Caribou Coffee Company vs Xing Fu Tang Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Caribou Coffee Company Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
Investment $223,840 - $939,995$289,000 - $943,500
Franchise Fee $12,500 - $25,000N/A
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Year Founded 19922019
Year Franchised 20042020
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Business Experience Requirements
 
Caribou Coffee Company Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
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Financing Options
 
Caribou Coffee Company Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
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Training & Support
 
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Expansion Plans
 
Caribou Coffee Company Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
US Expansion -Yes
Canada Expansion --
International Expansion -Yes

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 Xing Fu Tang

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The franchise that we offer is for a Xing Fu Tang business, a retail shop offering premium, Taiwanese-style boba or bubble tea beverages, featuring unique, stir fried, brown sugar tapioca pearls prepared according to a proprietary recipe, using high quality ingredients, and made fresh in front of the customer, and other menu items.

The initial investment necessary to begin operation of a Shop under a franchise agreement ranges from $289,000 to $673,500. This includes $135,000 to $160,000 that you must pay to the franchisor or its affiliates.
The initial investment necessary to begin operation of a Shop under a multi-unit development agreement depends on the number of Shops that you are authorized to develop and ranges from $404,000,000 to $943,500. This includes a development fees of $115,000 to 270,000 depending on the number of Shops that you are authorized to establish under the multi-unit development agreement.