Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Waves Coffee House | Tapioca Express | |
| Investment | 300000 - 350000 | 200000 - 420000 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 6% | $0.055/cup |
| Advertising Fee | 3% | |
| Year Founded | 2004 | 1999 |
| Year Franchised | 2004 | 2000 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Waves Coffee House | Tapioca Express | |
| Experience | Industry experience General business experience Marketing skills | |
Financing Options |
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| Waves Coffee House | Tapioca Express | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Waves Coffee House | Tapioca Express | |
| Training | The Waves training program takes approximately 5 weeks. 3 weeks in our Training Academy, and an extra 2 weeks in-store training in your newly opened location. Waves is committed to offering you excellent training in all areas of your operation so you may operate your location at projected high volume profits. | |
| Support | Newsletter, Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives | |
| Marketing | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media, Regional advertising | |
| Operations | Once you become familiar with operating a profitable Waves Coffee House it is very possible to open a second or third location. It is quite common in the franchised coffee shop business to own a chain of successful locations. | Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 5 100% of current franchisees are owner/operators |
Expansion Plans |
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| Waves Coffee House | Tapioca Express | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Waves Coffee House | 6% |
| Tapioca Express | $0.055/cup |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Waves Coffee House | 3% |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Year Founded | |
| Waves Coffee House | 2004 |
| Tapioca Express | 1999 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Waves Coffee House | 2004 |
| Tapioca Express | 2000 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | $3K for 2 years |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | Industry experience General business experience Marketing skills |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Equipment | |
| Waves Coffee House} | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Inventory | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Receivables | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Payroll | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| Waves Coffee House | The Waves training program takes approximately 5 weeks. 3 weeks in our Training Academy, and an extra 2 weeks in-store training in your newly opened location. Waves is committed to offering you excellent training in all areas of your operation so you may operate your location at projected high volume profits. |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Support | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | Newsletter, Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| Marketing | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media, Regional advertising |
| Operations | |
| Waves Coffee House | Once you become familiar with operating a profitable Waves Coffee House it is very possible to open a second or third location. It is quite common in the franchised coffee shop business to own a chain of successful locations. |
| 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 | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | |
| International Expansion | |
| Waves Coffee House | |
| Tapioca Express | |