Ben & Jerry's vs Strickland's Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Ben & Jerry's Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
Investment	$152,200 - $546,800	$188,500 - $315,000
Franchise Fee	$16,000 - $37,000	$25,000
Royalty Fee	3%	6%
Advertising Fee	4%	-
Year Founded	1978	1936
Year Franchised	1981	2002
Term Of Agreement	10 years	15 years
Term Of Agreement	10 years	15 years
Renewal Fee	50% of then current fee	$500
Business Experience Requirements
	Ben & Jerry's Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
Experience	Are socially conscious, and active in your community. Are passionate about operating an ethical, responsible business. Will apply your full-time best efforts to the business. Have at least two years of business management experience with P&L responsibility. Have excellent business acumen, project management skills, and the ability to build and execute a business plan. Are systems-oriented, and understand and value a franchise system. Have the ability to recruit, train, and motivate staff, according to our standards. Have a competitive drive and are committed to succeed, with realistic expectations. Demonstrate honesty, integrity and humility and are a team player. Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills and are fluent in English. Know how to use a computer and apply technology. Have a college degree or higher (preferred). Have a strong credit history and a minimum net worth of $350,000, with $100,000 in liquidity (cash and securities, not including retirement accounts).	-
Financing Options
	Ben & Jerry's 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/Yes	No/No
Payroll	No/Yes	No/No
Training & Support
	Ben & Jerry's Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
Training	We’ve got a great recipe for operating a scoop shop, and a world-class team to provide “scoop-to-nuts” expertise. We guide you every step of the way, beginning with your search for the right location, to training, to marketing, and to ongoing operational support for the life of your business. On-The-Job Training: 24 hours Classroom Training: 35 hours	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 Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Online Support Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform	-
Marketing	Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media Website development Email marketing	-
Operations	75% of all franchisees own more than one unit Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed.	-
Expansion Plans
	Ben & Jerry's Franchise	Strickland's Franchise
US Expansion	No	-
Canada Expansion	No	No
International Expansion	No	No

Company Overviews

About Ben & Jerry's

Ben & Jerry's is named for its founders, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who grew up together in Merrick, Long Island. In 1978, they took a $5 correspondence course on ice-cream-making, then leased an old gas station building in Burlington, Vermont to open their first ice cream shop.  Ben & Jerry’s has over 580 franchised ice cream scoop shops and PartnerShops worldwide. We have over 350 scoop shops in the United States and over 350 scoop shops Internationally.

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.