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ZEN Z Franchise

Run a ZEN Z outlet. Or a whole city.

Your location and your team. Our brand, recipes, supply and technology.

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Quinoa veg bowl
Health & NutritionBowls, salads, juice
Masala dosa
Breakfast ExpressIdli, dosa, poha
Pav bhaji
Food ExpressChaat, rolls, momos
ZEN Z masala chai
Tea & CoffeeChai, filter coffee
Hot chocolate sundae
Ice CreamScoops, kulfi, falooda
Sweet lassi
Dairy FreshMilk, curd, lassi
Egg biryani
Non-Veg ExpressGrills, eggs, biryani
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City MasterKitchen + six trolleys
7outlet formats
₹2.5Lsmallest setup
30–45days to open

A business you run. Not an investment.

  • We will not promise you a monthly income.
  • We will not quote a guaranteed payback period.
  • We will not take money before you have seen the numbers and the agreement.

A ZEN Z outlet earns what it sells, minus what it costs to run. That depends on your site, your hours and your team — none of which we control.

Two ways in

One address, or a whole city.

Single outlet

One trolley, kiosk or counter

₹2.5–8 lakh setup

One address, run by you. Seven formats to choose from.

  • A protected radius for your format
  • Ongoing terms for a single outlet shared in writing at proposal stage
  • Live on the ZEN Z ordering app from day one
City Master Franchise

One kitchen behind six trolleys

From ₹30 lakh setup

One licensed cloud kitchen supplying six branded trolleys across your city, with delivery and the technology to run it.

  • Kitchen screen, rider dispatch, CRM and admin panel included
  • ₹5 lakh of the ₹30 lakh set aside for delivery onboarding and a six-month working buffer
  • Exclusive rights inside the agreed city boundary
  • Run it yourself, or let ZEN Z run it — see the two options
  • Metro (₹50 lakh) and highway food-mall (₹1.5–2.5 crore) plans — see the plans

All figures exclude rent, deposits, statutory licence fees and GST. Your exact figure is itemised in writing after a site review — never before, and never over the phone.

Plans

From ₹30 lakh to ₹2.5 crore. Pick your scale.

Four ways to build with ZEN Z beyond a single outlet. Each one is scoped to your city or your site before a figure is put in writing.

01 City Master

One city, one kitchen, six trolleys

Indicative setup — up to

₹30 lakh

Location-wise this can be lower or higher.

A tier-2 or tier-3 city

  • Licensed cloud kitchen + six branded trolleys
  • Exclusive rights inside the city boundary
  • Kitchen screen, rider dispatch, CRM, admin panel
  • ₹5 lakh kept for delivery onboarding and a six-month buffer
  • Option A or Option B — how each works
Apply for a city City Master project reportPDF · 10 pages · 0.9 MB
02 Metro Master

A bigger kitchen, a bigger fleet

Indicative setup — up to

₹50 lakh

Location-wise this can be lower or higher.

A metro zone or a two-city cluster

  • Larger central kitchen sized to the zone
  • Trolley count and territory scoped to your map
  • The same technology, delivery and training as City Master
  • Scoped case by case after a site review
  • Option A or Option B — how each works
Apply for a metro Metro Master project reportPDF · 10 pages · 0.9 MB
03 Highway Food Mall

A smart food mall on your highway plot

Indicative project cost — up to

₹1.5 crore

Location-wise this can be lower or higher.

Land owners and partners on a national or state highway

  • 10,000 sq ft, 250 seats, eight counters and a buffet
  • Land on lease, or your own plot
  • Option A: you run it · Option B: ZEN Z runs it — how each works
  • Setup scope excludes land, deposits, fees and GST
See the food mall Food Mall project reportPDF · 10 pages · 0.6 MB
04 Food Mall + ZEN Z Stay

The mall, plus rooms for the night

Indicative project cost — up to

₹2.5 crore

Location-wise this can be lower or higher.

Highway plots with room for a stay block

  • Everything in the food mall
  • ZEN Z Stay rooms — count scoped to your plot, 16 in the ₹2.5 crore report
  • One site, one team, one brand across food and rooms
  • Scope indicative; itemised after the site review
Talk about a stay Food Plaza + Stay reportPDF · 10 pages · 0.6 MB

Single outlets start at ₹2.5 lakh — see the seven formats. Every figure here is an indicative upper estimate before a site survey — the actual amount moves with the location, because plot condition, city size, local material, labour and statutory rates differ, so your project can cost less than this or more. All figures are setup scope and exclude land, rent, deposits, statutory licence fees and GST. A plan describes how a business is built and shared, not how it will perform; no income is guaranteed.

Formats

Pick the format your site can carry.

The format sets your space, staff and setup cost. Choose on the site you can actually get.

Filter coffee

Tea & Coffee

₹2.5–3.5 Lsetup

Space
60–120 sq ft
Staff
1–2

Metro exits, office lobbies, colleges, hospitals

Samosa

Snacks & Sweets

₹3–4 Lsetup

Space
100–180 sq ft
Staff
2–3

Market streets, bus stands, evening high streets

Malai kulfi

Ice Cream & Kulfi

₹3–4 Lsetup

Space
80–150 sq ft
Staff
1–2

Malls, beach roads, temple streets, cinema foyers

Idli vada combo

Healthy Breakfast

₹3.5–4.5 Lsetup

Space
150–250 sq ft
Staff
2–4

Residential main roads, IT corridors, hostels

Protein power bowl

Healthy Nutrition

₹4–5 Lsetup

Space
150–250 sq ft
Staff
2–3

Gyms, tech parks, premium neighbourhoods

North Indian thali

Cloud Kitchen

₹5–7 Lsetup

Space
200–300 sq ft
Staff
3–5

Delivery-only, cheaper back-street rent near demand

Chole bhature

Micro Restaurant

₹6–8 Lsetup

Space
300–450 sq ft
Staff
4–6

High-footfall main roads with room for seating

Indicative ranges. They exclude rent, deposit, interiors beyond the standard fit-out, statutory licence fees and GST. Dairy Fresh and Non-Veg Express are quoted against your site.

What the setup buys

What’s included. What isn’t.

Included

  • The ZEN Z brand licence, signage, uniforms and packaging artwork
  • Fit-out and branding, installed
  • Kitchen equipment for your format, at our negotiated rates
  • Billing tablet, CCTV and a live sales dashboard
  • Tested recipes and 7–10 days of hands-on training
  • Approved suppliers, opening stock and launch support on site
  • Your outlet on the ZEN Z ordering app, with its own menu and delivery radius

Budget for these separately

  • Rent, security deposit and any landlord advance
  • Statutory licence fees — FSSAI, trade licence, GST registration
  • Electricity and water connections
  • Staff salaries before opening
  • Civil work your site may need
  • GST on the setup invoice

Two ways to run it

You run it, or ZEN Z runs it.

ZEN Z sets the business up once — site, kitchen, trolleys, hiring, training, SOPs and launch. After that, pick who runs it every day. There is no separate royalty or franchise fee on top.

Option A · You operate

You run the business

11% of gross sales, to ZEN Z

After setup you run it with your own team. All operating expenses — rent, staff, stock, power, everything — are yours, and what is left after them is yours.

  • The 11% includes the ZEN Z Android app and billing software
  • Rent on a leased site is your expense
  • Your earnings depend entirely on your sales and your costs
Option B · ZEN Z operates

ZEN Z runs everything

25% of the profit after all expenses, to you

You fund the setup and take no part in daily operations. ZEN Z runs the site. The year’s income minus ALL expenses is the profit: 25% of it is yours, 75% stays with ZEN Z.

  • Your 25% depends on actual profit, and profit depends on actual sales
  • A year with no profit means no share for that year
  • If the land or building is your own, you are paid rent for it separately
  • A leased site is taken at minimum market rent, with yearly increases of no more than 10%

Neither option guarantees any income. Every figure you see before opening is a projection, not a promise. Both options apply to the City Master, Metro Master and highway food-mall plans; the terms for your project are written into the agreement you receive at proposal stage.

The honest risk statement

Food outlets can lose money. The usual reasons are rent too high for the footfall, an owner who is not present, and food cost that drifts. A brand and a system reduce those risks; they do not remove them. That is why we review your site before we take a rupee — and tell you if we think it will not work.

The process

From enquiry to opening day.

Usually 30 to 45 days. The slow parts are licences and landlords.

  1. Day 0–2

    First call

    We call within one working day. No money changes hands.

  2. Day 3–10

    Site review

    Footfall, power, water and licensing. If it will not work, we say so.

  3. Day 10–18

    Proposal & agreement

    Your exact cost in writing. Payment only after signing, against an invoice.

  4. Day 18–40

    Build & training

    We fit out; you complete FSSAI, GST and trade licence; your team trains.

  5. Day 40–45

    Opening

    Live on the ordering app the day you open. Our launch team is on site.

The operating model

One kitchen. Seven trolleys. Three ways to the customer.

Cloud kitchen cooks fresh every morning Health & Nutrition Breakfast Express Food Express Tea & Coffee Ice Cream & Desserts Dairy Fresh Non-Veg Express Web app app.zenzindia.com · no install Android app coming to the Play Store Customer Rider delivers within the outlet's radius
  1. Cloud kitchenOne licensed kitchen preps and cooks every morning.
  2. Morning dispatchFresh food reaches each trolley before it opens.
  3. Sell at the trolleyWalk-up customers, plus web and app orders.
  4. Rider deliversInside the outlet’s own radius.
  5. One systemEvery sale lands in the ZEN Z CRM and admin panel.

Before you apply

Who this works for.

A good fit if…

  • If you run it yourself, you can be at the outlet daily, at least for the first six months
  • You have a site, or can get one with real footfall
  • The capital is your own, and losing part of it would not break you
  • You will follow the recipes exactly

Please do not apply if…

  • You expect to be paid a share in a year the business makes no profit
  • You need a guaranteed return before you will commit
  • You are borrowing the setup cost at a rate you cannot service
  • You want the brand but not the billing, the CCTV or the audits

Apply

Tell us about your site.

  • We call within one working day
  • No payment is taken on this page or on that call
  • We will tell you honestly if your city or site is not right

Prefer to talk first? WhatsApp +91 77954 82399, or call the same number, 10 am – 7 pm.

Which format interests you?

No payment is taken here and no agreement is created by submitting this form.

FAQ

Questions.

How long is the agreement?
Five years, renewable. Territory, renewal and exit terms are all in the agreement you receive at proposal stage — before any payment, with time to have a lawyer read it.
Do I have to buy supplies from ZEN Z?
Only the branded and recipe-critical items — spice blends, packaging, signature bases — through approved suppliers. Vegetables, milk and staples you buy locally. There is no minimum purchase quota.
Can I change the menu or the prices?
Prices, yes — you set your outlet's local prices from your dashboard. Recipes and dish specifications, no. You can request additions, and we do add regional dishes where the case is good.
Do you give territory exclusivity?
Yes: a defined radius around your outlet in which we will not open or license another ZEN Z of the same format. The radius depends on population density and is written into the agreement.
Do I need a location before I apply?
No. We review sites with you before anything is signed — not having one yet does not stop the conversation.
How does one cloud kitchen support six trolleys?
The kitchen does prep, batch cooking and quality control in one place, under one licence. The trolleys finish, serve and act as pickup points for online orders. Central prep is what makes six selling points possible without six kitchens — and keeps a dish tasting the same at all six.
What if I want to exit?
You may sell the outlet to a buyer we approve, on the same terms, subject to a transfer fee — or close it and return the branding. Both are set out in the agreement.
Is a ZEN Z franchise an investment product?
No. It is a food business. Under Option A you run it, keep what is left after expenses and carry the risk. Under Option B ZEN Z runs it and your 25% share depends on the actual profit — a year with no profit pays no share. ZEN Z does not pool anybody's money, does not sell financial products and does not guarantee a return to anyone.
What does ZEN Z earn under each option?
Option A, where you run the business: 11% of gross sales, which includes the ZEN Z Android app and billing software; every expense is yours. Option B, where ZEN Z runs everything: the year's income minus all expenses is the profit — 25% to you, 75% to ZEN Z. No income is guaranteed under either option.

Highway locations

Explore a ZEN Z highway food mall.

A 10,000 sq ft food hall with a buffet, travel shops and ten ZEN Z Stay rooms on one highway plot. Run by you (Option A), or run by ZEN Z for you (Option B) — the setup scope, both options and the process, in plain words.

See the highway food mall
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