Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Unicash Financial Centres | United Check Cashing | |
| Investment | 110000 - 150000 | 226000 - 297000 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 5% | Varies |
| Advertising Fee | ||
| Year Founded | 1992 | 1977 |
| Year Franchised | 1998 | 1992 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Unicash Financial Centres | United Check Cashing | |
| Experience | General business experience | |
Financing Options |
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| Unicash Financial Centres | United Check Cashing | |
| Franchise Fees | No | Yes |
| Start-up Costs | No | Yes |
| Equipment | No | Yes |
| Inventory | No | Yes |
| Receivables | No | Yes |
| Payroll | No | Yes |
Training & Support |
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| Unicash Financial Centres | United Check Cashing | |
| Training | ||
| Support | Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives | United provides assistance in all aspects of the business including ongoing training, marketing support, customized point-of-sale system, accounting system and proprietary store management software. |
| Marketing | Co-op advertising | |
| Operations | 35% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2 Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| Unicash Financial Centres | United Check Cashing | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | 0 | |
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | |
| United Check Cashing | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | |
| United Check Cashing | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | 5% |
| United Check Cashing | Varies |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | |
| United Check Cashing | |
| Year Founded | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | 1992 |
| United Check Cashing | 1977 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | 1998 |
| United Check Cashing | 1992 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | 10 years |
| United Check Cashing | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | $12.5K Cdn. |
| United Check Cashing | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | General business experience |
| United Check Cashing | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | No |
| United Check Cashing | No |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | |
| United Check Cashing | |
| Equipment | |
| Unicash Financial Centres} | |
| United Check Cashing | |
| Inventory | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | |
| United Check Cashing | |
| Receivables | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | |
| United Check Cashing | |
| Payroll | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | |
| United Check Cashing | |
Training & Support |
|
| Training | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | |
| United Check Cashing | |
| Support | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | Meetings, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| United Check Cashing | United provides assistance in all aspects of the business including ongoing training, marketing support, customized point-of-sale system, accounting system and proprietary store management software. |
| Marketing | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | Co-op advertising |
| United Check Cashing | |
| Operations | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | 35% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2 Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
| United Check Cashing | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | |
| United Check Cashing | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | |
| United Check Cashing | 0 |
| International Expansion | |
| Unicash Financial Centres | |
| United Check Cashing | |