Jamba, formerly known as Jamba Juice, is a quick service restaurant (QSR) chain specializing in juice and related foods. It’s owned by GoTo Foods, an affiliate of private equity firm Roark Capital Group, and so has the backing of a larger company and its resources, as well as the potential for cross-marketing with GoTo’s other food-related brands, but also the risks that come from the extractive side of private equity.
Juice has taken off in a big way since the brand was founded in 1990, and this is reflected in Jamba’s widespread presence across the US, with over 850 stores and a presence in most states. Its more recent renaming reflects a company that’s changing as the market changes, with the word “juice” being dropped both to reflect an expanded menu and to escape mounting health concerns around the negative side of juice. The expanded menu includes acai and oatmeal bowls, waffles, and other foods, letting Jamba compete for a larger part of the QSR market, and in particular for the lunchtime spending of health-conscious American workers.
The gaps in its national presence mean that there are still plenty of territories available, and the franchise is keen on expanding into them, with both single- or multi-unit options available, as well as a flexible store footprint that lets franchisees adjust to their circumstances. To ensure its continued growth, the company is looking for franchisees with executive or operations experience, so this is an option for a franchisee with some experience in leadership, rather than one setting up their first business venture.
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Section I – Estimated initial investment (franchise costs) for a Jamba franchise, based on Item 7 of the company’s 2025 FDD
Section II – Initial franchise fee, royalty fee, and marketing fee for a Jamba franchise, based on Items 5 and 6 of the company’s 2025 FDD
Section III – Number of franchised and company-owned Jamba outlets at the start of the year and the end of the year for 2022, 2023, and 2024, based on Item 20 of the company’s 2025 FDD
Section IV – News updates on the Jamba franchise opportunity
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- 2024 average, median, highest, and lowest net sales, by quartile, for the 32 traditional Jamba franchises with a drive-thru that reported sales in all 52 weeks of fiscal year 2024
- 2024 average, median, highest, and lowest net sales, by quartile, for the 479 traditional Jamba franchises without a drive-thru that reported sales in all 52 weeks of fiscal year 2024
- 2024 average, median, highest, and lowest net sales, by quartile, for the 511 traditional Jamba franchises that reported sales in all 52 weeks of fiscal year 2024
Section VI – Key ratios, comparables, computations, and analyses for the Jamba franchise opportunity (exclusive content for Platinum subscribers)
Section I – Jamba Franchise Costs
- Jamba franchise costs (traditional store without a drive-thru), based on Item 7 of the company’s 2025 FDD:
- Initial Franchise Fee: $35,500
- Construction and Build Out Costs: $200,000 to $340,000
- Permitting: $1,200 to $21,000
- Equipment Package: $142,000 to $175,000
- Millwork: $9,000 to $17,000
- Furniture: $400 to $6,050
- Menu Board, Graphics, and Interior Signage: $2,100 to $8,500
- Exterior Signage: $6,500 to $15,800
- Computer System: $8,800 to $24,000
- Smallwares: $4,000 to $5,500
- TV/Music: $0 to $4,000
- Architect/Engineer: $6,200 to $19,000
- Rent: $4,000 to $10,000
- Grand Opening Marketing: $10,000
- Legal and Accounting Fees: $5,000 to $10,000
- Insurance: $1,550 to $8,100
- Miscellaneous Opening Costs/Office Supplies: $9,000 to $14,000
- Security Deposits: $0 to $15,000
- Management Training Program Fee: $0 to $3,000
- Travel and Living Expenses During Training: $3,600 to $5,700
- On-Site Training Fee: $0 to $6,100
- Opening Inventory: $5,000 to $10,000
- Additional Funds for 3 Months: $15,000 to $43,000
- Total Estimated Jamba (Traditional Store Without a Drive-Thru) Franchise Costs: $468,650 to $806,250
Section II – Jamba’s Initial Franchise Fee, Royalty Fee, and Marketing Fee
- Jamba’s initial franchise fee, royalty fee, and marketing fee, based on Items 5 and 6 of the company’s 2025 FDD:
- Initial Franchise Fee: $35,500
- Royalty Fee: 6% of Net Sales
- Advertising Contribution: currently, 3% of Net Sales
- Advertising Cooperative Contribution: an amount set by your Advertising Cooperative
- Local Marketing Obligation: currently, each calendar quarter, you must spend not less than 1% of Net Sales on local market advertising
Section III – Number of Franchised and Company-Owned Jamba Outlets
Franchised
2022
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 747
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 735
- Net Change: -12
2023
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 735
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 733
- Net Change: -2
2024
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- Outlets at the End of the Year: 726
- Net Change: -7
Company-Owned
2022
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 3
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 3
- Net Change: 0
2023
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 3
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 1
- Net Change: -2
2024
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 1
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 1
- Net Change: 0
Section IV – News Updates on the Jamba Franchise
Section V – Financial Performance Representations (Average Revenues and/or Profits) for the Jamba Franchise (Item 19, 2025 FDD)
- This Item 19 presents information about the financial performance during Fiscal Year 2024 (the fiscal year ended December 29, 2024) of certain Traditional Franchises that were eligible franchises in Fiscal Year 2024.
- A “Traditional Franchise” is a Traditional Store that is operated by a franchisee.
- An “eligible franchise” is a franchise that reported sales in all 52 weeks of Fiscal Year 2024.
- This Item 19 does not include data related to (i) Non-Traditional Stores; (ii) Co-Branded Stores; (iii) Traditional Franchises that were not eligible franchises in Fiscal Year 2024; (iv) affiliate-owned Stores; and (v) food trucks.
- The financial performance and operations of these excluded Stores can vary significantly from the performance and operations of the Traditional Franchises that are represented in this Item 19.
Average Net Sales by Quartile for Traditional Franchises for Fiscal Year 2024
A. Traditional Stores With a Drive-Thru
Top Quartile
- Average Net Sales: $1,175,487
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 3/8 (38%)
- Median Net Sales: $1,072,253
- Lowest Net Sales: $926,703
- Highest Net Sales: $1,847,866
2nd Quartile
- Average Net Sales: $693,415
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 4/8 (50%)
- Median Net Sales: $694,204
- Lowest Net Sales: $620,756
- Highest Net Sales: $782,733
3rd Quartile
- Average Net Sales: $483,585
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 4/8 (50%)
- Median Net Sales: $473,605
- Lowest Net Sales: $401,779
- Highest Net Sales: $591,362
Bottom Quartile
- Average Net Sales: $333,583
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 4/8 (50%)
- Median Net Sales: $329,614
- Lowest Net Sales: $263,659
- Highest Net Sales: $400,605
Total
- Average Net Sales: $671,517
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 14/32 (44%)
- Median Net Sales: $606,059
- Lowest Net Sales: $263,659
- Highest Net Sales: $1,847,866
B. Traditional Stores Without a Drive-Thru
Top Quartile
- Average Net Sales: $1,037,125
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 49/120 (41%)
- Median Net Sales: $994,432
- Lowest Net Sales: $833,641
- Highest Net Sales: $1,564,117
2nd Quartile
- Average Net Sales: $731,758
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 57/120 (48%)
- Median Net Sales: $728,054
- Lowest Net Sales: $641,848
- Highest Net Sales: $832,303
3rd Quartile
- Average Net Sales: $579,297
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 57/119 (48%)
- Median Net Sales: $574,259
- Lowest Net Sales: $512,691
- Highest Net Sales: $640,278
Bottom Quartile
- Average Net Sales: $411,845
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 69/120 (58%)
- Median Net Sales: $431,295
- Lowest Net Sales: $128,002
- Highest Net Sales: $512,332
Total
- Average Net Sales: $690,238
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 205/479 (43%)
- Median Net Sales: $641,848
- Lowest Net Sales: $128,002
- Highest Net Sales: $1,564,117
C. All Traditional Stores
Top Quartile
- Average Net Sales: $1,045,773
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 52/128 (41%)
- Median Net Sales: $1,004,780
- Lowest Net Sales: $833,641
- Highest Net Sales: $1,847,866
2nd Quartile
- Average Net Sales: $729,514
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 60/128 (47%)
- Median Net Sales: $721,637
- Lowest Net Sales: $640,278
- Highest Net Sales: $832,303
3rd Quartile
- Average Net Sales: $576,206
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 61/127 (48%)
- Median Net Sales: $572,294
- Lowest Net Sales: $507,627
- Highest Net Sales: $639,627
Bottom Quartile
- Average Net Sales: $403,886
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 67/128 (52%)
- Median Net Sales: $414,814
- Lowest Net Sales: $128,002
- Highest Net Sales: $507,180
Total
- Average Net Sales: $689,065
- Number and Percentage of Stores Attaining or Exceeding Average Net Sales: 217/511 (42%)
- Median Net Sales: $640,278
- Lowest Net Sales: $128,002
- Highest Net Sales: $1,847,866
- As of December 29, 2024, there were 531 Traditional Franchises. Of those 531 locations, 511 (96.2%) Traditional Franchises are represented in this table.
- This table does not include (i) four Traditional Franchises that did not report sales in all 52 weeks of Fiscal Year 2024, (ii) eight single-branded Traditional Franchises that opened during Fiscal Year 2024, (iii) eight Traditional Franchises that were Co-Branded Stores (including two Co-Branded Stores that opened during Fiscal Year 2024); (iv) 195 Non-Traditional Stores; and (v) one food truck.
- This table also does not include 35 Traditional Franchises that permanently closed during Fiscal Year 2024, all of which had been open for at least 12 months prior to closing.
- No Traditional Franchises were reacquired by Jamba in Fiscal Year 2024.
- Some Stores have sold or earned this amount. Your individual results may differ. There is no assurance that you’ll sell or earn as much.
- “Net Sales” includes all revenues generated by a Store or conducted from or with respect to a Store, whether the sales are evidenced by cash, check, credit, charge, account, barter, or exchange, but does not include (a) the initial sales or reloading of gift cards, (b) discounts, (c) the sale of food or merchandise for which refunds have been made in good faith to customers, (d) the discounted portion of employee meals, (e) sales, meals, use, or excise tax imposed by a governmental authority directly on sales and collected from customers, provided that the amount for the tax is added to the selling price or absorbed therein and is actually paid by you to a governmental authority, (f) the sale of equipment used in the operation of the Store, or (g) tips.
- These sales figures do not reflect the costs of sales, operating expenses, or other costs or expenses that must be deducted from the Net Sales figures to obtain your net income or profit.
- Jamba calculated the figures in the tables in these financial performance representations using financial reports submitted by franchisees.
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