Catering Franchise Opportunities Available At Charleys
More To Explore With Charleys
There’s more than one way to make a Charleys Philly Steaks franchise your own. For nearly four decades, Charleys has built a name around fresh-grilled Philly cheesesteaks and a restaurant concept that’s grown into a recognized brand across the country. Today, franchisees can build around that established concept through various restaurant formats, community connections, and opportunities to serve guests beyond the restaurant itself. Backed by training, development support, and marketing resources, owners have the pieces to create a Charleys franchise that fits their plans, including catering franchise opportunities as another way to connect with customers.
A Charleys location can look different depending on where it’s located, from a traditional restaurant to a location inside a travel plaza, airport, college campus, or mall food court. That flexibility can also create a path for franchisees interested in multi-unit ownership, giving them the opportunity to replicate a familiar restaurant concept across different locations while the same support remains available as they grow. Wherever guests find Charleys, the heart of the experience stays familiar: fresh-grilled cheesesteaks, an energetic restaurant setting, and the chance to watch their meal come together in real time.
Tapping Into Catering Franchise Opportunities
A cheesesteak might start at the counter, but it doesn’t have to stay there. Catering gives Charleys franchisees another way to put their menu in front of different groups, bringing the restaurant into settings where a crowd needs to eat.
One order can introduce Charleys to an entire group at once, creating another opportunity to connect with customers who may not have visited the restaurant before.
Catering can fit into all kinds of local occasions:
- Office lunches: Put Charleys on the menu for workplace meals, meetings, and team gatherings.
- School and sports events: Give teams, families, and other groups a familiar meal option for events and celebrations.
- Parties and celebrations: Bring cheesesteaks to birthdays, gatherings, and other occasions where guests are sharing a meal.
- Community events: Help put a local Charleys location in the middle of gatherings happening around it.
Catering can also create additional revenue potential while giving franchisees another way to connect with local businesses, organizations, and groups.
A Menu Full of Signature Favorites
Charleys’ menu goes beyond its famous cheesesteaks, with hand-tossed wings, fries, signature lemonades, and other options that can round out a group meal. Catering franchise opportunities have more appeal when there’s enough variety for a group to find something they want. Our beloved menu gives catering customers more flexibility when they’re planning food for different tastes and preferences, making it easier to put together a spread that feels like a full Charleys meal rather than a single-item order.
It also gives franchisees another opportunity to showcase the breadth of the menu when introducing Charleys to a new group. With a recognizable lineup built around a classic item and plenty of options to complement it, catering can give franchisees another way to introduce the Charleys menu to customers experiencing the brand for the first time.
Choose From Flexible Franchise Models
Catering is one piece of a franchise opportunity designed with flexibility in mind. With Charleys, an owner might start with a traditional freestanding restaurant and later add a non-traditional location, such as a Walmart location, to build a multi-unit portfolio with different types of Charleys restaurants. Charleys offers several franchise models, giving owners the option to choose the format that fits each location and combine different formats as they grow. No matter which formats make up the portfolio, each location is part of the same Charleys franchise system, with the same guidance and support resources available to franchisees.
See Where Charleys Could Take You
Paired with an established brand, a fan favorite menu, flexible restaurant formats, and paths to multi-unit ownership, catering franchise opportunities are one of several elements that can shape your journey as a Charleys owner. Together, these pieces give franchisees multiple ways to build around a restaurant concept that’s been serving guests for generations, whether they’re opening one location or bringing several formats into a larger portfolio.
The in-store experience also gives franchisees a natural way to connect with their community. Guests can see their cheesesteak being made, smell the steak grilling, and see their order prepared fresh. Those moments create opportunities for owners to build relationships with the people who walk through their doors and become a familiar part of the community they serve.
Ready to learn more about Charleys? Explore our franchise pages to get a closer look at the opportunity, from available franchise models to what you can expect as an owner. Then, complete our inquiry form to connect with the Charleys team and get the conversation started.
