What is included in the Cream estimate for furniture, fixtures, and equipment?
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 estimate for furniture, fixtures, and equipment includes 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. The total cost depends on the amounts purchased, local market conditions, and the size of the Cream shop.
Cream's FDD states that between 2023 and 2024, affiliates opened 17 shops and relocated/renovated one. For these 18 locations, the average cost of furniture, fixtures, and equipment was $109,819, ranging from a low of $36,149 to a high of $180,869. The document notes that four of these affiliate-owned shops had costs exceeding the high-end estimate, and one had costs lower than the low-end estimate, primarily due to non-standard footprints and the size of the lobby area.
The estimated initial investment for furniture, fixtures, and equipment is between $70,000 and $134,000. These payments are arranged with approved third-party suppliers. This information is crucial for prospective franchisees to understand the scope of investment required for equipping their Cream shop and to plan their budget accordingly, considering potential variations based on location and shop size.