How To Open An Ice Cream Store - Without Franchise Fees!

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What benefits does the Ice Cream Club® offer with a Licensing or Featuring agreement? Click here to find out!

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The Ice Cream Club has a Complete Store Program that assists you in the opening of your retail ice cream store. The total cost can be as low as $48,900. We offer a "franchise look" without the fees or royalties (since we are not a franchise). In addition to helping you with store layout, equipment selection and training, we stock everything you need for your store, including our award winning ice cream, soft serve products, commissary supplies, Club Smoothie® bases, Coffee Club® coffees, ice cream cake supplies and POS. If you already own a store, the cost to convert is minimal since the changes are cosmetic. Stores with their own names may want to feature our products and not change their name. Licensing is not a requirement to purchase our products, but it does offer certain benefits. Whether you license or not, there are no fees involved and many benefits.

No fees or royalties since we are not a franchise.
Equipment Selection and procurement programs available to qualified location.
Training, Manuals and Recipes.
Store layout assistance.
Promotional assistance. Take advantage of The Ice Cream "Clubs" membership promotional concept.
Point of sales material - Flavor name tags, posters, and illuminated menu inserts provided to licensed and featuring stores AT NO CHARGE.
$2500.00 signage credit available to Licensed stores.
Equipment program (see Cost to Open page)
If you are opening a new store, compare our low total cost to open to that of national franchises.

ICE CREAM CLUB ACCOUNT BENEFITS

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FEATURING STORES

LICENSED STORES

Flavor Labels & Holders
Interior Posters
Best Ice Cream Articles (framed)
Ice Cream Club newsletter

Flavor Labels & Holders
Interior Posters
Best Ice Cream Articles (framed)
Ice Cream Club newsletter

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Collage Menu Transparencies
Window Promotional Banners
Annual Promotions such as Free Scoop Night (credit for ½ of tubs given away up to 25 tubs)
Reimbursement of ½ of Gift Certificate mail out up to $200.
Reimbursement of ½ of Postcard mail out up to $200.
Club Membership participation
Copy of The Ice Cream Club Owner/Manager Operations Manual
Operational Training & Cake Decorating Lessons
ICC Logoed Cups available
Preferred equipment pricing
Store layout & design assistance
Store location listing & link on www.icecreamclub.com

Flavor Labels & Holders
Interior Posters
Best Ice Cream Articles (framed)
Ice Cream Club newsletter

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PLUS
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Collage Menu Transparencies
Window Promotional Banners
Annual Promotions such as Free Scoop Night (credit for ½ of tubs given away up to 25 tubs)
Reimbursement of ½ of Gift Certificate mail out up to $200.
Reimbursement of ½ of Postcard mail out up to $200.
Club Membership participation
Copy of The Ice Cream Club Owner/Manager Operations Manual
Operational Training & Cake Decorating Lessons
ICC Logoed Cups available
Preferred equipment pricing
Store layout & design assistance
Store location listing & link on www.icecreamclub.com

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Exterior sign credit up to $2,500, payable $1.25 per tub. This is a one time credit available to new stores or stores who convert to an Ice Cream Club licensed store.
equipment program
Grand opening promotion product credit of $200.
Matching annual TV or Radio ad credit up to $500.

Sample Interior

Sample Exterior

The Ice Cream Club, Inc. will provide you with Point-of-Sale materials to make you one of The Club! View pictures of other Ice Cream Club locations.

Full Size Trailer

Freezer Truck

The Ice Cream Club, Inc. employs it's own fleet of trucks to offer most stores direct store delivery without the use of 3rd party carriers. Click picture for larger image.