Marble Slab Creamery vs Strickland's Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Marble Slab Creamery Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
Investment	$316,085 - $409,135	$188,500 - $315,000
Franchise Fee	$15,000 - $25,000	$25,000
Royalty Fee	6%	6%
Advertising Fee	2%	-
Year Founded	1983	1936
Year Franchised	1984	2002
Term Of Agreement	10 years	15 years
Term Of Agreement	10 years	15 years
Renewal Fee	20% of current fee	$500
Business Experience Requirements
	Marble Slab Creamery Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
Experience	General business experience	-
Financing Options
	Marble Slab Creamery Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees	No/Yes	No/No
Start-up Costs	No/Yes	No/No
Equipment	No/Yes	No/No
Inventory	No/Yes	No/No
Receivables	No/No	No/No
Payroll	No/No	No/No
Training & Support
	Marble Slab Creamery Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
Training	On-The-Job Training: 24.5 hours Classroom Training: 32.5 hours	We conduct an intensive, one-week training session at our Akron, Ohio headquarters or at our Irvine, California franchise location, depending on where you live. You will gain both "back office" and in-store experience covering all aspects of operating a Stricklands Ice Cream franchise. In addition, we provide 3-5 days of onsite supportand training at your location during your grand opening week. We also provide our Franchisees a comprehensive Franchise Operations & Policies Manual, which provides detailed information concerning the development, opening and ongoing operation of your Stricklands Ice Cream franchise.
Support	Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Online Support Field Operations Site Selection	-
Marketing	Co-op Advertising Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing Loyalty program/app	-
Operations	65% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 8 - 10 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (50% of current franchisees are owner/operators)	-
Expansion Plans
	Marble Slab Creamery Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
US Expansion	Yes	-
Canada Expansion	No	No
International Expansion	Yes	No

Company Overviews

About Marble Slab Creamery

Founded in 1983, the family-owned, Houston-based Marble Slab Creamery offers homemade, super premium ice cream that's prepared to order on a marble slab, using a variety of mix-ins. With flavors like Sweet Cream, Chocolate Swiss, Cheesecake and Amaretto, more than 100 franchisees nationwide are tempting customers with their exotic flavors served in freshly-baked waffle cones. The stores also sell smoothies, shakes, sundaes, banana splits, ice cream cakes and pies. Some franchisees even offer homemade baked goods such as cookies, brownies and apple pie, as well as gourmet coffees.

Seeking new franchisees in the U.S., Africa, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Central America, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Philippines, South America and Western Europe     

About Strickland's

Stricklands' formula for accomplishment for our dessert establishment opportunity is based on our incredible tasting frozen yogurt, solidified custard, yogurt and sorbet - all made utilizing our exclusive clump coolers, which were designed in the 1930s! The differing qualities of our product offerings offers to pretty much every buyer and Stricklands' one of a kind taste makes clients forever. We make our items crisp each day at every Stricklands Ice Cream store

• Our Rich Cream Base - Carefully made utilizing the equation made by Bill Strickland in the 1930s. We get a kick out of the chance to state that it just takes one chomp of Stricklands' crisp, delicate, smooth dessert to make a client forever!

• Fresh Ingredients - Stricklands keeps it genuine - genuine peaches, genuine strawberries, genuine bananas, genuine almonds, genuine chocolate chips - the rundown continues endlessly. Stricklands utilizes just the best fixings to make the best dessert and solidified custard anyplace!

• Old-Fashioned Quality - Our restrictive frozen yogurt machines have been deliberately designed to imitate the quality and toughness of the machines worked for Stricklands in the 1930s...which are still in operation today at our unique area in Akron, Ohio. Our exceptional machines likewise create staggering solidified custard, yogurt and sorbet!

We are looking for qualified people who are keen on opening single-unit or numerous dessert store establishments in their general vicinity.