Red Wheel Fundraising vs Woody's Wood Shops Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Red Wheel Fundraising vs Woody's Wood Shops including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Red Wheel Fundraising Franchise	Woody's Wood Shops Franchise
Investment	$38,000 - $86,000	$85,000 - $185,000
Franchise Fee	$20,000	$22,000
Royalty Fee	8%	6%
Advertising Fee	-	2%
Year Founded	1982	1978
Year Franchised	1988	1980
Term Of Agreement	10 years	15 years +15
Term Of Agreement	10 years	15 years +15
Renewal Fee	$2000	-
Business Experience Requirements
	Red Wheel Fundraising Franchise	Woody's Wood Shops Franchise
Experience	-	-
Financing Options
	Red Wheel Fundraising Franchise	Woody's Wood Shops Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-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
	Red Wheel Fundraising Franchise	Woody's Wood Shops Franchise
Training	* Available at headquarters: 30 hours+ * At franchisee's location: 8 hours+ * At existing franchisees' locations: 30 hours+	1. Headquarters 3 Weeks 2. On-Site 2 Weeks
Support	-	Central Data Processing Field Operation Evaluation Field Training Franchisee Newsletter: At Additional Cost Regional or National Meetings 800 Telephone Hotline: At Additional Cost
Marketing	-	-
Operations	* Franchise can be run from home * 30% of all franchisees own more than one unit * Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1 - 3 * Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)	Average Number of Employees: 1 Full-time, 4 Part-time Passive Ownership: Allowed, But Discouraged
Expansion Plans
	Red Wheel Fundraising Franchise	Woody's Wood Shops Franchise
US Expansion	-	Yes
Canada Expansion	-	Yes
International Expansion	-	-

Company Overviews

About Red Wheel Fundraising

Since 1982 Red Wheel has been in the business of manufacturing food for fundraising. Headquarters are in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Our business has grown steadily. Today Red Wheel is the industry’s largest manufacturer of the best variety of frozen food for fundraising.

• We use only fresh ingredients.
• We use recipes people love.
• We blast freeze our products to lock in freshness & flavor.
• We are USDA certified.
• We sell with a 100% Goodness Guarantee
  

Red Wheel manufactures the best food products to help fundraising groups attain their goals. Our tagline of "our goal is to help you attain yours" says it all.

About Woody's Wood Shops

WOODY'S WOOD SHOPS offer instruction and use of virtually all shop tools in a fully outfitted wood shop. After detailed instruction and testing, members have full use of shop and related facilities. Open 15 hours/day, 7 days/week. Also sell small tools and all power equipment at cost plus 5%. Members pay front-end fees plus dues.