Treat Yourself & Start Living the Future you’ve been Dreaming of with Eggless Cake Shop!
No baking experience is necessary; all you need is a passion for great service, and a love for sharing delicious treats!
Already a cake shop owner and looking for a way to take it to the next level?
Let’s work together!
We can help you offer something different which will make you and your shop really stand out from the crowd. As long as your shop is large enough, and in a suitable location, we would be more than happy to discuss redeveloping your location into a new and promising franchise with huge potential for growth.
Here’s the icing on the cake!
An Eggless Cake Shop franchise is your opportunity to tap into a huge market which is still not properly served in most towns and cities around the country. The major benefits include:
- A complete turn-key package which will get you up and running in no time
- An exceptional business model which is already operating in dozens of locations around the UK
- Full training & support provided by an expert team who know everything about the industry
- Low set-up costs, and low overheads, to help you maximise your profits
- Help finding the perfect location for your store, and help getting it ready for business
What Training & Support will I receive?
You will be enrolled on our comprehensive training programme, which will consist of three parts:
- Hands-on Shop Training
- Business Management Course
- Completion Training
In addition, our ongoing support includes:
- Professional launch package including PR and Marketing
- Ongoing marketing
- Dedicated franchise manager
- Regular visits and meet ups
- Daily reporting
- Access to any recommended or optional training
- Comprehensive operation manuals
- Regular access to new products
AND just being part of a wider network where you can share ideas and work together to overcome any challenges all goes towards your success with us.
Who Are We Looking For?
Successful Eggless Cake Shop franchisees come in all shapes and sizes, and there’s no one single recipe for who makes for a successful partner.
The MOST important thing to understand is that you do not need to be an experienced baker, or even know how to bake a cake at all. All of our cake bases are made for you and delivered fresh every morning. All you have to do is ice and decorate them, and our training will make you an expert.
It is, however, vitally important is that you have a passion for all things cake related, and a commitment to delivering fantastic customer service.
What’s my investment?
The franchise fee is £10,000 (plus VAT), and the balance of this must be paid upon signature of the Franchise Agreement.
There are also a number of other costs to consider; leasing and outfitting your site, business insurance, legal fees etc. These costs will vary from location to location, but we have prepared a detailed breakdown based on our current outlets which we are happy to discuss further with you.
You will also need to have a certain amount of working capital available to support yourself, so a minimum liquid capital of £30,000 is required.
Funding the dream…
Franchising is one of the safest and most secure ways of starting your own business, so many lenders are much more inclined to lend you money against your investment. There are also government funded loans which could be available; we would be happy to point you in the right direction for more information.
You will need to make sure you have enough working capital available to you to cover hiring staff, purchasing supplies and day-to-day costs while you build up your business, but we are on hand to help you assess these costs as part of your business planning should you decide to join us.
What’s my earning potential?
An Eggless Cake Shop franchise has great potential for bringing you a rapid and substantial return on your investment thanks to its low start-up costs, and low operational overheads. Many of our franchisees enjoy a profit margin of between 22% and 26%.
Obviously exactly how much you can expect to earn from your franchise will vary a great deal, based on a variety of factors such as location and the local market. But, based upon our experience to date, a well-performing shop can expect to enjoy operating profits between £45 – £65,000 by the end of Year One*.
*These figures are for illustration purposes only. Once you have signed a non-disclosure agreement, we will be able to share more in-depth financial data from our current operations and help you more accurately assess the earning potential of your proposed location.
What’s my next step?
Get in touch. We are more than happy to talk about what we do, and how we can help you to build your own successful and rewarding business.
Why do Eggless Cake Shops always have so many customers?
Did you know that The Venerable Bede, writing in 725 CE, recorded what we now call February as Sol-Monath, or Solmōnaþ which means ‘the Month of Cakes’.
Or that the earliest recorded reference to a wedding cake dates back to ancient Rome, where a loaf of barley bread was broken over the bride’s head to symbolise good fortune and fertility. In medieval England, wedding guests brought small cakes to the wedding, which were stacked in a pile. The bride and groom would then attempt to kiss over the top of the pile, and if they succeeded, it was believed to bring them good luck.
So people have been baking cakes in this country for centuries probably because the simple fact is that the British absolutely adore them - why wouldn’t they?
Cakes for birthdays, weddings, Christmas, Easter, Eid – even just a little Friday treat, or a gift for a friend. There is no time of year when we don’t love buying – and eating – cakes, and it’s not like these are one off purchases. Customers just keep on coming back time and time again for more of that tasty, cake-y joy.
According to Statisa, in 2021/2022, an average of 94 pence per person, per week, was spent on cakes, buns and pastries in the UK, and with the UK population reaching 67million in 2021 that’s a massive spend of around £3.2 Billion!
There’s no doubt that cake makes a great business, and an Eggless Cake Shop franchise can make it easier than ever before for you to tap into the never-ending demand of the UK’s sweet tooth.
The Eggless Cake Shop can help you to set-up your franchise right where your customers need you, without breaking the bank.
Setting up a retail business can be expensive, and a Food & Beverage business even more so. Finding the right site, making sure it’s fit for purpose, and meets all the legal requirements, buying expensive equipment, the list is endless and can be a massive headache - Not so with Eggless Cake Shop:
- Only a small site is needed. We recommend a minimum of just 800 sq ft. for your new shop, making prime locations with great footfall all that more affordable.
- Only A1 zoning required. An Eggless Cake Shop requires only regular retail shop zoning from local authorities, meaning you can easily take over an existing retail site without paying to have it reclassified, like you would with a restaurant.
- No expensive equipment. No cooking is done on site, so there’s no need for expensive equipment such as extractor fans or ovens, and none of the extra cost or legal requirements that come with them.
- No expensive outfitting. No tables and chairs, no customer toilets, no licensing fees. Just you, your cakes, and plenty of customers coming in and out all day!
Did you also know there is no VAT on cakes? For you as a franchisee, that means an easier time keeping your prices competitive, and a whole lot less paperwork to do at the end of the year.
Ready to build that future you always dreamed about?
