Caribou Coffee Company vs Euro Cafe Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Caribou Coffee Company vs Euro Cafe including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Caribou Coffee Company Franchise	Euro Cafe Franchise
Investment	$223,840 - $939,995	$248,400 - $445,500
Franchise Fee	$12,500 - $25,000	$15,000
Royalty Fee	-	4.5%
Advertising Fee	-	1%
Year Founded	1992	1997
Year Franchised	2004	2017
Term Of Agreement	-	-
Term Of Agreement	-	-
Renewal Fee	-	-
Business Experience Requirements
	Caribou Coffee Company Franchise	Euro Cafe Franchise
Experience	-	-
Financing Options
	Caribou Coffee Company Franchise	Euro Cafe Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees	-/-	-/Yes
Start-up Costs	-/-	-/Yes
Equipment	-/-	-/Yes
Inventory	-/-	-/Yes
Receivables	-/-	-/Yes
Payroll	-/-	-/Yes
Training & Support
	Caribou Coffee Company Franchise	Euro Cafe Franchise
Training	-	Classroom Training: 243 hours
Support	-	Grand Opening
Marketing	-	-
Operations	-	Number of Employees Required to Run: 17
Expansion Plans
	Caribou Coffee Company Franchise	Euro Cafe Franchise
US Expansion	-	-
Canada Expansion	-	-
International Expansion	-	-

Company Overviews

About Caribou Coffee Company

Life is Short, Stay Awake for it

Caribou Coffee offers great opportunities to US and non-US developers. Multi-unit area development agreements for well-qualified franchisees, and single-unit license opportunities for specialty concessions, large retailers and institutions are available. As a Caribou Coffee franchisee, you'll be: * Part of the nation's second-largest specialty coffee company * Treating your guests to the finest, freshest coffee on the planet * Joining a world-class company supported by our outstanding training, operations, and marketing teams

About Euro Cafe

Owning a Euro Café provides you an opportunity to partner with an industry leader in a highly competitive industry whose sales grow more and more annually. Do not let the competitive nature of the industry stifle you. Our concept is unlike any other. We have geared our company to provide you with knowledge, support and training that will allow you to effectively meet and surpass any consumer expectations.

• Produces and serves the highest quality specialty coffee, hot and cold.
• Serves a variety of healthy food, like basmati rice bowls and salad bowls, custom-made to order.
• Offers a variety of grab-and-go items as each location demands.
• Provides customers with a comfortable, social, and friendly atmosphere with free Wi-Fi.

We offer two different types of franchise opportunities. You can choose to own a single unit franchise which allows you to operate your own Euro Café in a protected territory of your choice. We also offer area development franchises for those looking to lock down a larger territory and slowly build a series of Euro Café locations/territories.
Euro Café offers a comprehensive and hands on training program in order to ensure that franchisee are 100% equipped with the knowledge, skills and expertise to successfully operate their own center. Our multi-phase training includes hours of hands on training at one of our already established locations in addition to many hours of ongoing support at your newly established location.