Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Cookie Advantage | Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Investment | 75000 - 100000 | 145900 - 446000 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 5%--3% | 6% |
| Advertising Fee | ||
| Year Founded | 1998 | 1985 |
| Year Franchised | 2002 | 1994 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Cookie Advantage | Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Experience | Industry experience General business experience | |
Financing Options |
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| Cookie Advantage | Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Franchise Fees | No | No |
| Start-up Costs | No | No |
| Equipment | No | No |
| Inventory | No | No |
| Receivables | No | No |
| Payroll | No | No |
Training & Support |
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| Cookie Advantage | Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Training | ||
| Support | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives | |
| Marketing | Building sales takes effort on many different levels - from running your business with monitored food costs, to strong operations, to local store marketing, to most importantly ensuring that you give every customer a reason to return. The Frullati Cafe Marketing Team will assist you by creating national marketing initiatives and advertising that are key to building sales. Increasing sales takes diligent effort in all areas of your business. Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, Regional advertising | |
| Operations | Cookie Advantage is a hands-on, owner operated business that you have to run. The Franchise is not a passive investment. We expect our Franchisees to take an ongoing, active role in their Franchise, but you do not have to be in the bakery all the time. | Franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses; 35% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 6 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (98% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| Cookie Advantage | Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Cookie Advantage | 5%--3% |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | 6% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Year Founded | |
| Cookie Advantage | 1998 |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | 1985 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Cookie Advantage | 2002 |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | 1994 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | 10 years |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | 75% of then-current fee |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | Industry experience General business experience |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Cookie Advantage | No |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | No |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Equipment | |
| Cookie Advantage} | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Inventory | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Receivables | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Payroll | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Support | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| Marketing | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | Building sales takes effort on many different levels - from running your business with monitored food costs, to strong operations, to local store marketing, to most importantly ensuring that you give every customer a reason to return. The Frullati Cafe Marketing Team will assist you by creating national marketing initiatives and advertising that are key to building sales. Increasing sales takes diligent effort in all areas of your business. Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, Regional advertising |
| Operations | |
| Cookie Advantage | Cookie Advantage is a hands-on, owner operated business that you have to run. The Franchise is not a passive investment. We expect our Franchisees to take an ongoing, active role in their Franchise, but you do not have to be in the bakery all the time. |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | Franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses; 35% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 6 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (98% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |
| International Expansion | |
| Cookie Advantage | |
| Frullati Cafe & Bakery | |