Pingu's English vs CEFA Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Pingu's English vs CEFA including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
Pingu's English Franchise
CEFA Franchise
Investment $150,000 - $500,000$350,000 - $900,000
Franchise Fee N/A$60,000
Royalty Fee -3%
Advertising Fee -6%
Year Founded 20061998
Year Franchised 20072002
Term Of Agreement --
Term Of Agreement --
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements

 
Pingu's English Franchise
CEFA Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options

 
Pingu's English Franchise
CEFA Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees -/--/-
Start-up Costs -/--/-
Equipment -/--/-
Inventory -/--/-
Receivables -/--/-
Payroll -/--/-

Training & Support

 
Pingu's English Franchise
CEFA Franchise
Training --
Support --
Marketing --
Operations --

Expansion Plans

 
Pingu's English Franchise
CEFA Franchise
US Expansion -Yes
Canada Expansion -No
International Expansion -Yes

Company Overviews

About Pingu's English

Pingu's English is an engaging, educational and entertaining Children's English course for 3-7+ year olds based on the enormously popular animated television character, Pingu. Using books, CDs, DVDs and online learning material developed by leading English language and child education specialists, Pingu's English offers exceptional value for money with extensive learning and support resources for children, their parents and the teacher. Combine this fun and interactive course with viewing figures of over 1 billion people on 140 TV channels around the world, and with over 5 million Pingu books sold globally, the opportunity to leverage the brand awareness generated by the television series, publishing and merchandising of the Pingu character within Pingu's English is enormous.

About CEFA

Core Education & Fine Arts (CEFA), Canada's first Junior Kindergarten School, was established in 1998 in the city of West Vancouver, British Columbia. CEFA's program has an excellent reputation of highly developing a child's intellect and delivering the finest start in education, arts, and the humanities. All Teachers are trained Early Childhood Educators who are further trained and certified by CEFA Educational Systems to become specialized Junior Kindergarten Teachers. In 2002, a franchise model was put in place, and the Founder, Natacha V. Beim, incorporated the franchise company CEFA Systems Inc in 2004. The first franchise was purchased that same year, with many more opening throughout the subsequent years. CEFA's programs are available to infants and children up to five years old. It presents each child with every possibility to discover and challenge themselves and their own potential, introducing them to Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Languages, Music, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Dramatic Arts, Yoga, Culture Immersion and Dance. Available programs: *Baby Program designed especially for our youngest students *Junior Kindergarten One for two year olds *Junior Kindergarten Two for three year olds *Junior Kindergarten Three is the final year To find out more about the CEFA child care centres and the CEFA Early Learning program, please visit our school website www.cefa.ca.