Last Updated on August 1, 2012 by DeanR
Monkey Joe’s Parties & Play Franchise Information
Monkey Joe’s Parties & Play is a franchise for a family entertainment facility. It was founded in 2004 and started franchising in 2005.
Monkey Joe’s have wall-to-wall inflatable jumps, slides, and obstacle courses. This is their way to keep children happy, active, and healthy. The play area is designed for children aged 12 years and below. They also have a separate and secure area for toddlers. When it comes to keeping the active environment safe and clean for the children, they sanitize the inflatable with Swisher Hygiene which eliminates up to 99.9% of germs.
To keep everyone safe, they have trained staffs that monitor the area for three years old and below and the area for 12 years old and below. The parents are also encouraged to monitor their children while they are at play. The place is not only for kids but they have a separate waiting area for the adults that has seating, computer stations, flat screen televisions, and free high speed wireless internet. They now have 50 locations in the United States.
What is the story of the character that represents the business, Monkey Joe?
Monkey Joe is a furry purple monkey. He lives on an island known as Coco-nutty Island. He is a monkey who is healthy, climbed coconut trees, surfed ocean waves, and skateboarded on slate rocks.
Monkey Joe fell from the tallest tree in the island but he was not hurt. He just bounced on a patch of vines. Monkey Joe thought “What fun this is to bounce!”. He enjoyed it too much that he went searching with his friends for more bouncy plates. On their search, they also found slippery algae that they can slide on. Monkey Joe wanted to share his bouncing with others outside the island. He left and makes guest appearances at children’s parties and other events.
What are available at the concession are while children played?
They have the Monkey Joe favourites like popcorn, pizza, candies, ice cream, and other varieties of snacks. For drinks, they have Coca Cola beverages, Dasani bottled water, and ICEE or Artic Blast. Other merchandise includes socks since it is required to enter the play area, T-shirts, and push toys.
Cost and requirements on running a Monkey Joe’s Parties & Play franchise
You need to have a net worth of $500,000 and a total liquid asset of at least $150,000. Expect to be investing about $450,000 to $750,000. The Monkey Joe’s Parties & Play franchise fee is $40,000 with an on-going royalty fee of 5%. This is for a renewable 10 year term agreement. They also require a general business experience. They have financing options being provided by financial institutions who has previously assisted other franchisees.
What is included in the franchise package?
There will be eight days training at the headquarters and four days at your location. Training includes POS operation, Opening and closing duties, Recruiting, interviewing, hiring and training your staff, Accounting procedures, Setting up your back office, Walk-in and party check-in procedures, Scheduling and hosting a birthday party, Scheduling and labor management, Developing a marketing plan, and Customer service skills. You will be provided assistance in site selection including site economics, lease negotiations, and construction processes and store build-out and consultation. You will receive support in finding your perfect equipment package including your inflatable slides and even up to the ice machine. For marketing support, there will be ad slicks and co-op advertising.
Monkey Joe’s Parties & Play Contact Details
You may reach them at:
Address: 1720 Peachtree St., #1028 Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Phone: (877)534-7216