Stella's Ice Cream Franchise Cost and Requirements for 2025

- Premium, proprietary ice cream dairy mix available through an established relationship with the leading ice cream dairy manufacturer, ensuring consistent quality and distribution.
- Owners maintain creative control with a "brewery model" allowing Franchisees to customize their own flavors and unique products
- Franchisees have access to a Franchisor support system with years of hand-on experience as a store operator and also an industry consultant.
- Fresh made cookies, brownies, waffle cones on a daily basis and seasonal product offerings.
- Largest selection of Dairy Free / Vegan / Gluten Free options of any frozen dessert franchise.

Strong Profitability Potential - We don't do what we do here at Stella's just for the money, but our profitable model is a huge part of our success story. We'll give you strategic vendor relationships, staff hiring parameters for better staff retention, cost-effective recipes and procedures, and perfected marketing designs. Stella's gives you a strong, proven financial model so you can feel confident each day in business and start making money opening day.

The Vibe - Let's be honest, Stella's is a cool place to hang out. With a modern look that's great for social media, while still being an inviting place for the community. Our look and social media presence brings in customers and makes Stella's a sought-after place to work for teens and college students.

Market Applicability- Whether you are seeking a single unit or multiple units, Stella's is a vastly adaptable concept that works great in a variety of markets across the U.S. Our small 1,000 to 1,500 ft footprint makes finding a site that works for you quick and affordable. Our four corporate locations have become community staples in each of their pertinent markets, proving our viability, our consistency, and our stability. This model is easily tailored to your hometown.

Bold Quality - It's all about the taste. All of our ice cream and baked goods are hand made with high quality ingredients. This is hard to acquire on your own without contacts in the vendor space for quality and cost friendly ingredients and no-fail recipes. The taste is paramount, easily drawing in our customers again and again. The Stella's menu allows you to market tried and true flavors, seasonal options, while also allowing you the power to craft local favorites or flavors of your town.
Our customer base is even bigger thanks to our dairy-free and vegan options so that no one misses out on an incredible experience.

Ice cream truck option - Did you know that you can add an ice cream truck model to your retail business? If you choose to add the ice cream truck model to the franchised business at any time. Adding a truck and/or carts to your business is a great way to promote yourself in the community, but also a fantastic source of additional revenue.