Frozen Desserts: Ice Cream

Fosters Freeze

Chino Hills, CA · Founded 1946 · FFSR

Fosters Freeze franchisees operate locations serving soft serve confections and may also serve soft drinks, hamburgers, hot sandwiches and other food items.

Read the 2025 FDD ↗www.fostersfreeze.com ↗

2026 Franchise 500

Unranked

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units (2024)

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year over year

Units by Year

2021

2022

2023

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment

$611,500 – $1,009,000

FDD Item 7

Franchise fee

$45,000

FDD Item 5

Ad fund

FDD Item 6

Financial performance

Yes

FDD Item 19 disclosure

Royalty

4% of Gross Sales for Stand Alone Restaurants and 8% of Gross Sales for Confections Restaurants and Co-Located Restaurants

Leadership

Nealesh Dahya
President and Chief Executive Officer
Nimesh Dahya
Head of Global Business Development
Sanjay Patel
Chief Marketing Officer
Urmesh Dahya
Advisor and Board Member
Kishan Patel
Advisor and Board Member

On File

FDD years

2025

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Franchisee records

Current roster rows

Signed, not open

FDD Item 20, Table 5

Franchising for

79 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

PDFFosters Freeze FDD 2025Most recent · opens in a new tab

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