Pretzel Time vs Scandinavian Shave Ice Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Pretzel Time vs Scandinavian Shave Ice including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
Pretzel Time Franchise
Scandinavian Shave Ice Franchise
Investment $145,000 - $254,000$131,400 - $297,700
Franchise Fee $25,000$30,000
Royalty Fee 7%-
Advertising Fee 1-3%-
Year Founded 19911992
Year Franchised 19922007
Term Of Agreement 7 years-
Term Of Agreement 7 years-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements

 
Pretzel Time Franchise
Scandinavian Shave Ice Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options

 
Pretzel Time Franchise
Scandinavian Shave Ice Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees No/Yes-/-
Start-up Costs No/Yes-/-
Equipment No/Yes-/-
Inventory No/Yes-/-
Receivables No/No-/-
Payroll No/No-/-

Training & Support

 
Pretzel Time Franchise
Scandinavian Shave Ice Franchise
Training -Training will be available both at our company headquarters in Kailua Kona Hawaii for one week and at your location for one week. Training will be conducted by members of our management team. Training will be provided for 2 persons per franchised business. Ongoing training is also available.
Support --
Marketing --
Operations --

Expansion Plans

 
Pretzel Time Franchise
Scandinavian Shave Ice Franchise
US Expansion --
Canada Expansion No-
International Expansion No-

Company Overviews

About Pretzel Time

Pretzel Time introduced their famous soft pretzel in 1991 and have grown to become leaders in the soft pretzel category, specializing in offering steaming hot, fresh-baked, fresh twisted pretzels, pretzel dogs, freshly squeezed lemonade, and cold beverages all over the world. Pretzel Time operates over 190 stores located in 30 states and five international locations. NexCen added Pretzel Time to its QSR segment in August 2007. With the brand's commitment to fresh quality products and innovative new menu items, NexCen's marketing and branding experts will build the pretzel business beyond "just the pretzel concept in the mall," into a unified brand with strong positioning, a product innovation focus and a compelling look and feel. NexCen plans to elevate the pretzel business in consumers' minds in both the domestic and international marketplace. For more information, please visit www.pretzeltime.com

About Scandinavian Shave Ice

NO LONGER FRANCHISING

The Scandinavian Shave Ice franchise is an excellent opportunity for you to own your own business in a growing industry with high growth potential. Scandinavian Shave Ice is a shave ice retail store located in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. We offer Hawaiian shave ice, locally produced ice cream, and Internet services. We will also offer in our mainland franchise stores 100% Kona coffee drinks. To support our current growth plans, we seek qualified individuals with passion, energy and drive, who are capable of using our systems and support to develop their own successful business. We work with entrepreneurs to build strong and successful shave ice retail stores. Our experience and leading edge systems provides each shave ice retail store franchise with the direction that helps them achieve the goals they have for their business.