Original Cupcakes vs Peace, Love & Little Donuts Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Original Cupcakes vs Peace, Love & Little Donuts including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Original Cupcakes Franchise
Peace, Love & Little Donuts Franchise
Investment $267,500 - $381,000$121,200 - $235,100
Franchise Fee $50,000$40,000
Royalty Fee -6%
Advertising Fee -1%
Year Founded -2009
Year Franchised -2016
Term Of Agreement --
Term Of Agreement --
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
Original Cupcakes Franchise
Peace, Love & Little Donuts Franchise
Experience - Net-worth Requirement $500,000 Liquid Cash Requirement $150,000

Financing Options
 
Original Cupcakes Franchise
Peace, Love & Little Donuts Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees -/--/Yes
Start-up Costs -/--/Yes
Equipment -/--/Yes
Inventory -/--/Yes
Receivables -/--/-
Payroll -/--/-

Training & Support
 
Original Cupcakes Franchise
Peace, Love & Little Donuts Franchise
Training - On-The-Job Training: 40 hours Classroom Training: 20 hours
Support -Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Grand Opening Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform
Marketing -Co-op Advertising Ad Templates Social media Website development Email marketing Loyalty program/app
Operations --

Expansion Plans
 
Original Cupcakes Franchise
Peace, Love & Little Donuts Franchise
US Expansion --
Canada Expansion --
International Expansion --

Company Overviews

About Original Cupcakes

Founded by best friends Heather White and Lori Joyce in 2002, Cupcakes bakes their products from scratch and uses preservative-free, basic ingredients, offering customers fresh batches of yummy goodness daily.

The Cupcakes trademark has been globally recognized as the original cupcakes bakery. It was also the Cupcakes Bakery featured on the hit reality TV Show called, ‘The Cupcake Girls’ on the W Network. The TV Show airs in 90 countries worldwide, including the USA, Asia, and Latin America. The Cupcakes brand stands for fun, nostalgia, and celebration!

 Cupcakes has established the following minimum franchisee requirements: -You must have a minimum of 2 years business and/or management experience -You must be prepared to work full time in your store(s) with eagerness and enthusiasm -You must be in good health; operating your own business can be physically and mentally demanding -You must be willing to follow the systems and manuals provided to you by Cupcakes.
In addition, every Franchisee must have, at a minimum, a satisfactory financial rating and the ability to finance the total capital investment, ongoing operating costs and working capital for the store as required.

About Peace, Love & Little Donuts

In 2009 Ron and Marci open the first Peace, Love, and Little Donuts in one of America's most livable cities, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Located Directly in the Strip District. In creating our Groovy, Far Out and Funkadelic flavors we knew that we could n't lose the incredible taste of our old fashion cake donut. With that in mind each donut was created so that with every bite you would taste our fresh, warm donut, the subtle flavor of our frostings and our crazy selection of Funkadelic toppings; with no one flavor overwhelming the others. All of our stores work hard to make sure that you enjoy those flavors as we intended them from the beginning.
Veteran Incentives  20% off franchise fee