Rubyjuice Fruit and Smoothies vs Strickland's Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Rubyjuice Fruit and Smoothies Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
Investment	$106,000 - $223,000	$188,500 - $315,000
Franchise Fee	$20,000	$25,000
Royalty Fee	5.5%	6%
Advertising Fee	-	-
Year Founded	2000	1936
Year Franchised	2003	2002
Term Of Agreement	10 years	15 years
Term Of Agreement	10 years	15 years
Renewal Fee	10% of current franchise fee	$500
Business Experience Requirements
	Rubyjuice Fruit and Smoothies Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
Experience	-	-
Financing Options
	Rubyjuice Fruit and Smoothies Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees	No/No	No/No
Start-up Costs	No/No	No/No
Equipment	No/No	No/No
Inventory	No/No	No/No
Receivables	No/No	No/No
Payroll	No/No	No/No
Training & Support
	Rubyjuice Fruit and Smoothies Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
Training	-	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	Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures	-
Marketing	Ad slicks	-
Operations	Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 10 - 20 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed.	-
Expansion Plans
	Rubyjuice Fruit and Smoothies Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
US Expansion	Yes	-
Canada Expansion	No	No
International Expansion	No	No

Company Overviews

About Rubyjuice Fruit and Smoothies

Jack and Tracy Groot owned and operated a coffee bar in Holland, Michigan, when the location next door became available. To take advantage of the opportunity, the couple developed and opened Rubyjuice, offering quick-service smoothies, juices, sandwiches and salads. The menu includes a variety of nutritional supplements that customers may add to their smoothies. Rubyjuice began franchising in 2003.

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.