A New Franchise Wants You to Get Excited About the Latest Health-Food Craze
Frutta Bowls is turning a simple berry into a big business opportunity.
Goodbye quinoa. Move over kale. The , a small, reddish-purple berry that apparently is rich with antioxidants and other health benefits.
Founded in 2016, a company called aims to capitalize on this latest food craze. Its menu includes a wide variety of a莽a铆 bowls鈥攂asically an a莽a铆 smoothie in a bowl, topped with different toppings like oatmeal, fruit or peanut butter鈥攌ale bowls, oatmeal bowls and smoothies. Depending on the toppings, these bowls range from relatively healthy to somewhat indulgent.
Riding a莽a铆’s popularity, Frutta Bowls says it already has 70 franchise locations opening this year. “The best thing about being a franchisee is that they get everything: they’re getting the recipes, they’re getting the menu. Everything’s built for them,” Frutta Bowls founder and CEO Brooke Gagliano says. “If they believe in the product and really love what they’re selling to the customers, they’re going to have a great experience.”
New Frutta Bowls franchisees can expect to pay an initial franchise fee of $20,000 (per location), as well as a 6 percent royalty fee and a 1 percent marketing fee.
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