Clean Juice Franchise Costs: Estimated Initial Investment (Item 7, 2024 FDD)
Traditional Store
1. Initial Franchise Fee: $30,000
- The figure above reflects Clean Juice’s standard initial franchise fee.
2. Lease Deposits and Rent: $4,000 to $12,000
- You must lease a location accepted by Clean Juice and construct, remodel, alter, and improve it to Clean Juice’s specifications. These estimates assume that your location will be a leased, unimproved, unfinished retail store-type unit.
- A Traditional Store typically occupies 600 to 1,000 square feet of commercial space. These businesses typically are located on a major thoroughfare, or in or adjacent to a retail strip mall or shopping center, or in an urban storefront.
- Typical rent costs usually range from $2.00 to $8.00 per square foot per month, depending upon factors such as size, condition, and location. Your rent will generally be a fixed base rent plus triple net charges. Your lease may also provide for percentage rent, which will be a percentage of your sales at the Store.
- Security deposits generally are required by utilities, the landlord, and equipment lessors. Amounts will vary depending on the provisions of various leases, utilities’ policies, and your credit rating.
3. Architect, Engineer, Drawings, Site Survey: $15,000 to $26,000
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5. Interior Improvements, General Contractor, Lighting, Millwork, Tile: $110,000 to $266,667
- Construction and remodeling costs vary widely, depending upon the location, design, configuration, and condition of the premises, the condition and configuration of existing services and facilities such as air conditioning, electrical and plumbing, and the terms of your lease.
- The figures in the chart above include a general contractor’s fee (generally equal to 10% to 15% of total construction costs); contractor’s insurance; materials and supplies; tools; labor and subcontractor fees; and other costs to construct leasehold improvements conforming to Clean Juice’s standards.
- The high range of costs in the chart above for a Clean Juice Traditional Store includes typical costs associated with drive-thru including costs associated with the drive-thru menu board, canopy and one presell menu or directional sign, headsets, speaker/microphone, and order confirmation screen.
6. Exterior Signage: $7,500 to $12,000
7. Smallwares, Furniture, Interior Graphics, Fixtures, Equipment: $79,000 to $110,000
- Furniture, fixtures, and equipment include tables, chairs, freezers, display cases and serving equipment, artifacts, all interior design elements and interior and exterior signage, and the POS System described in Item 11. It does not include the costs of air conditioning equipment. It does include the cost of digital menu boards which range between $10,000 to $15,000.
- Financing may be available for all or a portion of your equipment purchases.
- You must prepare and sell all of the menu items as Clean Juice designates, as part of the Store’s standard menu, and provide all standard services Clean Juice designates periodically. If any special or additional equipment or fixtures are needed to provide those services or menu items, you must acquire that equipment or fixture, the cost of which may be significant.
8. POS System: $4,500 to $5,500
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10. Pre-opening Training Expenses: $3,000 to $6,500
- You must make arrangements for and pay the expenses of persons attending Clean Juice’s Initial Training Program, including transportation, lodging, meals, and wages. The amount expended will depend, in part, on the distance you must travel and the type of accommodation you choose.
- The figures in the chart represent the estimated cost for two individuals to attend Clean Juice’s initial training program. If you are opening a Traditional Store, you will also be required to attend an additional initial training program held in Clean Juice’s offices in Dallas, which focuses on managing and operating your business.
11. New Store Marketing Plan Fee: $5,000
12. Additional Grand Opening Expenses: $500 to $1,000
- This estimate includes costs of labor, free juice, and product presentation. You will bear these costs as overhead to conduct the grand opening event, and other than your labor costs, no payments are required to be made to any other third parties.
13. Insurance – Liability and Workers’ Compensation (initial deposit): $3,000 to $7,000
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15. Additional Funds (3 months): $15,000 to $40,000
- These estimates do not include pre-opening training expenses, pre-opening food waste, managerial salaries, or any payment to you. These estimates also do not take into account (i) finance payments or charges, interest, and related costs you may incur if any portion for the initial investment is financed, or (ii) the costs of a security system, which Clean Juice estimates will cost between $100 and $150 per month to lease.
- These amounts are the minimum recommended levels to cover operating expenses, including your employees’ salaries for three months. Your actual costs may vary. Additional working capital may be required if sales are low or fixed costs are high.
16. Total: $286,000 to $542,667
- Clean Juice’s estimates are based on its experience and its current requirements for Clean Juice franchises.
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