Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| ShapeXpress | Smart for Life | |
| Investment | 89500 - 152000 | 0 - 0 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | Varies | |
| Advertising Fee | ||
| Year Founded | 2002 | 2002 |
| Year Franchised | 2003 | 2004 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| ShapeXpress | Smart for Life | |
| Experience | Marketing skills Sales skills, previous employee supervision skills | |
Financing Options |
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| ShapeXpress | Smart for Life | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| ShapeXpress | Smart for Life | |
| Training | Ongoing | |
| Support | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations | |
| Marketing | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, Regional advertising | |
| Operations | Franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 3 - 4 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (35% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| ShapeXpress | Smart for Life | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | 0 | |
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| ShapeXpress | |
| Smart for Life | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| ShapeXpress | |
| Smart for Life | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| ShapeXpress | Varies |
| Smart for Life | |
| Advertising Fee | |
| ShapeXpress | |
| Smart for Life | |
| Year Founded | |
| ShapeXpress | 2002 |
| Smart for Life | 2002 |
| Year Franchised | |
| ShapeXpress | 2003 |
| Smart for Life | 2004 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| ShapeXpress | 10 years |
| Smart for Life | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| ShapeXpress | $2.5K |
| Smart for Life | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| ShapeXpress | Marketing skills Sales skills, previous employee supervision skills |
| Smart for Life | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| ShapeXpress | No |
| Smart for Life | No |
| Start-up Costs | |
| ShapeXpress | |
| Smart for Life | |
| Equipment | |
| ShapeXpress} | |
| Smart for Life | |
| Inventory | |
| ShapeXpress | |
| Smart for Life | |
| Receivables | |
| ShapeXpress | |
| Smart for Life | |
| Payroll | |
| ShapeXpress | |
| Smart for Life | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| ShapeXpress | Ongoing |
| Smart for Life | |
| Support | |
| ShapeXpress | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations |
| Smart for Life | |
| Marketing | |
| ShapeXpress | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, Regional advertising |
| Smart for Life | |
| Operations | |
| ShapeXpress | Franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 3 - 4 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (35% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
| Smart for Life | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| ShapeXpress | |
| Smart for Life | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| ShapeXpress | |
| Smart for Life | 0 |
| International Expansion | |
| ShapeXpress | |
| Smart for Life | |