Cousins Subs vs Chicken Salad Chick Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Cousins Subs vs Chicken Salad Chick including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Cousins Subs Franchise
Chicken Salad Chick Franchise
Investment $119,200 - $300,800$562,000 - $740,000
Franchise Fee $25,000$50,000
Royalty Fee 6%5%
Advertising Fee 2%2%
Year Founded 19720
Year Franchised 19850
Term Of Agreement 10 years +1010 years
Term Of Agreement 10 years +1010 years
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
Cousins Subs Franchise
Chicken Salad Chick Franchise
Experience
  • Industry experience
  • General business experience
  • Marketing skills
  • People skills
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    Financing Options
     
    Cousins Subs Franchise
    Chicken Salad Chick Franchise
      In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
    Franchise Fees No/YesNo/No
    Start-up Costs No/YesNo/No
    Equipment No/YesNo/No
    Inventory No/YesNo/No
    Receivables No/NoNo/No
    Payroll No/NoNo/No

    Training & Support
     
    Cousins Subs Franchise
    Chicken Salad Chick Franchise
    Training On-The-Job Training: 185 hours Classroom Training: 53 hours Additional Training: 21 days training total

    Ten days of training at Corporate Training Facility in Auburn, Alabama for three key franchise employees
    Support Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Grand Opening Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Site Selection Franchisee Intranet Platform

    *Opening support for ten days at your location, coordinated around the store’s grand opening. *Restaurant opening guide. *Training manuals for franchise staff. *Accounting applications training. *Comprehensive decor package for interior design of restaurant. *Marketing, public relations and promotion plans for use by each franchisee. *Access to our in-house team of trainers, public relations and marketing professionals and business experts. *Periodic visits to each of your locations to provide support and counsel. *Site selection counsel and approval, working together to identify appropriate demographics, traffic patterns, ingress and egress, and more. *Additional real estate site support includes: Architectural drawings of a typical floor plan with a finishing schedule. General data for plumbing and electrical in partnership with equipment vendor.

    Marketing Co-op Advertising Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing Loyalty program/app -
    Operations 10% of all franchisees own more than one unit

    Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 20

    Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed.


    Expansion Plans
     
    Cousins Subs Franchise
    Chicken Salad Chick Franchise
    US Expansion NoYes
    Canada Expansion NoYes
    International Expansion NoYes

    Company Overviews

    About Cousins Subs

    Great food. High quality. Good value. Committed. These are the words our guests and franchisees use to describe the Cousins Subs opportunity. Our guests love our food, and our franchisees respect our organization. Our vision of excellence is what keeps us growing and keeps our guests coming back on a regular basis. We are Cousins Subs , a leader in the growing QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) segment of the restaurant industry. Cousins Subs  competitive advantages include:
     - Being a cash business with low receivables and little inventory.
     - Having a multi-unit market penetration strategy.
     - Possessing an in-depth understanding of the future of our business and industry
     - Offering innovative and automated business systems.
     We invite you to visit several of our locations, and contact us to learn more. Whether you are interested in developing an entire market or to begin with a single unit franchise, Cousins Subs  is your franchise of choice!

    Seeking new franchisees in Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin

    Veteran Incentives  $5,000 off franchise fee

    About Chicken Salad Chick

    Simply Southern Restaurant Group is proud to serve as the exclusive franchisor of the freshest, most unique lunch and dinner concept in the industry today.
    Chicken Salad Chick is an exciting concept, one that allows us to offer our franchisees an opportunity to build a business in a virtually untapped market. We offer customers a "custom-fit" Chicken Salad Experience, with 15 original flavors to choose from, as well as gourmet soups, flavorful side salads and freshly-baked desserts. There's truly something for everyone! The minimum financial requirements to own a Chicken Salad Chick is $125,000 liquid capital and $500,000 net worth per location.

    If you enter into an Area Development Agreement for multiple restaurants, you will be required to pay the initial franchise fee for the first location and a non-refundable development fee of $20,000 for each additional Chicken Salad Chick restaurant to be developed. The remaining $25,000 of the franchise fee for subsequent locations is paid to the franchisor and a $10,000 grand opening marketing fee is paid to our Affiliate, upon signing the franchise agreement for each additional location.



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    #322 in Franchise 500 for 2021.  Not in Franchise 500 for 2020.