Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| UFood | Wild Noodles | |
| Investment | 415500 - 598500 | 273500 - 350000 |
| Franchise Fee | ||
| Royalty Fee | 5% | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | 2% | |
| Year Founded | 0 | 2001 |
| Year Franchised | 2014 | 2003 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| UFood | Wild Noodles | |
| Experience | · Minimum liquid assets: $200,000 · Minimum net worth: $350,000 | Past management experience |
Financing Options |
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| UFood | Wild Noodles | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| UFood | Wild Noodles | |
| Training | UFood Grill offers all of our franchisees a comprehensive 5-week training program at the UFood Grill University. This program includes a mix of classroom, test kitchen, and live, hands-on store training for 3 people in your organization, one of whom must be your store manager. Our field training team will assist in the opening of each store. | |
| Support | Ongoing support | Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| Marketing | UFood Grill offers its franchisees a number of turnkey opening and ongoing marketing programs that will bring customers in the door. In addition, UFood Grill provides materials and promotions that are available through our graphics standards manual and marketing promotions manual available online as well as in hard copy. UFood Grill also has a state-of-the-art loyalty program for franchisees to understand customer behavior and create tailored marketing programs. UFood Grill will also help franchisees track purchasing and analyze customer shopping data. | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, Regional advertising |
| Operations | Franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses; 100% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 12 - 15 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| UFood | Wild Noodles | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | 0 | |
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| UFood | 5% |
| Wild Noodles | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| UFood | 2% |
| Wild Noodles | |
| Year Founded | |
| UFood | 0 |
| Wild Noodles | 2001 |
| Year Franchised | |
| UFood | 2014 |
| Wild Noodles | 2003 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | 20 years |
| Renewal Fee | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | 1/2 of current franchise fee |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| UFood | · Minimum liquid assets: $200,000 · Minimum net worth: $350,000 |
| Wild Noodles | Past management experience |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | |
| Equipment | |
| UFood} | |
| Wild Noodles | |
| Inventory | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | |
| Receivables | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | |
| Payroll | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | |
Training & Support |
|
| Training | |
| UFood | UFood Grill offers all of our franchisees a comprehensive 5-week training program at the UFood Grill University. This program includes a mix of classroom, test kitchen, and live, hands-on store training for 3 people in your organization, one of whom must be your store manager. Our field training team will assist in the opening of each store. |
| Wild Noodles | |
| Support | |
| UFood | Ongoing support |
| Wild Noodles | Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| Marketing | |
| UFood | UFood Grill offers its franchisees a number of turnkey opening and ongoing marketing programs that will bring customers in the door. In addition, UFood Grill provides materials and promotions that are available through our graphics standards manual and marketing promotions manual available online as well as in hard copy. UFood Grill also has a state-of-the-art loyalty program for franchisees to understand customer behavior and create tailored marketing programs. UFood Grill will also help franchisees track purchasing and analyze customer shopping data. |
| Wild Noodles | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, Regional advertising |
| Operations | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | Franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses; 100% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 12 - 15 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | 0 |
| International Expansion | |
| UFood | |
| Wild Noodles | |