Chicken Salad Chick vs Tom and Chee Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Chicken Salad Chick Franchise
Tom and Chee Franchise
Investment $562,000 - $740,000$302,700 - $456,000
Franchise Fee $50,000$30,000
Royalty Fee 5%-
Advertising Fee 2%-
Year Founded 02012
Year Franchised 02017
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
Chicken Salad Chick Franchise
Tom and Chee Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
Chicken Salad Chick Franchise
Tom and Chee 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
 
Chicken Salad Chick Franchise
Tom and Chee Franchise
Training

Ten days of training at Corporate Training Facility in Auburn, Alabama for three key franchise employees

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Support

*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.

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Marketing --
Operations -

Expansion Plans
 
Chicken Salad Chick Franchise
Tom and Chee Franchise
US Expansion YesYes
Canada Expansion Yes-
International Expansion Yes-

Company Overviews

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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#18 in Gator's Top franchises.
#322 in Franchise 500 for 2021.  Not in Franchise 500 for 2020.




About Tom and Chee

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After expanding to more than 12 locations across seven states,
Tom & Chee is poised for a new era of rapid growth. With a simplified business model, state-of-the-art training and technology, a new menu and restaurant design, and new leadership with over 50+ years in the franchise industry, Tom & Chee is ready to welcome passionate franchisees who want to own a business that brings joy and love to their communities. Here’s why Tom & Chee stands out as a wise sandwich & grilled cheese franchise investment:

“Tom & Chee is creating a new category within the sandwich space,” says Roger David, CEO & President of Tom & Chee. “There’s something really special about our brand. We’re changing the game with our sandwich & grilled cheese franchise. It’s new, but also nostalgic. When our customers taste our food they think of Mom. They think of childhood with grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. We have created such a unique menu, with wonderful recipes and food made fresh in-house, and now we have a robust culture of franchise support that is going to take Tom & Chee to the next level. We’re looking for franchisees who are food-centric. If you love food, love people and love community, then you should be a part of a Tom & Chee.”

The estimated initial investment necessary to begin operation of a Tom & Chee Restaurant franchise ranges from $302,700 to $456,000. This includes $30,000 (if this is the first Tom & Chee franchise you have purchased), $15,000 (if this is your second, third or fourth Tom & Chee franchise you have purchased) or $5,000 (if this is your fifth or greater Tom & Chee franchise you have purchased) that must be paid to the franchisor. The estimated initial investment does not include real estate, related improvement costs or tenant improvement allowances.