Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Seattle's Best Coffee | Tapioca Express | |
| Investment | 267200 - 444000 | 200000 - 420000 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 5%-7% | $0.055/cup |
| Advertising Fee | 1% | |
| Year Founded | 1970 | 1999 |
| Year Franchised | 1994 | 2000 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Seattle's Best Coffee | Tapioca Express | |
| Experience | Industry experience General business experience Marketing skills | |
Financing Options |
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| Seattle's Best Coffee | Tapioca Express | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Seattle's Best Coffee | Tapioca Express | |
| Training | Initial training is included with your start-up fees. With expert training, your team will confidently deliver the successful Seattle's Best Coffee experience every time. You will have the opportunity to train in our corporate cafes and we come to your soon-to-open cafe to initiate a three week training course prior to opening. | |
| Support | The Seattle's Best Coffee comprehensive franchise program provides its franchisees with support from site selection approvals to store opening assistance, initial cafe training, ongoing consultation, employee training programs, marketing programs and materials, new products and more. | Newsletter, Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| Marketing | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media, Regional advertising | |
| Operations | Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 5 100% of current franchisees are owner/operators | |
Expansion Plans |
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| Seattle's Best Coffee | Tapioca Express | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | 5%-7% |
| Tapioca Express | $0.055/cup |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | 1% |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Year Founded | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | 1970 |
| Tapioca Express | 1999 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | 1994 |
| Tapioca Express | 2000 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | $3K for 2 years |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | Industry experience General business experience Marketing skills |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Equipment | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee} | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Inventory | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Receivables | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Payroll | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | Initial training is included with your start-up fees. With expert training, your team will confidently deliver the successful Seattle's Best Coffee experience every time. You will have the opportunity to train in our corporate cafes and we come to your soon-to-open cafe to initiate a three week training course prior to opening. |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Support | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | The Seattle's Best Coffee comprehensive franchise program provides its franchisees with support from site selection approvals to store opening assistance, initial cafe training, ongoing consultation, employee training programs, marketing programs and materials, new products and more. |
| Tapioca Express | Newsletter, Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| Marketing | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media, Regional advertising |
| Operations | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 5 100% of current franchisees are owner/operators |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| International Expansion | |
| Seattle's Best Coffee | |
| Tapioca Express | |