Emerald City Smoothies
Emerald City Smoothies Business Type: Franchise Liquid Capital Required: $75k Total Investment: $169k - $293k Financing Assistance: Yes, 3rd Party Training and Support: Yes   SCROLL TO BOTTOM TO  REQUEST FRANCHISE INFORMATION 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.   We've also built our uniqueness beyond the product. We build customer loyalty everyday through: 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 Supplements for any health goal from weight loss to bulking up Smoothie recipes that won the "best of" smoothie category in a Seattle poll, featuring a unique blending process that creates a smooth, refreshing, but never-watery, taste Branding and design that helps draw customers into your stores and makes selection of high-margin add-on products easy. Click here for a virtual tour of one of our world-class locations. Marketing, training, site selection, and quality control services SouthCenterMall   Emerald City Smoothie also features all the benefits of franchising including our formula for operating to help avoid many 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!     FranchiseCocnepthe concept Emerald City Smoothie a two-in-one business concept that marries incredible tasting nutritionally dense smoothies and health focused retail supplements and snacks. At the center of the Emerald City Smoothie value proposition is a great tasting product and outstanding service. The best description of our smoothies is that they taste fresh, like just-picked fruit off the tree. Once customers try the product, they come back.   The Emerald City Smoothie Customer Study, by integrated brand experts Parker LePla, shows the following:   1. 100% of customers indicate that they will buy additional smoothies from Emerald City Smoothie in the future 2. A large majority of our customers visit our stores three or more times per week 3. 64% of our customers say being an Emerald City Smoothie customer tells the world they are health conscious 4. 39% were referred to Emerald City Smoothie by a friend 5. Customer top-three buying criteria include taste 32%, service 25%, and health 21% 6. Emerald City Smoothie scored an average 4.29 on brand strength on a scale ranging from -5 to +5.   A 4.29 places these customers in the Committed level, which is characterized by extreme loyalty, a willingness to pay more than for a competitive product and a desire to tell others about the brand.   This customer behavior makes Emerald City Smoothie a strong brand. In addition, industry as a whole benefits from America's need to embrace a healthier lifestyle and combat obesity. A report by Mintel, Chicago, February 2007 showed the U.S. smoothie market hit $2 billion in sales. Insatiable demand and creative expansion of the category send smoothies into the multibillion-dollar zone. "Consumers are embracing the (smoothie) trend in a major way, and for a variety of different reasons." "Consumers are attracted to smoothies because they are seen as a healthier option to most sweets and on-the-go meals," writes David Lockwood, director of Mintel Reports.   Our customers appreciate taste and health Emerald City Smoothie customers span all age ranges, they value good health-most exercise regularly and many belong to gyms. They value great tasting beverages and seek out Emerald City Smoothie smoothies as a healthy alternative to fast food. They consider their smoothies to be either a meal substitute, a treat or a way to reinforce their exercise regimen and health goals. They also value being part of the Emerald City Smoothie community where they connect with staff and other customers to reinforce their health goals. A majority of our customers stop in several times a week-33% of customers frequent our stores 5 times a week or more, 19% come in 4 times and 15% come in 3 times per week. While in our stores, many customers also buy protein bars and other nutritional supplements based on their health goals.     To receive more information from Emerald City Smoothies simply fill out the short form below and they will contact you as soon as possible. CLICK HERE To RETURN TO BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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