Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Little Scoops | Vitality Juice | |
| Investment | 87000 - 152000 | 128000 - 393500 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | $350/wk | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | ||
| Year Founded | 2002 | 2004 |
| Year Franchised | 2003 | 2005 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Little Scoops | Vitality Juice | |
| Experience | ||
Financing Options |
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| Little Scoops | Vitality Juice | |
| Franchise Fees | No | No |
| Start-up Costs | No | No |
| Equipment | No | No |
| Inventory | No | No |
| Receivables | No | No |
| Payroll | No | No |
Training & Support |
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| Little Scoops | Vitality Juice | |
| Training | Ongoing support as needed | * Available at headquarters: 2 weeks * At franchisee's location: 1 week * Ongoing as needed, at any location |
| Support | Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives | |
| Marketing | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks | |
| Operations | 0% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 15 Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | * 0% of all franchisees own more than one unit * Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 10 - 12 * Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| Little Scoops | Vitality Juice | |
| US Expansion | North East, | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Little Scoops | |
| Vitality Juice | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Little Scoops | |
| Vitality Juice | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Little Scoops | $350/wk |
| Vitality Juice | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Little Scoops | |
| Vitality Juice | |
| Year Founded | |
| Little Scoops | 2002 |
| Vitality Juice | 2004 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Little Scoops | 2003 |
| Vitality Juice | 2005 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Little Scoops | 10 years |
| Vitality Juice | 15 years |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Little Scoops | |
| Vitality Juice | $10,000 |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Little Scoops | |
| Vitality Juice | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Little Scoops | No |
| Vitality Juice | No |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Little Scoops | |
| Vitality Juice | |
| Equipment | |
| Little Scoops} | |
| Vitality Juice | |
| Inventory | |
| Little Scoops | |
| Vitality Juice | |
| Receivables | |
| Little Scoops | |
| Vitality Juice | |
| Payroll | |
| Little Scoops | |
| Vitality Juice | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| Little Scoops | Ongoing support as needed |
| Vitality Juice | * Available at headquarters: 2 weeks * At franchisee's location: 1 week * Ongoing as needed, at any location |
| Support | |
| Little Scoops | Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| Vitality Juice | |
| Marketing | |
| Little Scoops | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks |
| Vitality Juice | |
| Operations | |
| Little Scoops | 0% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 15 Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
| Vitality Juice | * 0% of all franchisees own more than one unit * Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 10 - 12 * Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Little Scoops | North East, |
| Vitality Juice | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Little Scoops | |
| Vitality Juice | |
| International Expansion | |
| Little Scoops | |
| Vitality Juice | |