A Sensationally Sweet Experience!
The Sweet Shoppe & Nut House is an exciting new confectionary retail concept that is winning customers like no other. The business was founded in 2011 by Jennifer & Blake Rolley as a retail store in Flagstaff, Arizona. From day one, the store has been referred to not as a candy store but rather an "Experience Store." Customers are greeted by a friendly team and the smell of chocolate, fudge, caramel and other sweet sensations being made right in front of their eyes. There is so much to choose from while fun music plays in the background. All of this makes the Sweet Shoppe & Nut House a novel experience!
Our products
We offer four main products that wow our customers and keep them coming back for more. While there is a lot to choose from, we believe it is the core four products - gelato, fudge, caramel apples and chocolates - that set our concept apart from all others. We complete the store offering with a retail space filled with a wide variety of packaged products.
Owning a Sweet Shoppe & Nut House store
We are offering single unit franchises and multi-unit franchises in North America for an initial term of 10 years, with an option to renew for an additional 10-year term.
Owning your own Sweet Shoppe & Nut House store is both exciting and challenging. The best stores are owner operated, with the owner spending time in the store. You may elect to hire a manager but we strongly encourage our franchisees to be active in their stores.
We believe the Sweet Shoppe & Nut House is different in that we spend a great deal of time training each and every team member on how to provide exceptional service to the customer. It is this interaction with visitors to the store that will build a strong following of loyal and returning customers.
You will merchandise your store with product from our approved vendor list. But more importantly, you will make a lot of the product in your store. Your store-made product will have tremendous profit margins and we encourage our franchisees to make a high volume of store-made product to be as successful as possible. We believe that product being made in the store has a strong attraction for customers who want to buy homemade edible items.
Premier support and training
Our franchise relations team will support you throughout your term as a franchisee. They will make visits to your store and be available by telephone. The training process is extensive and designed to provide you with all the tools you need to run your store when the doors open. You will spend six to eight days in Flagstaff, AZ at our corporate offices and in our affiliate store.
Your training will continue when your store is ready to be opened. The franchise relations team will arrive prior to the scheduled opening and will assist in making store-made products, final set-up and merchandising, establishing procedures and all areas of store and business operations.
Site selection and store build-out
The site selection process is an important part of launching a successful store. We will work with you and your realtor to identify the very best location. A high traffic footprint is essential to operating a profitable store.
A Sweet Shoppe & Nut House store will typically be 1,200 to 1,500 square feet. The retail area should be between 800 and 1,000 square feet. Our store build-out program includes all elements of the design materials that replicate the old fashioned candy store. We will work with your architect and contractor to ensure your store is consistent with our concept design.
