What is the average COGS for the top 25% of Cream shops?
Cream Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
d annual Net Sales that met or exceeded the average annual Net Sales and $933,444 was the median annual Net Sales.
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- COGS means the landed cost of ice cream products and other food, merchandise, beverage products, and ingredients. For products purchased from our Parent, we have imputed the price our Parent would have charged to these Item 19 Shops had they not been owned by our Parent and our affiliates. In the top 25% quartile, 12 Item
Source: Item 19 — FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPRESENTATIONS (FDD pages 51–57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Cream's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) includes the landed cost of ice cream products, food, merchandise, beverage products, and ingredients. For Cream shops that purchase products from Cream's Parent company, the FDD imputes a price that the Parent would have charged had the shops not been owned by the Parent or its affiliates.
For the top 25% of Cream shops, the median annual COGS was $326,708. The FDD also states that 57% of the shops in the top 25% quartile had annual COGS equal to or lower than the average annual COGS.
Prospective franchisees should note that this figure represents the median, not the average. While the median provides a useful benchmark, it's important to understand that half of the shops in this quartile had COGS above this amount. The FDD does not provide the actual average annual COGS for the top 25% of Cream shops. Franchisees should also consider that these figures are based on existing shops, some of which are owned by Cream's parent company, and that costs may vary depending on location, supply chain factors, and operational efficiency.