Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Investment | 378500 - 563800 | 75250 - 286900 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 5% | 6% |
| Advertising Fee | 2% | |
| Year Founded | 2003 | 2005 |
| Year Franchised | 2004 | 2005 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Experience | General business experience Work well with children | |
Financing Options |
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| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Training | ||
| Support | Newsletter, Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives | * 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 |
| Marketing | Co-op advertising, National media, Regional advertising | |
| Operations | 30% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 10 - 12 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Emerald City Smoothie | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | 0 | |
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | 5% |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 6% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 2% |
| Year Founded | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | 2003 |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 2005 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | 2004 |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 2005 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | 10 years |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | General business experience Work well with children |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
Financing Options |
|
| Franchise Fees | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | No |
| Emerald City Smoothie | No |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Equipment | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos} | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Inventory | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Receivables | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Payroll | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Support | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Newsletter, Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| 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 |
| Marketing | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Co-op advertising, National media, Regional advertising |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Operations | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | 30% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 10 - 12 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 0 |
| International Expansion | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |