The Mundopán directors tell us how the idea was born, what differences are still making them stand out from the competition 10 years later, and the advantages of belonging to a franchising chain.

Roberto Pomeda and Luis Miguel Amores, founding partners of Mundopán give us their opinion in the Economist on the advantages of belonging to a chain of franchisees.

One of Mundopán’s objectives is to promote employment. For this reason, in addition to self-employment focused business models with low investment, it also works with different not for profit organisations such as Action Against Hunger as part of its You Live Project centred on social reintegration.

Lidia told us about her experience as a Mundopán franchisee as she has just finished her third year in the chain.

During 2016, business expansion has exceeded all expectations. As a consequence of this, this year, a new zero initial investment business model is being launched onto the market.

Mundopán, the leading specialist in home bread delivery using a thermal bread mailbox, ended the financial year 2016 with an outcome exceeding all expectations. The daily home bread delivery service expanded to another 50 locations in the last year. More and more businesses are benefiting from being part of the Mundopán brand and its Corner model.

Therefore, the company directors have created a new business model to adapt to the needs of industry entrepreneurs. This new business model gives businesses within the industry the chance to enter into the Mundopán chain “at zero cost”, reaping the benefits of belonging to a large company but without losing their own identity. Those interested will start saving from day one and, if they choose, will also experience a notable increase in profits from incorporating home delivery. This will make them stand our from the competition, and all without an initial investment.

During the month of March, motivated by International Women’s Day, Mundopán has launched a social network initiative to raise money to donate to the GEICAM Breast Cancer Research Group.

From 1st to 31st March 2017, Mundopán, the leading specialist in home bread delivery using a thermal bread mailbox, has started a social network campaign to raise money which, added to its own donation, will go towards the breast cancer research.

The objective is to raise awareness of the importance of prevention and treatment research for this disease and Mundopán wants to be part of this. For this reason they are giving the “green light” to start this campaign with a donation of 200EUR which will increase by 5 cents for every “like” received on their Facebook profile. The money will be raised for the GEICAM foundation, under a recently signed agreement.

Mundopán, the leading specialist in home bread delivery using a thermal bread mailbox, has just expanded to serve the Granada province and will start to deliver in thirteen new locations: Los Pinillos, Cenes de la Vega, Zaidín Vergeles, Huetor Vega, El Barrichuelo, Barrio de la Vega, Monachil, Cájar, La Zubia, Gójar, Otura, Alhendin and Armilla.

After 15th December, residents in the above locations will be able to count on Mundopán’s services. To publicise the service, as it is new to the province, a representative team will deliver catalogues in the following weeks, as well as free samples of the products on offer.

Continuing with their expansion objectives, the leader company in bread home delivery started 2016 by opening 11 new locations: Griñón, Cubas de la Sagra and Serranillos del Valle in the Community of Madrid, and California, Canyelles, Sant Miguel de Olérdola, Can Trabal, Vilafranca del Penedés, Moja, La Rapita and Els Monjós in the province of Barcelona. The service will start in April.

In the last months, this renowned pastry shop in El Escorial, in Madrid, offers Mundopán’s service among its clients with great success. One of the owners tells us what led him to start up with Mundopán and evaluates these months.

Once more, franchise specialised websites echo the original home delivery system in a thermal breadbox with which Mundopán, leader of the industry, has been servicing more than 300 locations in the Spanish territory. The different business models they present require a minimum investment. Therefore they are very popular for entrepreneurs looking to be self-employed.