The Barbaglia family are South African-Italian entrepreneurs who own and created the Baglios brand in South Africa more than 14 years ago.They have long had the desire to franchise their successful upmarket Italian ice cream retail model, and to share their passion for genuine artisan crafted ice cream and sorbets with many more consumers.

Baglios has recently been given a fantastic new brand design, logo, store layout and product offering that launches the business into the dynamic world of retail franchising for the first time. This important decision and strategy, coupled with the experience of the new business team headed up by Kenny MacKinnon as CEO and partner , will ensure rapid growth as a national icon and leader in the market place.

The business model is designed to become a franchise investment of choice, simple to operate and manage, supported by first class training and ongoing business support to assist the franchisee to focus on service delivery and bottom line profitability.

The secret success of the business of course, is contained in the variety of specially made recipes and innovative, tempting flavours that are created by the Barbaglia family who are master ice cream artisans themselves. The original owners and founders of the business continue to develop and craft the products ready to be enjoyed by millions of discerning consumers.

This new franchise opportunity offers the Franchisee a complete turnkey solution, with the Franchisor fully responsible for site selection and approval, lease negotiations, ongoing business training and support. Store project management design and installation, is executed by highly experienced and professional contractors who are answerable to the Franchisor.

This turnkey process takes the pressure of immediate time consuming activity away from the Franchisee, and allows them to concentrate on the new business to be opened. Part of this full turnkey model is assistance with finance applications and business plans, should they be necessary for a financial loan to help fund the investment.

Welcome to the world of Italian artisan crafted ice cream, frozen yoghurt and sorbets, welcome to the passion of Baglios, the art of Italian indulgence!

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The art of Italian indulgence.