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Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Churro Station vs CHURROMANIA including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.
Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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Investment | $100,000 - $172,000 | $135,000 - $335,000 |
Franchise Fee | $25,000 | $30,000 |
Royalty Fee | 5% | 8% |
Advertising Fee | 3% | - |
Year Founded | 2003 | 1997 |
Year Franchised | 2005 | 1998 |
Term Of Agreement | 10 Years +10 | 5 years |
Term Of Agreement | 10 Years +10 | 5 years |
Renewal Fee | - | - |
Business Experience Requirements |
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Experience | - | - |
Financing Options |
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In-House/3rd Party | In-House/3rd Party | |
Franchise Fees | -/- | -/- |
Start-up Costs | -/- | -/- |
Equipment | -/- | -/- |
Inventory | -/- | -/- |
Receivables | -/- | -/- |
Payroll | -/- | -/- |
Training & Support |
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Training | Corporate Office 5 days | Corporate Office and In-store 10 days. |
Support | Central Purchasing Field Operation Evaluation Field Training Initial Store Opening Inventory Control | Central Purchasing Field Operation Evaluation Field Training Initial Store Opening Inventory Control |
Marketing | Ad Slicks, Brochures, Catalogs, Coupons/rebates, Direct Mailers, Emails, Promotional Items, Radio Ads, Site Signs, Television Ads, Trade Show Exhibits, Videos Additional Services: Grand Opening, In-house Marketing, Marketing Research, Newsletter, Online Extranet, Press Releases, Sales Strategies | Ad Slicks, Brochures, Catalogs, Coupon/rebates, Direct Mailers, Emails, Promotional Items, Radio Ads, Site Signs, Television Ads, Trade Show, Exhibits, Videos, Churro Truck and Community involvement.. Additional Services: Grand Opening, In-House Marketing, Marketing Research, Newsletter, Online Extranet, Press Releases, Sales Strategies. |
Operations | Average Number of Employees: 3 Full-time, 1 Part-time Passive Ownership: Allowed | Average Number of Employees: 6 Full-time. Passive Ownership: Allowed. |
Expansion Plans |
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US Expansion | Yes | Yes |
Canada Expansion | - | - |
International Expansion | - | Yes |
This business was created for you, the person who has the "ganas", the desire to succeed. It is our mission to do whatever we can to help you reach for that success. We understand our product, our customers and what makes them happy. Many of our customers are far away from their homes. We try to give them a bit of those memories of home. For those who are not far from home, we proudly offer unique products that we know you and all your customers will love-delightful foods in a setting that only Churro Station can offer. We strive for perfection: only perfect Churros y chocolate will be served; only a liquado made with ripe fruit will be offered; each sandwich is freshly made to satisfy your appetite. If this sounds good to you, please let us know! "There's a $4 billion Latino food and beverage market out there. We're giving people a way to get in on that opportunity for a relatively small investment with a food that everybody loves and isn't widely available", says Melanie Farkas, Founder & CEO (QSR magazine, April 2006).
"We have reinvented the Churro to compete", says Ariel Acosta-Rubio, Founder-CEO of CHURROMANIA, at the Dolphin Mall Store in Miami, Florida. Can the churro displace the doughnut and the cinnamon roll in the United States? What began as a family business in an eastern coastal town in Venezuela has become a transnational franchise with more than 100 stores. Now, its owners and founders Ariel Acosta-Rubio and Maria Alejandra Bravo De Acosta-Rubio are betting that they will be able to turn a modern version of the traditional Spanish pastry into the most innovative dessert sold in Florida and worldwide. "We have rescued the churro. We have reinvented it to compete with any other kind of fast food", says Acosta-Rubio, founder-CEO of CHURROMANIA, the Venezuelan franchise with international headquarters on Miami's Brickell Avenue. Just as other franchises have exported the U.S fast-food culture to Latin America, Latin American fast-food franchises are slowly bringing the flavors of their countries to U.S taste buds. As the United States' Hispanic population and its purchasing power grow, the major metropolitan areas are ready to absorb the new Latin American fast-food offerings, says Marcel Portman, vice president for global development with the International Association of Franchises, a commercial group in Washington, D.C. In 2001 CHURROMANIA opened it's first store in the United States at Dolphin Mall in Miami Florida, and since then, at Miami International Mall, Westland Mall, Pembroke Lakes Mall; Broward Mall, Southland Mall, Dadeland Mall, Coral Square Mall, Walmart Super Store at Pembroke Pines, The Churromania Truck and Sawgrass Mills Mall; in Orlando Florida Festival Bay Mall and Florida Mall CHURROMANIA has expanded upon the basic churro, offering: BIG MANIA sprinkled with sugar or cinnamon and filled with dulce de leche, chocolate, guava, cream cheese, strawberry, caramel, sweet condensed milk, hazelnut chocolate (Nutella). TWIST MANIA: choose up to two toppings: sugar, cinnamon , dulce de leche, chocolate, guava, cream cheese, strawberry, caramel, sweet condensed milk, hazelnut chocolate (Nutella). CRISPY MANIA sprinkled with sugar or cinnamon. A TRADITION IN SPAIN Eaten with hot chocolate or cafe con leche, the churro is a tradition inherited from Spain. CHURROMANIA is also present in the following countries: Colombia, Panama , Peru, Aruba, Dominican Republic and Venezuela.