What factors affect the cost of furniture, fixtures, and equipment for a Cream franchise?
Cream Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
$67,513 with a low of $0 and a high of $113,027.
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- Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment. This estimate includes the cost of furniture, fixtures, and equipment, including a pint freezer, staging freezers, dipping cabinets, an under-counter fridge, waffle irons, hand sinks, dip wells, safes, shelving units, a walk-in freezer, trash cans, a 3-comp sink, a mop sink, a beverage merchandiser, stools, and lockers. This cost will depend on the amounts purchased, local market conditions, the size of your Shop, and other factors. Between 2023 and 2024, our affiliates
opened 17 Jeni's Ice Creams Scoop Shops across the country and relocated/renovated one in a manner consistent with opening a new Shop. For these 18 locations, the average cost of FF&E was $109,819 with a low of $36,149 and a high of $180,869 (four of these affiliate-owned Shops had costs in excess of the high-end estimate in the table above and one had costs lower than the low-end estimate in the table above, in each case due primarily to non-sta
Source: Item 7 — ESTIMATED INITIAL INVESTMENT (FDD pages 17–22)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Cream's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the cost of furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E) for a Cream shop is influenced by several factors. These include the amounts purchased, local market conditions, and the size of the shop. The estimated initial investment for FF&E ranges from $70,000 to $134,000. This estimate covers items such as a pint freezer, staging freezers, dipping cabinets, an under-counter fridge, waffle irons, hand sinks, dip wells, safes, shelving units, a walk-in freezer, trash cans, a 3-comp sink, a mop sink, a beverage merchandiser, stools, and lockers.
Cream's FDD also provides data from 18 affiliate-owned Jeni's Ice Creams Scoop Shops opened or renovated between 2023 and 2024. The average cost of FF&E for these locations was $109,819, with a low of $36,149 and a high of $180,869. The document notes that four of these shops exceeded the high-end estimate, and one was lower than the low-end estimate, primarily due to non-standard footprints and the size of the lobby area. This historical data can give prospective franchisees a sense of the potential variability in FF&E costs.
Prospective franchisees should carefully consider these factors and the provided cost ranges when planning their initial investment. The size and layout of the chosen location, as well as local market conditions, can significantly impact the final cost of FF&E. It would be prudent to discuss these variables with Cream and approved suppliers to develop a more precise estimate for a specific location.