Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas vs KnowFat! Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas vs KnowFat! including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas Franchise
KnowFat! Franchise
Investment $1,250,000 - $2,000,000$488,500 - $647,000
Franchise Fee $75,000$35,000
Royalty Fee 5%5%
Advertising Fee 0.8%1.5- 2.5%
Year Founded 1997-
Year Franchised 2003-
Term Of Agreement 10 years +10-
Term Of Agreement 10 years +10-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements

 
Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas Franchise
KnowFat! Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options

 
Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas Franchise
KnowFat! Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees -/--/-
Start-up Costs -/--/-
Equipment -/--/-
Inventory -/--/-
Receivables -/--/-
Payroll -/--/-

Training & Support

 
Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas Franchise
KnowFat! Franchise
Training Austin, TX Four weeks

On-site Two weeks

KnowFat! offers all of our franchisees a comprehensive training program at the KnowFat! KnowLedge Center. This program includes a mix of classroom, test kitchen, and live, hands-on store training for 3 people in your organization, one of whom must be your store manager. Our field training team will assist in the opening of each store.
Support --
Marketing Co-Op Advertising

National Advertising

Regional Advertising

Ad Slicks, Brochures, Coupons/rebates, Direct Mailers, Emails Additional Services: Grand Opening, In-house Marketing, Marketing Research, Newsletter, Online Extranet, Press Releases Other Marketing Support: Pre-Show Media

KnowFat! offers its franchisees a number of turnkey opening and ongoing marketing programs that will bring customers in the door. In addition, KnowFat! provides materials and promotions that are available through our graphics standards manual and marketing promotions manual available online as well as in hard copy. KnowFat! is also building a state-of-the-art loyalty program for franchisees to understand customer behavior and create tailored marketing programs. KnowFat! will also help franchisees track purchasing and analyze customer shopping data.
Operations Average Number of Employees: 7 Full-time, 60 Part-time-

Expansion Plans

 
Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas Franchise
KnowFat! Franchise
US Expansion Yes-
Canada Expansion --
International Expansion --

Company Overviews

About Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

We want to share the quality experience of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema with people nationwide. 
We have world-wide recognition as a leader in the cinema/dining concept.
We strive for excellence in quality, service, sound quality and film presentation.
We have received excellent reviews in national and international publications because
of the experience we create with our no-talking policy and our pre-show philosophy.
We have become a household name with hard-core movie fans for our unique events.
We are looking for partners experienced in the hospitality business.

About KnowFat!

KNOWFAT! changed it's name to UFood Grills
 
See https://thefranchisemall.com/franchises/details/12739-0-ufood.htm

 

KnowFat! aims to pioneer the phrase "lifestyle grille". A lifestyle grille is a place where you can come in, eat at a restaurant, and then buy products for the rest of your healthy lifestyle. We are squarely on-trend and poised to become the leader in the new healthy fast-casual category. KnowFat! concentrates on mainstream food by offering up better-for-you menu items like chicken meatball wraps, honey mustard turkey tips, super lean cheeseburgers with low-fat cheese, and sides like colorful broccoli and our proprietary "AirFries". Our customers don't just want to eat well while they're in the restaurant; they want to buy products that support an overall healthy lifestyle. Each KnowFat! combines a quick-serve restaurant with a convenience-style retail store that carries the best health-oriented nutrition products on the market. There is nothing like this concept on the market today. KnowFat! Lifestyle Grille is the only concept of its kind- and we're ready to roll.