Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Shakes Alive | Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Investment | 0 - 0 | 75250 - 286900 |
| Franchise Fee | ||
| Royalty Fee | 6% | |
| Advertising Fee | 2% | |
| Year Founded | 0 | 2005 |
| Year Franchised | 0 | 2005 |
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Business Experience Requirements |
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| Shakes Alive | Emerald City Smoothie | |
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Financing Options |
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| Shakes Alive | Emerald City Smoothie | |
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Training & Support |
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| Shakes Alive | Emerald City Smoothie | |
| 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 | 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. | * 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 | Includes marketing plans in advertising materials for use in your own local market. | |
| Operations | ||
Expansion Plans |
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| Shakes Alive | Emerald City Smoothie | |
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| Canada Expansion | 0 | |
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 6% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 2% |
| Year Founded | |
| Shakes Alive | 0 |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 2005 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Shakes Alive | 0 |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 2005 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Equipment | |
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| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Inventory | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Receivables | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Payroll | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| 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. |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Support | |
| 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. |
| 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 | |
| Shakes Alive | Includes marketing plans in advertising materials for use in your own local market. |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Operations | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | 0 |
| International Expansion | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Emerald City Smoothie | |