Kilwin's Chocolates vs Strickland's Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Kilwin's Chocolates Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
Investment	$177,534 - $937,415	$188,500 - $315,000
Franchise Fee	$20,000 - $40,000	$25,000
Royalty Fee	5%	6%
Advertising Fee	1%	-
Year Founded	1947	1936
Year Franchised	1982	2002
Term Of Agreement	10 years	15 years
Term Of Agreement	10 years	15 years
Renewal Fee	-	$500
Business Experience Requirements
	Kilwin's Chocolates Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
Experience	-	-
Financing Options
	Kilwin's Chocolates 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
	Kilwin's Chocolates Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
Training	On-The-Job Training: 173 hours Classroom Training: 43 hours Additional Training: Online training; store visits	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	Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Grand Opening Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform	-
Marketing	Ad Templates Regional Advertising Social media SEO Email marketing	-
Operations	10% of all franchisees own more than one unit. Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 6 - 10 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (90% of current franchisees are owner/operators)	-
Expansion Plans
	Kilwin's Chocolates Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
US Expansion	Yes	-
Canada Expansion	No	No
International Expansion	No	No

Company Overviews

About Kilwin's Chocolates

Since 1947 Kilwins has been a celebrated part of Americana having earned a reputation for providing high quality products and excellent service. Our heritage was built on the simple premise of creating our products from the finest ingredients and providing customers with great service. Today we continue the tradition by uniquely combining high quality products with a warm friendly customer experience that is supported through a successful community of caring owner operators. We continue to offer the finest quality traditional down-home confections and ice cream that are kitchen made fresh from premium ingredients and original recipes.

Seeking new franchise units in the following regions/states:
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin and West Virginia

Veteran Incentives  $10,000 off franchise fee

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.