Cold Stone FDD Summary
Type of Business
As a franchisee, you will operate a restaurant called Cold Stone Creamery specializing in super-premium fresh made ice cream, frozen yogurt, cakes, pies, smoothies, shakes, specialty beverages, soft drinks and other frozen dessert products (prepared using proprietary recipes) and an assortment of complementary toppings and mix-ins on a take-out or eat-in basis, soup and branded, licensed products. You also have the option of having a yogurt bar and selling Cold Stone Yogurt Bar products in your Cold Stone Creamery restaurant.
Corporate Information
Kahala Franchising is an Arizona limited liability company which was formed on December 29, 2008 for the purpose of owning all of the intellectual property assets and franchising business of Kahala Franchising’s affiliate and predecessor, Kahala Franchise Corp. Their parent company is Kahala Brands, Ltd., which is a Delaware corporation. Kahala Brands was formerly known as Kahala Corp. but changed its name to Kahala Brands in December 2014. Prior to that, Kahala Corp. was a Florida corporation and was redomiciled in Delaware on December 31, 2012.
Investment
The total investment necessary to begin operation of a Cold Stone Creamery franchise ranges from $261,125 to $404,525 for a traditional restaurant; from $49,700 to $386,525 for a non-traditional restaurant, from $108,250 to $212,900 for a Cold Stone Express kiosk and from $85,500 to $349,025 for a Cold Stone Yogurt Bar, and $77,500 to $179,500 to add a Yogurt Bar to your Cold Stone Creamery restaurant. This includes $12,000 to $147,050 for a traditional restaurant, $8,000 to $140,050 for a non-traditional restaurant, $2,000 to $121,250 for a Cold Stone Express kiosk, and $0 to $111,050 to add a Yogurt Bar to your Cold Stone Creamery restaurant that must be paid to the franchisor or its affiliate.