Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Emerald City Smoothie | Shakes Alive | |
| Investment | 75250 - 286900 | 0 - 0 |
| Franchise Fee | ||
| Royalty Fee | 6% | |
| Advertising Fee | 2% | |
| Year Founded | 2005 | 0 |
| Year Franchised | 2005 | 0 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Emerald City Smoothie | Shakes Alive | |
| Experience | ||
Financing Options |
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| Emerald City Smoothie | Shakes Alive | |
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| Equipment | ||
| Inventory | ||
| Receivables | ||
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Training & Support |
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| Emerald City Smoothie | Shakes Alive | |
| Training | Covers the areas of administration, operations, customer service and more. Valuable, hands-on experience will be gained through on-the-job training at an existing Shakes Alive! location. Shortly before your location opens, an experienced trainer will attend your grand opening in order to help assure that things start as smooth as possible. | |
| Support | * Use of the Emerald City Smoothie brand and all existing and new marketing materials * Assistance with real estate brokers, site selection, lease negotiation and construction based on best practices learned from over 30 store openings * A turn-key system that includes all architectural design, equipment, shelving, graphics, and signage at a reasonable cost * Extensive ECS Experience training for you and one staff member on drink making, developing a customer community, business management and marketing * Grand opening planning and support * "It's my store" customer involvement program * Peer-to-peer problem and solution sharing with other franchise owners * New drink introductions based on successful pilot programs at other franchises * Web presence for easy store location and product and service pre-selection * Periodic, high-return marketing strategies for pilot testing and implementation * Greater buying power for smoothie and health products as a member of our buying cooperative * Periodic visits to assist with general operations, employee training and to help you fine-tune the ECS experience * Analysis of store sales and performance versus system- wide benchmarks | We are eager to share our expertise with you, and will be available to answer your questions by phone or email at any time. Plus, you will be periodically visited by a Shakes Alive! representative who can provide assistance and insight. |
| Marketing | Includes marketing plans in advertising materials for use in your own local market. | |
| Operations | ||
Expansion Plans |
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| Emerald City Smoothie | Shakes Alive | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | 0 | |
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 6% |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 2% |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Year Founded | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 2005 |
| Shakes Alive | 0 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 2005 |
| Shakes Alive | 0 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Equipment | |
| Emerald City Smoothie} | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Inventory | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Receivables | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Payroll | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | Covers the areas of administration, operations, customer service and more. Valuable, hands-on experience will be gained through on-the-job training at an existing Shakes Alive! location. Shortly before your location opens, an experienced trainer will attend your grand opening in order to help assure that things start as smooth as possible. |
| Support | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | * Use of the Emerald City Smoothie brand and all existing and new marketing materials * Assistance with real estate brokers, site selection, lease negotiation and construction based on best practices learned from over 30 store openings * A turn-key system that includes all architectural design, equipment, shelving, graphics, and signage at a reasonable cost * Extensive ECS Experience training for you and one staff member on drink making, developing a customer community, business management and marketing * Grand opening planning and support * "It's my store" customer involvement program * Peer-to-peer problem and solution sharing with other franchise owners * New drink introductions based on successful pilot programs at other franchises * Web presence for easy store location and product and service pre-selection * Periodic, high-return marketing strategies for pilot testing and implementation * Greater buying power for smoothie and health products as a member of our buying cooperative * Periodic visits to assist with general operations, employee training and to help you fine-tune the ECS experience * Analysis of store sales and performance versus system- wide benchmarks |
| Shakes Alive | We are eager to share our expertise with you, and will be available to answer your questions by phone or email at any time. Plus, you will be periodically visited by a Shakes Alive! representative who can provide assistance and insight. |
| Marketing | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | Includes marketing plans in advertising materials for use in your own local market. |
| Operations | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 0 |
| Shakes Alive | |
| International Expansion | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Shakes Alive | |