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Buy a Boba Nation Grand Franchise

Boba Nation Grand is a bubble tea and specialty beverage franchise founded in 2022 in Newark, California. The brand serves more than 250 made-to-order drinks and snacks, including milk teas, fruit teas, smoothies, frappes, iced coffees, matcha, lemonades, acai bowls and desserts, with a deliberately broad positioning aimed at a multicultural customer base rather than a single demographic.

Stores run a quick-service model with a small footprint and a compact team of around four part-time staff per shift. Drink preparation centres on boba products and needs no kitchen hood or fryer, keeping the build simpler than a full food-service kitchen. The franchise is offered in two formats, a full store model and a smaller kiosk model, giving owners options on location type and entry cost.

Ingredients are sourced through supplier partners including BBLY, which supplies Taiwan-sourced tea components, and Sysco. Customer-facing technology includes a branded mobile app with loyalty and order-ahead, third-party delivery integration and a centrally managed digital menu. The network is currently concentrated in California, with franchising open across additional US states and Canada.

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Why buy a Boba Nation Grand Franchise?

To buy a Boba Nation Grand franchise is to enter a fast-growing beverage category with a menu that reaches well beyond the milk-tea core most boba shops rely on. With over 250 options spanning teas, smoothies, coffees, bowls and desserts, including gluten-free and vegan choices, a single location can serve a wide range of customers and dayparts.

The operating model is built for efficiency: a small footprint, a lean part-time team and drink preparation that avoids the cost and complexity of a hood-and-fryer kitchen. Supplier relationships with BBLY and Sysco support consistent sourcing, while a branded app, loyalty programme and delivery integrations help drive repeat orders. The franchisor highlights strong sales at its top-performing stores, a claim buyers should verify against the current FDD and the unit’s trading accounts.

Boba Nation Grand Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2023 data reported in the 2024 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      2022

    • Franchising Since

      2022

    • New Startup Cost

      $350,000 – $495,000

    • Avg. Resale Price

      Contact us for details

  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $30,000

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      75%

      of then-current Franchise Fee; 50% existing franchisee; $1,500 restructure

    • Royalty Fee

      5%

      of Gross Revenue

    • Marketing Fee

      Up to 1%

      of Gross Revenue

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      3

    • New Units Opened *

      1

    • Units Transferred *

      0

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      Not Disclosed

    * Based on 2023 data reported in the 2024 FDD

Boba Nation Grand – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Incoming owners complete structured training of 80 hours in total, 22 hours of classroom instruction plus 58 hours of on-the-job training, with a Discovery Day visit during onboarding. Ongoing support covers operations through phone contact, in-store visits, quarterly business reviews and P&L management, alongside marketing help spanning co-op advertising, social media, SEO, app-based loyalty and direct-mail campaigns, with supply backed by BBLY and Sysco. Resale buyers should confirm with Boba Nation Grand what transfer training and app and system access carry over to a new owner.

  2. Ideal Owner

    The model suits hands-on local operators who enjoy customer-facing retail and can manage and motivate a small part-time team in a fast-paced service setting. Food or beverage experience is helpful but not required, as the franchisor provides training and standardised drink preparation. Owners who are organised with inventory, scheduling and local marketing tend to fit well, and the brand points to semi-absentee operation as possible once a store is established. Those drawn to building a local presence, and potentially multiple units, align with the concept.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Boba Nation Grand earned a "Best Restaurant" nod from Restaurant Ji and a Restaurant Guru recommendation in 2023, both reflecting its drink quality and service. The brand has also been featured on Entrepreneur.com and Franchising.com as it has grown since beginning franchising in 2022, and it carries consistently strong customer reviews on platforms such as Yelp. As a young concept its recognition is still building, so resale buyers should weigh brand-level reputation alongside the specific unit's local reviews, repeat customers and community visibility.

  4. Industry / Market

    Bubble tea is one of the faster-growing segments of the US beverage market. Future Market Insights values the US bubble tea market at about $1.08 billion in 2025, projected to reach roughly $2.69 billion by 2035, while IBISWorld counts more than 6,600 bubble tea shops nationally, a base that expanded at around 24% a year between 2020 and 2025. Demand is driven by younger, experience-led consumers and the category's fit with customisation and delivery. For resale buyers, local foot traffic, demographics and nearby competition shape how a unit performs.

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