I was getting a lot of inquires as to, 'Can we buy into your concept?' and I had no idea what to do,' Alanis said. Average yearly store sales volume is $1.1 million.Īsked about the price of the Ohio deal, Alanis said the Ohio operators are paying franchise fees per store. Ideal store locations are generally 1,800-2,200 square feet, the site says. That total includes various payments such as the $32,000-$33,000 initial franchise fee, training expenses, equipment, insurance, initial inventory and advertising. Alanis and Vivio also own Vivio's restaurant and bar in Eastern Market.įranchisees pay around $365,000-$566,000, not including real estate costs, according to Beyond's website. Existing locations are two in Birmingham and one each in Southfield, Somerset Collection mall in Troy, Eastern Market, Bloomfield Hills, Grosse Pointe Woods, Northville, West Bloomfield, Shelby Township, Clarkston and Rochester Hills. They met Engelke through construction work on some of their stores.īeyond, based in Madison Heights, is on track to open a total of 20 locations this year.Īlanis also expects to sign a four-store deal in Ann Arbor soon. The Ohio group's principals are Emery Buccellato of Buccellato Development LLC in Grosse Pointe Woods and Eric Engelke of Brunswick, Ohio-based Engelke Construction Solutions. Married co-owners Mijo Alanis and Pam Vivio signed an agreement last Friday with a group of investors to open 20 locations over four years in the greater Cleveland and Toledo areas, according to Alanis. Construction will start soon on two more at Wayne State University and the GM Renaissance Center downtown. It now has five corporate locations and seven franchises, with another to open next week in Detroit's New Center.

Juice bar and cafe chain Beyond Juicery + Eatery's momentum isn't slowing as it signs a 20-store franchise deal to expand to Ohio.įounded as a single store in Birmingham in 2005, the health-conscious food company's growth has accelerated in the last couple of years.

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