Icebox/Soupbox vs Pinkberry Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Icebox/Soupbox Franchise
Pinkberry Franchise
Investment $69,500 - $174,500$150,000 - $500,000
Franchise Fee $14,000 - $20,000$45,000
Royalty Fee 4%6%
Advertising Fee -2% local +2%Nat'l
Year Founded 19952005
Year Franchised 19982005
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee Negotiable-


Business Experience Requirements
 
Icebox/Soupbox Franchise
Pinkberry Franchise
Experience
  • General business experience
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    Financing Options
     
    Icebox/Soupbox Franchise
    Pinkberry 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
    Pinkberry 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
    Pinkberry 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 Pinkberry

    THE LEADING, ENDURING, FROZEN YOGURT BRAND Since Pinkberry's dispatch in 2005, the Company has set up a prevailing authority position in the solidified yogurt classification and a faction like after with its clients. Pinkberry has appreciated energetic gathering and solid development all through its home market of Los Angeles and has turned out to be for all intents and purposes synonymous with quality solidified yogurt. This fervor has now come to the nation over to the New York City advertise where the Company again has been met with energetic clients, enthusiastic for Pinkberry. The Company was even named "Best New Frozen Yogurt" in April of 2008 by Readers' Choice, Eat Out Awards. Pinkberry has been the beneficiary of a lot of extraordinary press, which has assembled gigantic mindfulness around the world for the brand. Pinkberry has been called "the taste that propelled 1,000 stopping tickets" and "a social wonder" by driving media outlets. The Company has even been built into various TV programs, for example, Saturday Night Live, Without a Trace, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Ugly Betty, The Hills and Gossip Girl to give some examples. Pinkberry is balanced for huge residential development and worldwide extension. We are hoping to cooperate with experienced region engineers in select vital markets. Presently we are looking for long haul associations in: Chicago, IL, Miami, FL, Dallas, TX , Phoenix, AZ, Seattle, WA and Honolulu, HI