Seekers Coffee House & Cafe vs Xing Fu Tang Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Seekers Coffee House & Cafe vs Xing Fu Tang including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
Seekers Coffee House & Cafe Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
Investment $189,000 - $369,000$289,000 - $943,500
Franchise Fee $20,000 - $25,000N/A
Royalty Fee 5%-
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 20012019
Year Franchised 20022020
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee $1K-


Business Experience Requirements

 
Seekers Coffee House & Cafe Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options

 
Seekers Coffee House & Cafe Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees No/No-/-
Start-up Costs No/No-/-
Equipment No/No-/-
Inventory No/No-/-
Receivables No/No-/-
Payroll No/No-/-

Training & Support

 
Seekers Coffee House & Cafe Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
Training --
Support Newsletter, 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

Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

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Expansion Plans

 
Seekers Coffee House & Cafe Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
US Expansion -Yes
Canada Expansion No-
International Expansion NoYes

Company Overviews

About Seekers Coffee House & Cafe

NO LONGER FRANCHISING

About Xing Fu Tang

"Xing

The franchise that we offer is for a Xing Fu Tang business, a retail shop offering premium, Taiwanese-style boba or bubble tea beverages, featuring unique, stir fried, brown sugar tapioca pearls prepared according to a proprietary recipe, using high quality ingredients, and made fresh in front of the customer, and other menu items.

The initial investment necessary to begin operation of a Shop under a franchise agreement ranges from $289,000 to $673,500. This includes $135,000 to $160,000 that you must pay to the franchisor or its affiliates.
The initial investment necessary to begin operation of a Shop under a multi-unit development agreement depends on the number of Shops that you are authorized to develop and ranges from $404,000,000 to $943,500. This includes a development fees of $115,000 to 270,000 depending on the number of Shops that you are authorized to establish under the multi-unit development agreement.