4 Dessert Businesses You Can Franchise

Our shared love for sweets as Filipinos has proven to be a great influence on business and franchising. According to research there has been an increased interest in sweets among Filipinos since the pandemic, which has led to more and more dessert franchise concepts gaining a stronger foothold in today’s business landscape. 

From ice creams and desserts to sweet confections and pastries, there is always something sweet on every Filipino household’s table. The extreme popularity of desserts in our country is undeniable, resulting in seemingly neverending demand for sweet treats.

For fans of pastries, cakes, and other desserts, these five dessert franchise concepts offer a great opportunity to turn the love for all things sweet into a profitable business venture.

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1| Miguelitos Ice Cream

Franchise Fee: P100,000 to P200,000

Investment: P500,000 to P1.5 million

Miguelitos Ice Cream is one of the biggest and longest-running ice cream brands in the country. It is known for offering delicious and exciting soft-serve ice cream in unique variants such as avocado flavors with oreo, loco, con yelo, ube flavored ice cream with nutty mango, ube-avocado, and more. 

Through the quality of its franchise systems and operations, Miguelitos has become the one-stop shop of several entrepreneurs as they offer not only premium ice cream products, but also premixes, supplies, and machines for soft-serve and fried ice cream, beverages, baking products, and more.

The Miguelitos team ensures that all clients are supported in meeting their business needs through continuous franchise support, research, and innovation. Today, the brand has over 600 franchises and institutional partners nationwide.

2| Milky Cakes and Sweets

Franchise Fee: P350,000

Investment: P1.8 million  to P2.6 million 

Milky Cakes and Sweets is one of Davao City's most popular destinations for tasty, visually appealing and professionally baked specialty cakes. The brand takes pride in serving balanced cake recipes that are made from scratch. The products themselves are not overly sweet and made with quality gluten-free ingredients sourced from local and international partners.

Milky Cakes and Sweets offer over 15 affordable yet premium specialty cakes for everyday cravings.

3| Mister Donut

Franchise Fee: P100,000

Investment: P337,000 to P1.2 million 

Mister Donut started serving warm, delicious donuts complemented by a special brew of coffee in the streets of Boston, U.S.A in 1955. The word about this delightful donut has since spread, with over 9,500 Mister Donut stores all over the world.

Here in the Philippines, the first Mister Donut store opened in Recto, Manila in 1982. Today it has over 2,200 shops, including innovative tie-ups with leading convenience stores, gas stations, and cinemas, making it one of the most accessible and the most franchised American brands in the Philippines.

4| Julie’s Bakeshop

Franchise Fee: P100,000

Special Rate for 2023: P300,000 Standard Rate

Investment: P2 million to P2.3 million 

Julie’s Bakeshop began as a single bakeshop founded by Julie Gandionco at the age of 50 on January 6, 1981. The concept of baking fresh, piping hot bread in full view of customers and serving it with courteous greetings and warm smiles became the cornerstone of Julie's Bakeshop’s incredible success in the Philippines.

Today, it has a growing network of over 500 outlets, fulfilling its mission of nourishing Filipino communities while striving to bring Julie's to every corner of the country.

For inquiries, you may call/text  (+632) 8634.05.86, (+632) 8634.37.17, (+63920) 983.02.47, or (+63917) 881.69.99 or email [email protected] or visit https://www.ufranchiseasia.com/. 

Velle Cacha-Manuel is a Certified Franchise Executive and the AVP for Marketing of the IFCP Group of Companies – U-Franchise Sales & Management, Francorp Philippines, and ActionCOACH Philippines.