Networks & franchises
Assess every site in your network on one shared grid.
Every opening that starts from scratch is a risk. For brands and franchisors: a shared grid to assess, compare and document each address — from siting to opening, site after site.
A network is won address by address.
Replicating a brand isn't rebuilding the same room: it's reproducing the same operation at every opening. A shared grid keeps each site from starting over.
Heterogeneous locations
Zoning, history, layout and constraints change from one address to the next.
An operation to replicate
Kitchen, flows and service standards must recur identically — not just the décor.
Decisions to trace
Documenting why an address is kept or dropped secures the network's trade-offs.
Four layers to replicate a network.
From location to brand image, each layer has its deliverables and contacts.
- 01
Siting
Assess and document each candidate address on a shared grid before adding it to the network.
- 02
Technical
Kitchen, flows and equipment framed to your operating standard, down to the CCTP — the technical specification that locks each site's requirements. Studied in-house by our design office.
- 03
Operations
Prepare each opening and run AvantBail site-works follow-up, site after site.
- 04
Studio
Roll your brand identity across each site: layout, signage, packaging, uniforms, opening kit — led with specialist partners.
The site-approval workflow.
From candidate address to opening prep, read on the same grid as every other site.
One reading grid, from the first signal to the trade-off — to decide each address with full context, site after site.
The site scoring grid.
Twelve criteria, read the same way on every candidate address, to compare what is comparable.
Catchment area
Density and profile of the population around the address.
Frontage visibility
Exposure, foot traffic and how legible the sign is.
Access & parking
Ease of access for customers and staff.
Nearby competition
Density of the hospitality offer close by.
Delivery & logistics
Delivery, storage and waste-removal conditions.
Surface & layout
How well the square metres fit the operating format.
Extraction & ventilation
Feasibility of kitchen extraction and smoke clearance.
Kitchen feasibility
Whether the kitchen can be built to the network standard.
Customer flow
Movement through the room, from entrance to checkout.
Budget risk
Scale of the works needed to open.
Concept fit
How well the address matches your brand format.
Opening complexity
Estimated steps and lead time before commissioning.
Comparing addresses
Three addresses, one reading grid.
An example comparison: each candidate address is read against the same criteria, from zoning to visibility.
| Address A | Address B | Address C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning / use | Compatible | Change to plan | Compatible |
| Restaurant history | Recent restaurant | No signal | Former retail |
| Extraction / ventilation | Verify on site | Verify on site | Existing duct |
| Catchment area | Dense | Average | Low |
| Frontage visibility | Verify on site | Good | Verify on site |
| 76 | 44 | 56 |
Illustrative example. The confirmed / probable / to-verify statuses match those of the AvantBail report.
Network view
Every candidate address on one shared grid.
Beyond three addresses: track all your candidate addresses in one place, scored on the same criteria, to weigh the network's openings without mixing criteria from one site to the next.
AvantBail internal tool, used by our teams to steer your network.
The operational standards to reproduce.
Beyond the location, what makes a network coherent: the same operating markers from one site to the next.
Productivity
Comparable production ratios from one kitchen to another.
Flows & layout
A room and kitchen organisation that reproduces from one site to the next.
Brand consistency
The same customer experience, whatever the address.
Maintenance & lifespan
Equipment chosen to last and to service simply.
The technical core
Kitchen, equipment & CCTP: a replicable standard.
The network's technical core, framed once and then rolled out to each site.
Kitchen specification
Frame kitchen, flows and equipment to your operating standard.
CCTP — the technical reference
Consolidate the specifications into a CCTP, the technical brief that serves as a costed reference from one site to the next.
In-house design office
Studied in-house by our design office, not subcontracted — it's our craft.
Controlled replication
The same technical standard reproduced, address after address, without starting over.
Weighing formats
Position each format on two axes.
A simple guide to place your operating formats: investment required and expected productivity.
High productivity
Moderate investment
Counter & takeaway
Small footprint, fast rotation
High-volume brasserie
Large capacity, all-day service
Neighbourhood restaurant
Classic room, lunch and dinner
Signature concept
High ticket, controlled pace
High investment
Measured productivity
Indicative guide, to adapt to your network.
Site-works follow-up
Track every opening, without losing the thread.
AvantBail site-works follow-up brings photos, package progress, costs, documents, snags and sign-offs together in one place — useful when several sites open in parallel.
AvantBail internal tool, used by our teams to track your sites.
Studio
Roll the brand out across every site.
Reproducing the brand experience, not just the concept: a coherent identity, rolled out site after site.
Layout & interior direction
The visual coherence of each room, led with our specialist partners.
Signage
A consistent sign and signage across the whole network.
Packaging
Materials and packaging in the brand's colours.
Uniforms
Coherent team uniforms from one site to the next.
Opening kit
A ready-to-deploy kit to launch each new outlet.
Entering the French market.
For foreign networks: opening a brand in France means re-reading each address against the local framework.
A local framework to re-read
French zoning, accessibility and public-venue safety rules (ERP) differ from your home market.
A format to adapt
Surfaces, consumption habits and the constraints of French units.
A sequenced rollout
Choosing the first addresses that will prove the model before scaling.
Getting started with AvantBail.
- What does AvantBail bring concretely to a restauration network?
- A consistent evaluation grid for all your candidate sites: each address is analysed on the same criteria (footfall, competition, technical feasibility, concept fit), the files are comparable with each other, and your development decisions rest on documented data.
- Is the equipment specification produced in-house?
- Yes. Our kitchen design office writes the specification in-house, then tailors it site by site to the constraints of each unit. It is a continuity between location analysis and project execution that our network clients particularly value.
- Do you support from site selection through to opening?
- Yes, that is the ambition of our network offer: analysis of candidate addresses, technical pre-check, equipment specification, coordination of stakeholders through to first service. Each step is framed with you according to your opening priorities.
- Do you work with brands entering France for the first time?
- Yes. We support foreign networks specifically in reading the French framework — zoning, public venue safety rules, co-ownership, local footfall — and in comparing the first candidate sites before commitment.
- How do you start an engagement with AvantBail?
- With an initial conversation: you describe your brand, your format and your planned openings. We come back to you with a structured proposal — evaluation grid, scope and first steps.
Decide, execute, roll out — at network scale.
AvantBail
AvantBail — before you sign
Each address's feasibility, documented before you commit: confirmed, probable, to-verify — read on a shared grid.
Exécution AvantBail
AvantBail execution arm — after the decision
Support for design, coordination and site-works follow-up, site after site, through to each opening.
AvantBail Studio
AvantBail Studio — the network's image
The brand identity rolled out across each site — signage, packaging, uniforms — for a coherent experience from one address to the next.
Let's talk about your network.
Describe your brand and opening plans: we'll get back to you to frame support, from siting to opening.
