcome.. They also need to know a lot, about the Canadian market, which is where Melting Pot is looking to grow.
Adapting to Canada’s Hospitality Landscape
The people in charge of the company said that the rules about work and the way things are supplied are different in Canada than they are in the United States. They also said that it costs more to operate in Canada. So they think the company should focus on Canada and make decisions that’re best for the company, in Canada. This is what they call a Canada- strategy.
Melting Pot has made some changes to the way they do things. Now they only bring in three products from places. They get all the things they need like ingredients and supplies from local places, in Canada. This way Melting Pot can help the people who own their restaurants make a profit and it also helps them give customers in Canada what they want from Melting Pot.
Franchise Payback
Franchise Outreach Campaign Planned
Melting Pot is going to start a campaign to reach out to people all, over Canada. This campaign is part of Melting Pots plans to expand and grow the Melting Pot business. The main goal of the campaign is to help Melting Pot get more people to know about the Melting Pot and what the Melting Pot has to offer.
Toronto Franchise Show in 2026
The campaign is going to have open houses where people can come and see what we are doing. We will also have discussions with people who might want to invest in our company.. We will be at the Toronto Franchise Show, on September 19–20 2026. This is an event and the Toronto Franchise Show is a great place for us to meet potential investors and talk about our campaign.
The people in charge of the company say that what they are doing now will help the company grow slowly over a time instead of getting bigger really fast. The company officials think this is a way to make the company grow for a long time not just, for a little while. The company officials want the company to have long-term growth, not short-term expansion.
Toronto Franchise
Founded in 1975, Melting Pot is a fondue restaurant franchise known for its interactive dining experience. The brand operates 94 locations across 32 U.S. states and Canada, offering cheese fondue, salads, entrée-style fondue cooking, fine wines, spirits, and chocolate fondue desserts. The company is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
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