Hot pot restaurants that choose independent management mode are not restricted by other catering enterprises, and they can freely choose their business varieties. The main sources of funds are sole proprietorship, shareholding and borrowing. Generally speaking, the planning scale is smaller, the cost is less, and of course the profit is lower. Hot pot restaurant takes the first place in the shopping mall, and its advantages are: it can adjust its business varieties and strategies in time according to the development and changes of the shopping mall, innovate its own hot pot characteristics and meet the needs of customers. Its disadvantages are: due to small planning and single variety of business, it may be impacted by brand hot pot enterprises, and it can't stand the storm in the competition of shopping malls, so its development potential is small.

2. Partnership business model

A hot pot restaurant operated in partnership is generally operated jointly by several people, or invested in resources such as skills, equipment, business premises and funds. In operation, it is generally not controlled by other catering enterprises. In case of various problems, the partners will negotiate and deal with them. Its advantages are: when dealing with the problems of funds, skills and places encountered in opening a shop. Give full play to their respective advantages and join forces; Restrict each other and make up for each other's shortcomings; Keep close contact with shopping malls, master dynamic information and keep up with customer needs. Its disadvantages are: conflicts and disputes between partners are easy to occur, and when irresponsible partners are encountered, the operation is easily affected or direct economic losses are formed. Choosing a hot pot restaurant to operate in partnership has the same demand and high essence. It is necessary to sign a partnership agreement to clearly define the rights and responsibilities and the distribution of profits.

3. Franchise mode

Franchising, as an advanced management mode, has great advantages and achieved remarkable results. Mode of operation Franchising means that the franchisor not only authorizes the franchisee to use its trademark, but also authorizes the franchisee to use its store logo, store name and mode of operation. The franchisee has the right to operate all the business modes of the franchisor and pay the corresponding expenses to the franchisor. This method is called "the second generation franchise". Cooperating with a reputable and powerful franchise enterprise has little investment risk, and the franchisee can get financial assistance from the franchisor, as well as training and counseling on the franchise enterprise system. In the implementation of joining cooperation, we should pay attention to several key issues, one is to identify the needs of shopping malls, the other is to do a good job in human resources.