Icebox/Soupbox vs Juice Zone Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Icebox/Soupbox vs Juice Zone including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Icebox/Soupbox Franchise
Juice Zone Franchise
Investment $69,500 - $174,500$140,000 - $217,000
Franchise Fee $14,000 - $20,000$20,000
Royalty Fee 4%6%
Advertising Fee -2% local 1% national
Year Founded 1995-
Year Franchised 1998-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee Negotiable-


Business Experience Requirements
 
Icebox/Soupbox Franchise
Juice Zone Franchise
Experience
  • General business experience
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    Financing Options
     
    Icebox/Soupbox Franchise
    Juice Zone Franchise
      In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
    Franchise Fees No/No-/-
    Start-up Costs No/No-/-
    Equipment No/No-/-
    Inventory No/No-/-
    Receivables No/No-/-
    Payroll No/No-/-

    Training & Support
     
    Icebox/Soupbox Franchise
    Juice Zone Franchise
    Training --
    Support Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives-
    Marketing Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, Regional advertising-
    Operations 0% of all franchisees own more than one unit

    Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 10

    Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

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    Expansion Plans
     
    Icebox/Soupbox Franchise
    Juice Zone Franchise
    US Expansion --
    Canada Expansion No-
    International Expansion Yes-

    Company Overviews

    About Icebox/Soupbox

    Before opening his first store, Jamie Taerbaum stood outside a Baskin-Robbins store to figure out how many customers an ice cream store could expect at different times of day, on different days of the week, and in different weather conditions. Armed with this research, the young business school graduate opened the original Icebox/Soupbox store in 1995 in Chicago.

    In the spring and summer, Icebox operates as a retailer of Icyfruit, a mixture of fruit juice, sugar, water and chunks of fruit that comes in 20 flavors. Throughout the fall and winter, it becomes a Soupbox store, offering a wide variety of soups.

    About Juice Zone

    Juice Zone is an exclusive, 100% Canadian organization situated in Toronto, Canada and is amazingly devoted to turning into the main juice and smoothie bar chain anyplace. With stores in the most perfectly awesome areas in Greater Toronto, Juice Zone is well on it's approach to turning into the pioneer in Canada's biggest market.
    Juice Zone is focusing on real shopping center and downtown office tower nourishment courts, and in addition just the most prime road front areas. Juice Zone's main goal is to give individuals who lead dynamic ways of life with a crisp and sound contrasting option to fast food.