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 | Emerald City SmoothieNourish Your Body |
Business Type
FranchiseMin Liquid Capital
$50,000 to $75,000Total Investment
$75,000 to $293,000Required Net Worth
$150,000Number of Units
65In Business Since
1996* For Current Info See:
Franchise Disclosure Document
Overview
If you are looking for a significant franchise opportunity with a
low cost of entry and a high upside potential, you may be a great
candidate to be an Emerald City Smoothie franchise owner.
One of the most important things that set Emerald City Smoothie apart from the crowd is its unique brand promise. Emerald City Smoothie delivers healthy smoothies with unbeatable taste. When you're getting started, this unique concept contributes to a shorter time to break even. Even better, over the long run, it means that you own a defensible brand that is very difficult to copy.
One of the most important things that set Emerald City Smoothie apart from the crowd is its unique brand promise. Emerald City Smoothie delivers healthy smoothies with unbeatable taste. When you're getting started, this unique concept contributes to a shorter time to break even. Even better, over the long run, it means that you own a defensible brand that is very difficult to copy.
Products & Services
Make the switch from high-fat, empty calorie fast foods to Emerald
City Smoothie. Our meal replacement smoothies are perfect for
breakfast, lunch, dinner or an afternoon refresher. Made with the
freshest fruit, pure juice, and the highest quality supplements;
Emerald City's Smoothies are naturally high in vitamins and minerals.
All of our smoothies can be made dairy free by substituting soy or
whey. Just one sip and we think you’ll agree that it’s the best
smoothie you’ve ever tasted. Eating the wrong foods can weigh you down due to the significant energy consumed in the digestion of these foods. Nutrition experts agree that fueling your body with healthy food throughout the day is the best way to maintain physical strength and mental sharpness. It also helps you stick to your ideal weight by curbing hunger and keeping your metabolism high.
A good rule of thumb when it comes to nutrition: the closer to earth, the better for your body. That is why our smoothie menu is loaded with fresh fruits and full of vitamins, minerals, and healthy supplements.
Training & Support
- Use of the Emerald City Smoothie brand and all existing and new marketing materials
- Assistance with real estate brokers, site selection, lease negotiation and construction based on best practices learned from over 30 store openings
- A turn-key system that includes all architectural design, equipment, shelving, graphics, and signage at a reasonable cost
- Extensive ECS Experience training for you and one staff member on drink making, developing a customer community, business management and marketing
- Grand opening planning and support
- “It’s my store” customer involvement program
- Peer-to-peer problem and solution sharing with other franchise owners
- New drink introductions based on successful pilot programs at other franchises
- Web presence for easy store location and product and service pre-selection
- Periodic marketing strategies for pilot testingand implementation
- Greater buying power for smoothie and health products as a member of our buying cooperative
- Periodic visits to assist with general operations, employee training and to help you fine-tune the ECS experience
- Analysis of store sales and performance versus system- wide benchmarks
Why Emerald City Smoothie?
We've also built our uniqueness beyond the product. We build customer loyalty everyday through:
Emerald City Smoothie also features all the benefits of franchising including our formula for operating a business that helps avoid many business mistakes commonly made by new business owners. Today, one out of every seven dollars spent by Americans for retail goods and services is spent in a franchised or independent product distribution business (source: IFA Franchise Opportunity Guide, p. 31, Fall/Winter 2004). Franchising generates an estimated $1.5 trillion in the U.S. economy annually (source: www.franchise.org/opportunities). The combination of the franchisor's expertise and your hard work create the potential for a strong business. With a franchise, you are in business for yourself, not by yourself!
- A personal service philosophy that turns our employees into part of our customer's fitness-support team, which keeps customers coming back, according to the Parker LePla Emerald City Smoothie Customer Study 2005
- The right supplements for any health goal from weight loss to bulking up
- Smoothie recipes that won us the "best of" smoothie category in a Seattle poll, featuring a unique blending process that creates a smooth, refreshing, but never-watery, taste
- World-class visual branding and store design that helps draw customers into your stores and makes selection of high-margin add-on products easy
- Corporate marketing, training, site selection, and quality control services
Emerald City Smoothie also features all the benefits of franchising including our formula for operating a business that helps avoid many business mistakes commonly made by new business owners. Today, one out of every seven dollars spent by Americans for retail goods and services is spent in a franchised or independent product distribution business (source: IFA Franchise Opportunity Guide, p. 31, Fall/Winter 2004). Franchising generates an estimated $1.5 trillion in the U.S. economy annually (source: www.franchise.org/opportunities). The combination of the franchisor's expertise and your hard work create the potential for a strong business. With a franchise, you are in business for yourself, not by yourself!
Are You a Good Fit for Emerald City Smoothie?
While both food and retail experience are
helpful, neither is necessary.
Essential qualifications
include:
Having a good work track
record or previous business
ownership experience.
Being willing to commit to our
high standards for the ECS
Experience—both from a service and product point of view.
Financial Qualifications:
Net worth of $300,000 with $75,000 in liquid assets.
Financial Qualifications:
Net worth of $300,000 with $75,000 in liquid assets.
