Become a part of the world’s largest smoothie brand with over 1300 locations open worldwide! We are rapidly expanding and looking for passionate, dedicated individuals like you to help us take our smoothie franchise to the next level. At Smoothie King, we provide masterfully crafted blends to support our guests healthy and active lifestyles. In return, we have had positive same store sales growth for over 10 years.
Our promise is to encourage guests in their pursuit of a healthy, active lifestyle. And to make Smoothies that not only nutritionally support health and fitness goals, but actually help guests reach them. To fulfill this promise we are committed to blending a more nutritious Smoothie — with organic veggies, more whole fruits and without artificial preservatives, flavors, colors or any of the ingredients on our “No No List.”
As a Smoothie King franchise owner, you’ll have access to:
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Send Me More InformationAn ideal franchisee is health and fitness focused and is dedicated to living our mission of inspiring people to live a healthy and active lifestyle. This person also fully believes in our vision that we can be an integral part of everyone’s health and fitness journey. They also have an entrepreneurial spirit, want to bring a more nutritious option to their community, and have the access to capital required. Bonus if they are a brand enthusiast, a corporate executive interested in running their own business, or are a multi-unit franchisee looking to diversity their portfolio.
As an experienced franchise brand with 48+ years of proven history, we have perfected our training and support techniques over the years. Because we've found that thorough training is a huge key to your success, we'll give you complete training on all things Smoothie King and bestow our knowledge unto you in three phases. As a franchisee, you will have access to our comprehensive intranet for all your operational, training, and support needs.
Of course, we don't stop there. We'll also back you up with ongoing support. From your very first day as a Smoothie King franchise owner, you'll have the full support of over 1300+ stores and our Smoothie King Corporate Team. You'll always have someone ready to answer any questions you may have. And we'll always be there to help you make your business the best.
Our comprehensive training process happens in 4 phases:
Phase 1 – Orientation – A one-day introductory session where we will introduce you to multiple departments and begin the pre-opening process with you.
Phase 2 – Management Training – Our 4-week management training program takes place every month in our Training Center in Dallas. This comprehensive, hands-on course will familiarize you with our core product knowledge and our operational systems.
Phase 3 – Store Opening – One of our New Store Trainers will visit your store for up to five days to make sure you are ready to open your doors.
Phase 4 – Ongoing Support - Our field and corporate support teams are experienced, courteous, and driven toward results. No matter what the topic, we are available to help you face any challenges your business may experience.
We are lifestyle and smoothie brand focused on inspiring our guests to live a healthy and active lifestyle by developing masterfully crafted smoothies to fit our guests’ health and fitness needs. We operate a low labor, scalable business model and are a leader in the $2 billion smoothie industry. Our products resonate with today’s consumer that is looking for healthy, affordable options to fuel their active lifestyles.
Yes, people love our Smoothies, but we don't ever take that love for granted. We use resourceful marketing strategies and tactics to keep our regular guests coming back and to attract new ones. From your very first day as a Smoothie King franchisee, you'll already have the recognition as a leader in the healthy, fresh-blended, nutritional Smoothie segment with access to a great portfolio of effective products, materials, and tools you can use to grow your new business.
We provide franchise owners full access to our marketing support and expertise. From developing your opening marketing plan to sustaining your success, our field marketing teams are experienced, courteous, and driven toward results. No matter the topic, we are available to help you face any challenges your business may experience.
Each Smoothie King franchise owner has the right to initially develop one store for the franchise fee of $30,000. We do have options available for area development agreements for over 3 locations. The investment range is $268,900 to $858,900 and the difference between low and high investment levels exists due to labor, location, varying store sizes, build-out costs and expenses, and your experience and management of the store’s development. We do not provide financing options, but do work with preferred lenders that we can connect you with, if needed.
On average, it takes between 12 and 15 months from the time you start the application process to the time you open your doors.
Active duty or honorably discharged members of the United States Armed Forces are eligible for a discount of 20% off the Initial Franchise Fee. Law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians who have at least 10 years of experience are eligible for a discount of 20% off the Initial Franchise Fee.
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