Blue Sky Creamery

Ice cream, gourmet coffees, desserts

Background

Founded: 2000 Franchising since: 2004

1323 XB Pl.
Ames, Iowa 50014

Phone:
(515)268-4336

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 9 employee(s); 5 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2009	7	0	0	1
2008	9	0	0	3
2007	3	0	0	2
2006	5	0	0	2
2005	1	0	0	3

Where Seeking Franchisees
In the U.S. Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North carolina, North dakota, New hampshire, New jersey, New mexico, Nevada, New york, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South carolina, South dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United states, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: 500K population in metro areas

Costs and Fees

Total investment: $98.3K-157.5K
Franchise fee: $15K

Ongoing royalty fee: 6-8%
Term of agreement: 6 years, renewable

Express/kiosk option available

Type of Financing Available

	In-House	Third Party
Franchise Fee	No	Yes
Startup Costs	No	Yes
Equipment	No	Yes
Inventory	No	No
Accounts Receivable	No	No
Payroll	No	No

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $150K
Cash liquidity requirement: $25K
Business Experience:

General business experience
Marketing skills

Operations

Franchise can be run from home
50% of all franchisees own more than one unit
Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 5 - 15
Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (20% of current franchisees are owner/operators)