Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Simple Simon's Pizza | Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Investment | 89500 - 593500 | 1624000 - 449800 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 3% | |
| Advertising Fee | 1% | 2% |
| Year Founded | 1982 | 0 |
| Year Franchised | 1986 | 0 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Simple Simon's Pizza | Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Experience | *Ability to manage and motivate people. Food service experience is helpful, but not required. *Ability to locate and acquire rights to sites that meet the Company's criteria. *Ability to properly finance and capitalize the investment. *Commitment to market the product in order to maximize sales and profits. | |
Financing Options |
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| Simple Simon's Pizza | Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Franchise Fees | No | No |
| Start-up Costs | No | No |
| Equipment | Yes | No |
| Inventory | No | No |
| Receivables | No | No |
| Payroll | No | No |
Training & Support |
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| Simple Simon's Pizza | Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Training | Your ownership group and senior management staff will train for three weeks at our Shroom University training facility in Douglasville, Georgia prior to opening. When your store opens our training staff will assist you for a week prior to opening, and for two weeks after the opening. Shroom University offers a comprehensive program designed to teach you about the Front of House, Back of House, and Administrative aspects of running a Mellow Mushroom. You and your managers will learn how to make food, place orders, hire and retain personnel & maintain your POS system and mine the data it collects. A special emphasis is given to teaching you proven methods of supervising your store to decrease food and labor costs and increase cash flow. Quality control systems are also shared with you at Shroom University, and you will be provided with several financial and cost management spreadsheets. | |
| Support | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives | Members of our operations team will visit your store(s) to ensure that our standards and practices are being upheld. These visits are also opportunities for us to continue to train your staff and help train any new employees. Our operations team will also help you implement new initiatives that are developed in conjunction with the marketing department. Our marketing team will advise you on coordinating local promotions and create collection-wide campaigns in which your store can participate. The marketing team will also provide you with designs for business cards, banners, stickers, magnets, and spec ads for use in your local market. |
| Marketing | Ad slicks, National media | |
| Operations | ||
Expansion Plans |
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| Simple Simon's Pizza | Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| US Expansion | Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, | |
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | 3% |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | 1% |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | 2% |
| Year Founded | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | 1982 |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | 0 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | 1986 |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | 0 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | 15 years +5 |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | *Ability to manage and motivate people. Food service experience is helpful, but not required. *Ability to locate and acquire rights to sites that meet the Company's criteria. *Ability to properly finance and capitalize the investment. *Commitment to market the product in order to maximize sales and profits. |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | No |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | No |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Equipment | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza} | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Inventory | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Receivables | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Payroll | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
Training & Support |
|
| Training | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | Your ownership group and senior management staff will train for three weeks at our Shroom University training facility in Douglasville, Georgia prior to opening. When your store opens our training staff will assist you for a week prior to opening, and for two weeks after the opening. Shroom University offers a comprehensive program designed to teach you about the Front of House, Back of House, and Administrative aspects of running a Mellow Mushroom. You and your managers will learn how to make food, place orders, hire and retain personnel & maintain your POS system and mine the data it collects. A special emphasis is given to teaching you proven methods of supervising your store to decrease food and labor costs and increase cash flow. Quality control systems are also shared with you at Shroom University, and you will be provided with several financial and cost management spreadsheets. |
| Support | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | Members of our operations team will visit your store(s) to ensure that our standards and practices are being upheld. These visits are also opportunities for us to continue to train your staff and help train any new employees. Our operations team will also help you implement new initiatives that are developed in conjunction with the marketing department. Our marketing team will advise you on coordinating local promotions and create collection-wide campaigns in which your store can participate. The marketing team will also provide you with designs for business cards, banners, stickers, magnets, and spec ads for use in your local market. |
| Marketing | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | Ad slicks, National media |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Operations | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |
| International Expansion | |
| Simple Simon's Pizza | |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | |