The Nautical Bowls franchise team has over 20 years of franchise experience, growing multiple franchise concepts spanning 28 countries and 6,000 locations. In two minutes or less, we serve up açai bowls packed with superfoods containing essential vitamins and nutrients. We are not only the most affordable açai concept
in the space, our stores on average drop 22% to the bottom line.
Nautical Bowls Franchise Opportunity
There’s a lack of true healthy food options on-the-go. We know it is difficult to find a quick meal without compromising your healthy lifestyle. At Nautical Bowls, we combine healthy, fresh superfood bowls and with an uplifting atmosphere to create incredible customer satisfaction.
Our bowls are all-natural, gluten-free, dairy-free, plant-based, and packed with essential vitamins and nutrients for your body to thrive!
It’s a complete meal that satisfies hunger while also making you feel great!
With the guidance of our experienced executive team, raving guest testimonials, low-cost startup plan, highly profitable business model, and exceptional marketing support, Nautical Bowls is an incredible ground floor opportunity!
LOW-COST INVESTMENT
While our competitors in our space require an initial investment for upwards of $450,000 to get in the game, you can get into Nautical Bowls for $50,000 down and an investment under $250,000.
When you take into consideration our commitment to delivering a great product and a top-notch guest experience, our lower initial investment, simple operation, and strong unit economics, this provides an easy path for our franchisees to be multi-unit owners.
HERE TO HELP YOU SUCCEED
We hold your hand throughout this entire process. Our executive team has over 30 years of experience franchising brands. We have detailed systems and processes to guide you from the moment you sign your FDD up until your grand opening. Our support does not stop there, we are excited to serve you throughout your Nautical Bowls journey!
Franchise Partner training (we call Nauti University) takes place at our corporate Office in Minnesota, and at one of our Nautical Bowls corporate stores in Minnetonka, MN or Eden Prairie, MN.
Nauti University will cover everything our franchise partners need to know to run a store at optimal efficiencies including, but not limited to, how to make a quick and quality Nauti Bowl, inventory management, scheduling, team training, POS navigation, and most importantly, our Nautical Bowls culture.
We understand exactly what it takes to operate and scale in any size market.
We’re committed to each and every franchisee and extend every resource to leverage our knowledge and experience as our franchisee’s chart their own course towards work/life balance and financial freedom.
Ongoing support is available at a moment’s notice and our team will assist in all areas from operations, team management, forecasting, guest management, marketing, and everything in between!
SIMPLE & SCALABLE
Our build outs are not expensive, there is not excessive overhead, and our product is not complex to create. Since day one, we have been focused on creating the most efficient way of doing everything that surrounds our business and now have extremely simplified processes for every task.
With a small footprint of 600-1,200 square feet finding real estate is easier and faster, so our franchise partners can open their stores quickly!
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
We have fine-tuned the operations of running a healthy fast-casual concept and turned the industry profitability norms on its head (over double industry average profit margins). Staffing for our stores is generally 1 full time manager and 12-15 part-time employees.
Our build outs are affordable, in fact, the typical investment for a Nautical Bowls franchise is less than 250K (franchise fee included)! Since day one, we have been focused on creating the most efficient systems and processes to help you manage and expand your Nautical Bowls business.
AMAZING GUEST EXPERIENCE
Many brands claim to focus and care about the guest experience but how many have developed a training program solely around company culture and step-by-step guides to create incredible guest experiences and loyalty? At Nautical Bowls, we prioritize authentic and powerful community relationships.
Nautical Bowls has an extremely loyal following among its guests. We’ve found once someone tries one of our unique signature bowls, we’ve created a guest for life.
The Nautical Bowls experience tends to draw people who associate themselves with living an active and healthy lifestyle.
With so many of us living an on-the-go lifestyle, we found that our product appeals to everyone regardless of age or gender. Our guests are not only on the go, but they also want a healthy alternative to what most fast-food establishments are offering today.
IDEAL FRANCHISE PARTNER
The ideal Franchise Partner is passionate about health and wellness and making people feel awesome! They have the entrepreneurial spirit and love being involved in their community.
They have an “Others First” mentality and share our vision for providing the best healthy meal experience and know that is only possible by delivering amazing service.
We are looking for like-minded entrepreneurs who want to capitalize on this rapidly growing segment of the restaurant industry and be part of our winning açai team!
Our best owners are those that don’t place limits on their ambition or success and are ready to build an amazing business while achieving work/life balance.