He stands to lose about $19,500, but that's not stopping Brian Mackenzie's plans of giving away his coffee franchise.

The 66-year-old has owned his Xpresso Delight franchise for a little over two years now, but after a bout of serious health issues he realises it's time to move on.

Tauranga local Brian Mackenzie is essentially giving away his coffee franchise. Photo: David Tauranga

With all cards on the table, there would be initial costs the new franchise owner would have to stump up with initially.

Brian says there would be $1,500 in legal costs to transfer the licence over, plus a $5,000 fee for the training course Xpresso Delight franchisees have to undertake.

'I purchased the franchise for around $26,000 back in August of 2012,” he explains. 'So yes, I do potentially stand to lose a bit of money.

'Shortly after I purchased it I needed a hip replacement then down the track I ended up requiring a pacemaker.

'The long and short of it is I simply don't have the energy to get the business performing in a way for it to truly reach its potential.”

Xpresso Delight is an Australian franchise that places commercial grade, fully automatic bean-to-cup espresso machines in workplaces around New Zealand.

There are 17 franchises in the country currently and Brian says his is the only one based in Tauranga.

He has seven coffee machines which have been imported from Switzerland and Italy, valued at $3,000 to $8,000 each.

Brian says currently he has agreements with three businesses which will carry over to the new franchisee.

He adds: 'They just tick over so I'm not losing money - you make enough to survive comfortably but in terms of time commitment it would not have to be fulltime.

'Basically during the week I go around the workplaces doing routine maintenance and topping up the consumables.”

Brian has listed the franchise on Trade Me and while he had some interest, there have been no takers so far.

In an ideal world he would love to see his franchise have some benefit to the community at large.

Brian's offered it to a local wananga (education provider) believing it could give students hands-on experience of businesses operations, but found too many obstacles in the way.

A Rotary group was also offered the opportunity to broker its sale but they were not interested, he says.

Brian says: 'If there's a creative way of doing some good for the community then I'm open to it.

'But at the end of the day I'm open to anyone taking it over and more than happy to give it away.”

For more information email Brian Mackenzie on: brian.mackenzie@xpressodelight.co.nz