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DVDs On The Run to franchise
DVDs On The Run founder plans to franchise his fledgling business
Date published: 5/11/2006 By CATHY JETT By CATHY JETT Cris Pollnow was blown away the first time he used DVDs On The Run on State Route 3. All he had to do to rent a video game or movie was pull up to a drive-through bay, make a selection from a touch screen and swipe his credit card. His selection would drop down a chute. "I met Richard [Nehrboss, who created the concept] there, and I said, 'You've got to franchise this, and I want the first one,'" Pollnow said. Now the Chancellorsville businessman is getting his wish. He plans to build a DVDs On The Run in Rappahannock Industrial Park on Tidewater Trail once Spotsylvania County approves his site plan and building permit. "I would like to get it open within about 90 days," he said. Pollnow's franchise will be among at least three new DVDs On The Run going up in the Fredericksburg area soon. Nehrboss, who built the prototype next to the Wawa at Chewning Lane and Route 3 last May, is going through a similar permitting process to build his drive-through DVD stores across from the Rob's Car Wash in Fredericksburg's Central Park and on U.S. 17 near Falls Run in Stafford County. These will be company stores. He also had a meeting recently with people who, like Pollnow, want to buy DVDs On The Run franchises for $166,000 to $228,000. The price includes the cost of the building, which may vary depending on the site. "Interest was very high," Nehrboss said. "I'll probably only let five of them go. If they want more, they'll have to wait for the next round of offerings" later this year. Nehrboss is the second Fredericksburg-area businessman to franchise a concept this year. The other is Rick Ivey, a Spotsylvania chef who started the Virginia Barbecue restaurant chain in 2000. There are now six Virginia Barbecues, and two more will open this July, in The Shops at Ladysmith and Davis Ford Crossing in Manassas. "People generally franchise their businesses because they recognize franchises are an effective way to expand a business into new markets and do so fairly rapidly with a relative minimum of expense," said Matthew R. Shay, International Franchise Association president.
Read more stories about Fredericksburg Date published: 5/11/2006
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