Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Shakes Alive | Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| Investment | 0 - 0 | 332254 - 571634 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 5.50% | |
| Advertising Fee | 0.19Cents/Gal. | |
| Year Founded | 0 | 1902 |
| Year Franchised | 0 | 1977 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Shakes Alive | Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| Experience | ||
Financing Options |
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| Shakes Alive | Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Shakes Alive | Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| 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. | 3 days at Scoop School and 10 days of on-site training at your location, where we teach you everything you need to know to operate and manage an Abbott's Frozen Custard store. |
| 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. | Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| Marketing | Includes marketing plans in advertising materials for use in your own local market. | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks |
| Operations | Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 4 - 6 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (80% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| Shakes Alive | Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | 5.50% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | 0.19Cents/Gal. |
| Year Founded | |
| Shakes Alive | 0 |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | 1902 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Shakes Alive | 0 |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | 1977 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | 10 years |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| Equipment | |
| Shakes Alive} | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| Inventory | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| Receivables | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| Payroll | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
Training & Support |
|
| 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. |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | 3 days at Scoop School and 10 days of on-site training at your location, where we teach you everything you need to know to operate and manage an Abbott's Frozen Custard store. |
| 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. |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| Marketing | |
| Shakes Alive | Includes marketing plans in advertising materials for use in your own local market. |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks |
| Operations | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 4 - 6 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (80% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |
| International Expansion | |
| Shakes Alive | |
| Abbott's Frozen Custard | |