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Frequently asked questions |
Here are some of the frequently asked questions by the parties who are
interested in signing up for a franchise |
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What is an exclusive outlet?
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This is an outlet to exclusively sell CaneFresh products in a
commercial location. It requires a minimum space of 15x10 feet. |
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What is a kiosk outlet?
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This is an outlet to sell CaneFresh products inside a
mall or in a food court in IT companies. This requires a minimum of 6x6 feet
space. |
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Who will select the place to have the exclusive outlet/kiosk?
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We can help
you in identifying a
place. If you have a location in mind, our experienced team members can visit and provide you guidance
on whether it will be a profitable location for our products or not. |
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Will CaneFresh help me in setting up the kiosk / designing the
interiors for the outlet?
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| Yes we have a standard design for the kiosk as well as for the exclusive
outlets. We will help the franchisee to setup the outlet. |
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Do the franchisee need to purchase liability insurance for
potential damage/loss at the property?
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| Yes the franchisee's are expected to purchase the insurance for the
machine as well as for the operators. The premium varies anywhere between
INR 400 to 600 per month |
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How often will supplies be sent? Can they
be sent on-demand? |
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Our operations manager will
make sure enough supplies are provided to the outlet. Typically supplied on
daily basis |
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When does garbage collection take place? Will the machine fill up
before the garbage is collected and can the operator replace the garbage
bag?
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Single garbage bag can
collect trash upto 100 cups. Once it gets filled the operator will replace
with a new garbage bag. At the end of the day it is disposed through the
municipal corporation by paying them INR 1000 per month (charges vary
depending on the city).We are exploring ways to recycle this trash to be
more environment friendly |
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Who will clean and maintain? How often is this done? |
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Operator must clean the
machine “deeply” in the evening before the outlet closes.
Deeply means we use food grade descaler to
clean the tubes in the evening to guarantee the machine is 100% clean.
He must flush the tubes with water in the morning before he begins to vend the juice |
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What is the warranty and service support on
the machine? |
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We provide support for the machines through our own service engineers. All the maintenance for the machine are performed only by them.
In case of repair, usually the machine will send a message to our support person automatically (This feature is work in progress).
At present the operator has to call the local dedicated support person to report the issue. He/she will immediately attend the issue and fix it. |
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Will the machine report on number of cups sold everyday? Where will
I see the report? |
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Our vending machine reports the opening sales and closing sales everyday
from anywhere in the world. We are working to provide that information as a
web based report to our franchisor.In the meantime we email the sales to the
franchisee on daily basis. |
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Who is the manufacturer of the vending machine? |
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We have our own manufacturing facility to manufacture the vending machines.
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Who determines price/cup? Does it vary by region and location? |
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It varies from location to location. We provide the recommendation for the
franchisee to fix the price/cup. We leave it to the franchisee to decide the
final price. |
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Will you help in procuring license/permits? |
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For most places you do not need a license. In places where the permit is
needed, we work with the authorities to get the permit. |
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Is the supply of sugarcane guaranteed 365 days of the year? |
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Yes. One of the long range plans is to have contracts with the farmers to
grow a specific variety of cane so that the taste of the juice remains the
same throughout the year |
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What is the competitive landscape like? Are there other sugarcane
juice
vendors with a similar machine? |
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There are some competitors in Bangalore who have similar concept. But the
machines they use do not have the built-in cooling system which we have
patented. We built this business from the beginning with franchising in
mind. Besides they don’t have the remote controlled machines like us which
can report the sales automatically and needs significantly bigger investment
to setup an outlet. So we are confident our model will be the successful
model. |
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What is the cost to set up an outlet or kiosk? In other
words, what is the investment amount needed? Is it required all at once or
is it done in parts? |
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Please contact us via email or phone to understand more on the cost
structure as well as return of investment. The numbers and email address are
listed in the contact us . |
