Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Shakes Alive | |
| Investment | 378500 - 563800 | 0 - 0 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 5% | |
| Advertising Fee | ||
| Year Founded | 2003 | 0 |
| Year Franchised | 2004 | 0 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Shakes Alive | |
| Experience | General business experience Work well with children | |
Financing Options |
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| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Shakes Alive | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Shakes Alive | |
| 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 | Newsletter, Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives | 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. |
| Marketing | Co-op advertising, National media, Regional advertising | Includes marketing plans in advertising materials for use in your own local market. |
| Operations | 30% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 10 - 12 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Shakes Alive | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | 5% |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Year Founded | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | 2003 |
| Shakes Alive | 0 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | 2004 |
| Shakes Alive | 0 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | 10 years |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Shakes Alive | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | General business experience Work well with children |
| Shakes Alive | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | No |
| Shakes Alive | No |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Equipment | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos} | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Inventory | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Receivables | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Payroll | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Shakes Alive | |
Training & Support |
|
| Training | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| 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. |
| Support | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Newsletter, Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| 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. |
| Marketing | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | Co-op advertising, National media, Regional advertising |
| Shakes Alive | Includes marketing plans in advertising materials for use in your own local market. |
| Operations | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | 30% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 10 - 12 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
| Shakes Alive | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| International Expansion | |
| Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos | |
| Shakes Alive | |