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To some folks a dream dinner might be any decent food they can get for free. Dream Dinners is also a clever food franchise that's growing fast. It's all about people cooking under supervision according to planned menus. Yes, you're probably saying "why didn't I come up with that one"?

People are very busy today. Eating well at home is besoming more and more difficult . Even the terrific pre-made food available today in stores isn't quite the same as home cooking. When the schedule is packed, however, will people give up their jobs or their self made meals? This franchise comes to the rescue.

The program works like this. People visit the location and then choose up to all-- items on a provided menu. Number of servings determines cost of each meal. Then they cook it while still at the shop. Cooking experts supervise in either private or public cooking sessions. This is a lot like a chef at a restaurant coming out to direct the diners in preparing the food.

The meals are a lot less expensive than it would appear when the concept is first described. Although salads and side dishes are separate, the main course is only about $3.50 per serving for all-- meals. This can bring the cost per serving for a complete meal up to around the $5 mark, but for a busy working family it's not bad. For food, menu planning, and hands-on meal preparation training and supervision, that's a steal.

These locations are franchises people own. And there's been some controversy behind the franchise. It's not the food or menus or preparation, but rather the franchisees. Some of the franchisees aren't happy. Forbes Magazine profiled Dream Dinners in March 2008. The story didn't look good for the company. The new concept quickly gained popularity and attracted would be business owners. But it seems the business plan wasn't strong, as many of these people found themselves unable to continue the business after a short time and a lot of investment. There may have been some misrepresentations made as to potential profits.

Let the franchisees and the company worry about the controversy, for the diner Dream Dinners is just what the chef ordered.

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