Cafe Barbera vs Xing Fu Tang Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Cafe Barbera vs Xing Fu Tang including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Cafe Barbera Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
Investment $187,000 - $305,000$289,000 - $943,500
Franchise Fee $35,000N/A
Royalty Fee 6%-
Advertising Fee $500/mo. or 1% Local +$350 Nat'l-
Year Founded 18702019
Year Franchised 20072020
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Business Experience Requirements
 
Cafe Barbera Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
Cafe Barbera Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
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Training & Support
 
Cafe Barbera Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
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Support --
Marketing We have always relied upon a community outreach and participation philosophy that customers understand as supportive of their personal lives and interests. That same “good life” marketing strategy is being applied to the Cafè Barbera brand. Family, friends, neighbors, schools, employers, congregations, service and social groups, non-profits and associations, fan/booster clubs and athletics all connect as groups with a shared, common interest in which the Cafè Barbera brand can participate and be engaged.-
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Expansion Plans
 
Cafe Barbera Franchise
Xing Fu Tang Franchise
US Expansion YesYes
Canada Expansion --
International Expansion YesYes

Company Overviews

About Cafe Barbera

It all starts with coffee from Italy’s oldest coffee roasting company.
Southern Italy 1870. The bracing air of early morning is enriched with intense fragrance in via Garibaldi where the little shop of colonial products radiate light and aromas onto the street. The source of this aroma is the coffee shop of Domenico Barbera, "the magician”, as his affectionate customers nicknamed him. Every day Domenico roasts fresh coffee with passion and dedication on his new coal-fired roaster, "Tornado” that was pride and joy of the Barbera family.

Cafè Barbera provides a great opportunity to own a business with a rich tradition and history in a great industry.
  Cafè Barbera is committed to helping you reach your dreams of success and independence by always treating you with the same care, dedication and attention to detail of our founder so that you too may enjoy "the good life.” A Cafè Barbera Franchise receives the following benefits:

About Xing Fu Tang

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The franchise that we offer is for a Xing Fu Tang business, a retail shop offering premium, Taiwanese-style boba or bubble tea beverages, featuring unique, stir fried, brown sugar tapioca pearls prepared according to a proprietary recipe, using high quality ingredients, and made fresh in front of the customer, and other menu items.

The initial investment necessary to begin operation of a Shop under a franchise agreement ranges from $289,000 to $673,500. This includes $135,000 to $160,000 that you must pay to the franchisor or its affiliates.
The initial investment necessary to begin operation of a Shop under a multi-unit development agreement depends on the number of Shops that you are authorized to develop and ranges from $404,000,000 to $943,500. This includes a development fees of $115,000 to 270,000 depending on the number of Shops that you are authorized to establish under the multi-unit development agreement.