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Backcountry Delicatessen rebrands as Yampa Sandwich Company, ready to franchise
The world needs another sandwich franchise, according to Peter Boniface, who opened Colorado's Backcountry Delicatessen 20 years ago with his high school friend, David Pepin. The duo has officially changed the name, however, to Yampa Sandwich Company, and is ready to expand the nine unit chain across the U.S. through franchise partnerships.
May 16, 2019 by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
The world needs another sandwich franchise, according to Peter Boniface, who opened Colorado's Backcountry Delicatessen 20 years ago with his high school friend, David Pepin. The duo has officially changed the name, however, to Yampa Sandwich Company, and is ready to expand the nine unit chain across the U.S. through franchise partnerships.
"Yampa Sandwich Co. has very crave-able and unique comfort food with something to satisfy everyone," said Boniface, who promised that his concept wasn't just another sandwich joint serving boring sandwiches. "We are a community based, value-added business that has a great hospitality culture."
The menu consists of 20 sandwiches, four salads, eight breakfast sandwiches, soups and sides each made from high-quality, specialty ingredients, including capocollo, mortadella, chèvre and cranberry chutney to name a few.
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| Peter Boniface and David Pepin are ready to take their sandwich shop across the U.S. via franchising. |
Employees use only good-for-you ingredients such as hormonal, antibiotic-free meat and cheese that is sliced by hand at the stores and salad dressing that is made in-house. A few customer favorites include the:
- Summit: Black Forest ham, brie, applewood smoked bacon, cranberry chutney, romaine lettuce and chipotle mayo.
- Ridgeline: Roasted turkey, cheddar, applewood smoked bacon, avocado, tomato, romaine lettuce and garlic mayo.
- Fourteener: Roast beef, gorgonzola, sweet roasted red peppers, romaine lettuce and horseradish mayo.
- Dolomite: Prosciutto, dry Italian salami, sharp provolone, sweet roasted red peppers, red onion, romaine lettuce and red wine vinaigrette.
- Panzanella Salad: Artichoke hearts, tomatoes, capers, chevre, house croutons, served on a bed of field greens with balsamic vinaigrette.
What's a yampa?
Although the chain changed its name to honor the Yampa River that flows through Steamboat Springs, Colorado —home of its first shop — Boniface said the company's dedication and passion will never be altered.
"The last two decades have proven invaluable as far as business growth and lessons learned," he said. "What has remained constant is sharing our love of food with our customers. We're eager to grow Yampa with the help of franchise partners and bring delicious sandwiches and salads to new markets."
The chain is looking for what Bonficace described as "adventurous souls," who want to expand the brand's reach.
"We see a lot of opportunity for growth in Colorado and look forward to expansion beyond the Rocky Mountains, too," he said.
The initial franchise fee is $25,000, and buildout ranges from $267,525-$426,600.
"We do not have any other franchisee mandates, but are looking to establish good business relationships with future partners. We will focus on single unit operators but will welcome multi unit inquiries," Boniface said.
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