Our Play-to-Win Culture and Values | Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Published on: May 18, 2018

Mike Rotondo, CEO of Tropical Smoothie Cafe, was the keynote speaker at an IFA Franchise Development Seminar in Minneapolis on May 16, 2018. His talk titled, “Selling Culture”, focused on how franchise brands can promote their mission and culture to drive Franchise Owner recruitment and spur growth. Rotondo outlined the four key values Tropical Smoothie Cafe is based on:

Rotondo also outlined the qualities prospective Franchise Owners should embody:

By adhering to these values and qualities and looking for Franchise Owners who share them, Tropical Smoothie Cafe has effectively positioned itself for amazing growth. In the past five years, Tropical Smoothie Cafe’s system size has more than doubled. Rotondo’s goal is to have 1,500 open by 2025.

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*$1,248,276 Top 50% Average Net Revenues. *$979,491 System Wide Average Net Revenues. Based on our fiscal year ending 12/31/2023 and includes 1,151 Restaurants that were open for at least 12 months as of 12/31/2023. Excludes non-traditional locations and Restaurants that were not open for at least 357 days in 2023. This information appears in Item 19 of our Franchise Disclosure Document. Your results may differ. There is no assurance that you will do as well.

†The initial investment range is $300,000-$720,500. The range is based on estimated costs for End-Cap or In-Line Tropical Smoothie Cafe Restaurants, which include those located in or at “strip style” retail shopping centers but does not include drive-thru Restaurants. For fiscal year 2023, these End-Cap and In-Line Tropical Smoothie Cafe Restaurants typically ranged in size from 1,200 to 1,900 square feet. If your Franchised Business includes a drive-thru, the additional expense (including the cost of leasehold improvement, restaurant fixtures and equipment, and other costs) would be approximately $35,000 to $55,000. See Franchise Disclosure Document for additional information regarding investment costs. The average investment does not reflect tenant improvement allowance. For 2023, the average tenant improvement allowance was $43,500.

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