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***E-2 Buyer eligible*** Please provide your contact information to automatically receive the NDA and Buyer Profile form. Asking Price: $399,000 Sales: ~$505,000 Seller's Discretionary Earnings (2023, 2024, 2025): ~$67,000 Rent: ~$5,170.48 all-inclusive (CAM) Lease: 8/31/2034 Size: 1,318 sf Operation: Absentee-operated business with management in place. Significant opportunity for an owner-operator to improve profitability through hands-on oversight, local marketing, and operational efficiencies. Employees: 1FT, 7PT Inventory between $3,000 to $10,000 is not included in the asking price.
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Rare opportunity to acquire a new drive-thru Jamba Juice and Auntie Anne’s co-brand location in Northern California. This format is extremely uncommon, with only approximately three of these dual-brand drive-thru locations operating on the West Coast. Developing a new drive-thru location typically requires multiple layers of city approvals including zoning review, planning commission approval, traffic studies, and building permits, which can make approvals difficult to obtain in many markets. The business opened July 31, 2025 and generated approximately $683,365 in gross sales through December 31, 2025, according to the seller. The seller notes that summer months are the peak season for this concept and projects approximately $400,000 in annual net income from the business. The store is currently run fully absentee, with staff handling the day-to-day operations. The seller reports approximately $1,000,000 invested into the build-out, including about $450,000 in equipment, creating a modern turnkey location. Reported operating metrics include: • Cost of goods: ~$136,673 (~20% of sales) • Rent: $5,280 per month / ~$26,400 during the reported period (~3.9% of sales) This opportunity may be particularly attractive to experienced franchise operators or multi-unit owners looking to add a newer drive-thru concept to their portfolio. The owner is selling in order to free up capital for another project.
National transaction benchmarks for juice bar businesses.
Under $500K
$500K to $2M
A variety of factors can cause businesses to trade outside this range, including earnings quality, operational transferability, key-person risk, growth trajectory, and geography, so a listing priced above or below the typical multiple usually reflects real differences in the underlying business.
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Key diligence, valuation, financing, and transition considerations for buyers evaluating juice bar acquisitions.
A juice bar lives on walk-by and walk-in traffic, so its position, visibility, and neighborhood determine its sales. A great concept in a weak location will struggle no matter how good the product is. Study the foot traffic, the surrounding businesses and demographics, and how dependent sales are on a particular spot, because in this format the real estate is much of the business.
Fresh fruit and vegetables spoil quickly, so a juice bar's profitability hinges on tight purchasing and low waste. Sloppy inventory management quietly destroys already-thin margins. Look at the cost of goods sold, the spoilage and waste figures, and how the operator forecasts and orders, since disciplined buying is often the difference between a profitable shop and a struggling one.
Many juice bars operate under franchise brands that bring recognition and systems but charge royalties and fees, while independents keep all the margin and all the marketing burden. Each model has trade-offs that affect both profit and transferability. Determine which you are buying, and for a franchise, read the agreement for royalty rates, renewal, and transfer-approval requirements before assuming the economics.
Juice bars run on hourly staff across long retail hours, and labor is one of the largest controllable costs. Owner involvement, scheduling, and turnover all affect profitability. Understand the staffing model, what the owner personally contributes, and the labor cost as a share of sales, so you can see whether the reported earnings rely on the owner working the counter for free.
Food-service space requires plumbing, equipment, and code compliance, and the lease is typically the largest fixed commitment. Equipment failures and an unfavorable or short lease can undermine an otherwise healthy shop. Confirm the lease term, rent, and transferability, inspect the equipment condition, and verify the space meets health and building codes before you value the business.
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