Baby Boomer Turns to Franchise

This Baby Boomer's Taking Control and You Can Too!

Don't let the economy bring you down, fight back and take control of your future.

The year was 1968 and I was living the Hawaiian lifestyle...I was living the dream. I still remember the sand at my feet, sun that turned to magnificent sunsets, trying to catch the perfect wave, bonfires at the beach with friends, and wishing it would never end. Not long after my days in Hawaii, I left the beautiful shores and Hawaiian culture to pursue a different dream. I now dreamt of wealth, stability, supporting my family, and the hopes that one day I would return to Hawaii, to recapture that Aloha Spirit I left behind.

I spent the next several decades building my empire, by way of the corporate world. I took a job in finance, believing it would be the smartest, long-term move I could make, for me and my family. I was a penny pincher, saving for a rainy day, as I was taught in my childhood. I took advantage of my company's 401k plan and contributed the maximum amount I could, sometimes at the expense of our leisure. However, I never doubted this plan for a moment, and always worked hard and stayed true to this dream.

Then 2008 rolled around, and my dreams came to an abrupt halt. Suddenly, I was in one of the least desirable positions and industries in the U.S. Fellow co-workers were let go from our offices, almost daily. Week after week, I watched my 401k lose thousands and thousands of dollars. Two years from retirement, suddenly everything I worked for seemed to be slipping away, and the worst part, I had no control over it...or at least that's what I thought.Then I heard about a franchise concept called Maui Wowi Hawaiian and of course my first reaction was, GREAT name. My second reaction was, I've got to learn more about this company that appears to embody the Aloha Spirit and Hawaiian culture.

So, I did my research and learned that this company did in fact embrace the spirit and culture of the islands. They also had a well thought out business plan, strong product line, unique appeal, structured programs, low cost investment, and flexible business models. The fact that I could purchase a Cart or Kiosk from Maui Wowi with little money out of my pocket - (in fact, less money than what I lost in my 401k accounts), had me interested and wanting to be a part of this. With the help of Maui Wowi Hawaiian, I realized that I can be in control of my destiny and have everything I ever dreamed of. I can realize my financial dreams, while embracing the Aloha Spirit I left behind, on the North Shore in 1968. I can work when I want, vacation when I want, and make as much money as I set my mind to. I was even told I'd qualify for their Military discount because my time in the Navy, the discount will save nearly $9000.00 up front.

So, while my hair might be a slightly different shade, and I may not be as quick on my surfboard as I once was, I can have my happy ending and it will be even better than I ever imagined. If you are like me and don't have the time to wait for the 401k to bounce back, so you can realize your dreams, give Maui Wowi Hawaiian a call and see if they can help you too. This Baby Boomer is taking control and is ready to go Hawaiian for good. See you on the beaches!

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MAUI WOWI HAWAIIAN AT http://www.businessbroker.net/franchise/mauiwowi.ihtml

Matt Decker

Franchise Broker

Phone: 303-547-0790

Fax: 303-648-4155

Email: mldecker@northshoremc.com

America's Top Franchise Opportunity

Maui Wowi Hawaiian: Serving Up Success!

Founded in 1983, Maui Wowi Hawaiian has experienced meteoric growth to include nearly 500 franchised units in our worldwide franchise "Ohana," or family.

Maui Wowi Hawaiian is the only franchise that offers authentic, natural Hawaiian products, fresh-fruit smoothies, blended Hawaiian coffee beverages, and genuine Hawaiian lifestyle merchandise.

Here are just a few of the reasons why Maui Wowi Hawaiian is experiencing tremendous growth throughout the World and why you should get involved NOW!

• Low Cost Investment - Models as low as 70K
• Great U.S. & International Areas Available
• Fun, Simple, & Flexible Business Models
• VetFran Franchise Fee Discounts to Military Men & Women. In fact, Maui Wowi Hawaiian is on the IFA's TOP 10 list of franchisors offering discounts to Veterans.
  

RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD!

Inc 5000 Franchise List, August 2008 R&I's Top 400 Restaurant Chains, July 2008
QSR Magazine Ones to Watch, April 2008 #190 Franchise 500, January 2008
#165 of America's Top Global Franchises, January 2008
Voted as a Franchisee Satisfaction Award Winner by Franchise 50, April 2007
#1 "Juice Bar" Franchise in the World!, Entrepreneur Magazine Franchise 500, Jan. 2005
#175 Ranked Fastest Growing Private Company, INC Magazine's INC 500, Jan. 2005
Featured on CNN, Bloomberg TV, Fortune Business News, Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Nations' Restaurant News, and many others!

WHY COFFEES & SMOOTHIES?
The hottest trend in the US Juice and Smoothie industry is the Fusion Concept, combining smoothies with other products such as Coffee and Espresso Drinks

Everyday, Americans drink more than 400 million cups of coffee and that figure continues to grow annually

Since smoothies offer a healthier treat than other snack options, tastes good and also offer convenience and portability, the market is expected to grow at a rate of 10-13% over the next five years

UNMATCHED FLEXIBILITY
Maui Wowi Hawaiian offers you a scaleable business...build your business as big (or small) as you want. You can create a Hawaiian experience at a local community event, large venue, with as little as 60 sq. feet with our Ka'anapali mobile cart or build out a retail store from 600sq. feet to 1,200 sq. feet in a lifestyle center, mall, or by itself.

"We love the flexibility of having mobile carts, we love being able to have a store, we love being able to do catering. This business can be whatever we want it to be."
- Noreen Gardner, Colorado

UNPARALLELED SUPPORT
We have the experience, the people and the programs to offer committed support to our Franchise Owners. When you make the decision to join us, you can rely on your team of helpful Maui Wowi Hawaiian staffers who will support and guide you on the road to success.

2008 Franchisee Satisfaction Award - Franchise Business Review

Marketing Materials & Advertising Collateral Provided - assistance to promote and drive your business

Wiki Wiki Helpdesk- get all your questions answered 7 days a week.

"Assistance Turnkey" Process - Depending on the model you chose, our Real Estate development team has a systematic approach to streamline the process and shorten the build out time so stores open quickly

24/7 Access to Corporate Intranet System

"Owning my own business was a dream for many years and now a great opportunity and reality with finding Maui Wowi Hawaiian. I was amazed as how organized and helpful the Library of Operating Manuals. There are a lot of good tips and reference materials in this manual that I can use. The Maui Wowi Hawaiian business opportunity has been a great fit for the change in life I was looking for."
- Peg Mitchell, Illinois

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
Our tremendous success is due to awarding franchises to the right people most likely to succeed in following the Maui Wowi Hawaiian system.

Potential Maui Wowi Hawaiian franchisees should have a keen interest in the foodservice industry and a love for the Hawaiian Culture. They should possess or have access to the required capital as well as the ability to manage a company. If you believe you have these qualities, than we invite you to explore the amazing franchise opportunities we have to offer within Maui Wowi Hawaiian's rapidly expanding franchise system.

We're certain once you've experienced our franchise system's way of life, the 'Aloha Spirit'; you'll understand the Maui Wowi Hawaiian difference. Catch the Maui Wowi Hawaiian Wave Now!

Matt Decker

Franchise Broker

Phone: 303-547-0790

Fax: 303-648-4155

Email: mldecker@northshoremc.com

Maui Wowi Hawaiian Announces Strategic Partnership to Co-Brand with Doc Popcorn Globally

When a Beverage Dreams, It Dreams of Popcorn

Greenwood Village, CO. (April 15, 2009) – Maui Wowi Hawaiian, the world’s largest franchisor of gourmet all-natural Hawaiian coffees and smoothies, announced a strategic partnership with Doc Popcorn, a Boulder, CO. based retailer and producer of fresh natural flavored popcorn, to launch Doc Popcorn Franchising around-the-world. The partnership provides an opportunity for Maui Wowi’s franchisees to significantly increase their revenues and income while offering them the ability to capture a wider audience with gourmet popcorn in an infinite array of natural flavors.

“For quite some time, I have been searching for a business that can be co-branded with Maui Wowi,” said Michael Haith, CEO of Maui Wowi Hawaiian. “Doc Popcorn is a perfect complement to Maui Wowi’s values as a best-in-class, all natural, delicious product.” “The company is also a great match for our franchisees,” continued Haith. “Doc Popcorn is an amazing product that transcends a commodity, popcorn, to something that is in a class all its own.”

The alliance will also enable Doc Popcorn to quicken its pace to global expansion through franchising. Maui Wowi will provide the Doc Popcorn team a springboard to create a premium franchise platform and introduce a whole new popcorn experience to the world.

“We have spent several years perfecting our better-for-you snack concept and have been approached by dozens of facilitators in the franchise world to help us launch at a national level,” said Rob Israel, Founder and CEO of Doc Popcorn. “But having met Michael, we immediately saw that with over a decade of experience in building a franchise system of over 600 locations coupled with its reputation for producing a natural quality product, Maui Wowi was the right partner to help us develop our franchise platform.” “We were especially intrigued by the unique potential Maui Wowi has to put their products on mobile carts,” continued Israel. “Doc Popcorn is particularly suited to this type of business model which enables an even lower cost of entry and impressive ROI for aspiring franchisees—especially important given today’s challenging economy.”

The two companies are amazingly similar in their cultures as Maui Wowi and Doc Popcorn share a passion for all-natural products and an eye towards social responsibility, ecologically sustainable products, and high quality standards. “The fact that we both proudly serve American products (Kona coffee and Popcorn) was not lost on us,” said Haith.

“Maui Wowi and Doc Popcorn also share a deep dedication to making a positive difference in the communities where we live, work and do business,” said Renée Israel, Co-Founder of Doc Popcorn. “We look forward to working with Maui Wowi to make a meaningful difference for the planet.”

About Maui Wowi: Maui Wowi Hawaiian www.mauiwowi.com offers coffees and smoothies anywhere people gather; in stores, office buildings, hospitals, health clubs, schools, universities, event venues, shopping malls, department stores, car washes, Maui Wowi Hawaiian is connecting to the mind, heart and soul of our customers in a true, Aloha Spirit.

About Doc Popcorn:Doc Popcorn www.docpopcorn.com is a retailer and producer of fresh natural flavored popcorn with an unyielding passion to create smiles for our customers by providing The Greatest Snack on the Planet, Naturally™. Popped in corn oil and infused with natural and organic ingredients including real cinnamon spice, the finest cocoa, vanilla, and savory cheeses, Doc Popcorn is a better-for-you delicious snack.

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MAUI WOWI HAWAIIAN? TODAY IT'S PIER 39 IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA

To sum up our experience in surviving this economy, we’ve been very fortunate with an opportunity that is very atypical of any beginning retail experience. Our store is located on Pier 39 in San Francisco, a world-renowned tourist destination . We have the benefit of both being San Francisco natives. For years, we’ve planned on being business partners and we seized the opportunity a couple of years ago by making it happen. We then began looking into franchises. In our search for franchises, a broker pointed us to Maui Wowi Hawaiian. It’s truly been paradise since. For a little more than six months, we were solely K-kart operators. We’ve done soccer tournaments, a Hawaiian Ukulele Music Festival, a college Expo Extravaganza, and a ton of Maui Wowi Tastes for friends and family.

We were looking for something that gives us an opportunity to stand out. With this, we wanted to have something that we could build on a grow in our particular market here in San Francisco. We noticed that there were virtually no Maui Wowi’s in San Francisco and we were one of two franchisees based here in San Francisco. Recently, we were presented an opportunity of lifetime with the other franchisees here in San Francisco. Now, we are the only San Francisco Maui Wowi Franchise and we are proud of that. Not only do we have an incredible location, our customer base is unlike any other type of retail situation. You would not know that there is a current recession in the economic climate. We have managed to hit and many times pass our daily break-even point with our sales. With the full implementation of our marketing plan, we expect our daily numbers to more than double. We feel incredibly lucky, but more prepared for this opportunity.

Advice to future franchisees:

Focus on Building Relationships: Healthy relationships pay off, especially in business. Reach out to everyone you know. Those people know people who will likely refer business to you and your operation.

Promote the Product: We all know how a Maui Wowi Smoothie tastes. Not everyone knows how healthy they are. Find ways to sample it and get it out to the public. We strongly encourage Maui Wowi Tastes!

You have to be in it COMPLETELY! Success is a commitment. You have to want it; you have to live; you have to be it!

Know your market: If you are an event operator, find those events and activities that get your name out there first. Focus on the importance of the relationships. Your relationships are key with event coordinators, other vendors, and most importantly, your customers. Look for opportunities to make their experience memorable. Tap into local networks and this will surely open some other opportunities. This is pertinent to your success.

Our Motto: Take what you have and make what you want! This sums up our current position to date. We’ve been fortunate with an opportunity that we are able to take advantage of. Now, it’s time for us to make it as successful as we envision it will be.

Patience and Persistence: This is by far one of the most crucial of these. Have great expectations but be realistic about your daily events. Think positive and have fun. Be PERSISTENT. Doors open when you least expect it.

The most important of all these is to have FUN! Life is too short to not enjoy it.

Mahalo!

Justin and Charles
Franchisees - San Francisco, CA

For more information about Maui Wowi Hawaiian or how you can become a franchisee, contact us today.

Maui Wowi Hawaiian has it all...

FUN
SIMPLE
FLEXIBLE
FINANCING OPTIONS
SCALABLE BUSINESS
LOW COST INVESTMENT
MANY BUSINESS MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM

You too can have it all when you own a Maui Wowi Hawaiian franchise. To get started Click here to complete our Confidential Questionnaire.

Maui Wowi Hawaiian
5445 DTC Parkway, Suite 200
Greenwood Village, CO 80111

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR AWARD WINNING WEBSITE: WWW.MAUIWOWI.COM

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Kirkland, Washington Gets a Taste of the Tropics with Maui Wowi Hawaiian

Newest Franchisee Amy Johnstone Brings the Hawaiian Sunshine to Kirkland, Washington with Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees & Smoothies

DENVER (Thursday, February 26, 2009) Kirkland, Washington offers residents and visitors a beautiful waterfront, inviting parks, charming downtown, and soon the all natural fresh-fruit smoothies, and authentic Hawaiian coffees from Maui Wowi Hawaiian.

When Kirkland resident, Amy Johnstone, left Microsoft after 16 years to pursue her dream of owning her own business, she turned to a business coach who suggested she take a look at franchising. “The idea of buying into a proven system really appealed to me, and so I began my due diligence and focused in on 5 franchise concepts” said Amy. “Right from the start I was intrigued with Maui Wowi and that appeal grew stronger throughout the process. Seattle has coffee shops and smoothie shops, but nothing like the fusion of Hawaiian Coffees & Smoothies that Maui Wowi offers” she added.

“Individuals searching for a business opportunity that is flexible, simple to operate, healthy, dignified, low cost investment and low risk, part-time or full-time, find it in a Maui Wowi Hawaiian franchise” said Justin Livingston, Director of Global Development for Maui Wowi.

“Everyone in Washington seems to love Hawaii, and I am looking forward to bringing the allure of the tropics to rainy Seattle” said Amy. Amy will be serving Maui Wowi fresh fruit smoothies and Hawaiian coffees at activities such as fairs, sporting events, conventions, festivals, trade shows, grand openings, and other events around the Kirkland, Washington area.

Now numbering nearly 500 franchised operating units across the U.S., and 5 International Master Franchises, Maui Wowi Hawaiian is the original fruit smoothie drink franchise. The company, founded by couple Jeff and Jill Summerhays, has since expanded to include exclusive blended Hawaiian coffees and genuine Hawaiian lifestyle merchandise. Maui Wowi Hawaiian has been named to “Entrepreneur” magazine’s Franchise 500 for the past five consecutive years, and has twice ranked as one of the fastest-growing private companies on INC magazine’s INC 500 listing.

For more information about Maui Wowi Hawaiian, visit www.mauiwowi.com.

About Maui Wowi Hawaiian
Maui Wowi Hawaiian is the only franchise that offers authentic, natural Hawaiian products, fresh-fruit smoothies, blended Hawaiian coffee beverages, and genuine Hawaiian lifestyle merchandise. Founded in 1983, Maui Wowi Hawaiian has experienced meteoric growth to include nearly 500 franchised units in its worldwide franchise Ohana, or family. This earth-friendly company celebrates its Aloha Spirit by embracing the values of family, harmony and balanced living while striving to abide by the principles of sustainable living. Flexible business models and low cost investments, make the concept truly unique. For more information, please visit www.mauiwowi.com.
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Delaware Shore Catches the Maui Wowi Hawaiian Wave

Delaware Shore Catches the Maui Wowi Hawaiian Wave

Maui Wowi Hawaiian’s Newest Franchisee Greg Goldman Joins the Maui Wowi Hawaiian Ohana [family] & Brings Hawaii to the Delaware Shore

DENVER, CO– (February 18, 2009) – When Greg Goldman decided to pursue a new business opportunity, he searched with the hopes of finding a franchise concept that would fulfill his dream of business ownership and would be a fun, flexible concept, perfectly suited for the beaches near the Delaware Shore.

Little did he know that there was a concept out there that would allow him to have all he’d ever dreamed of. “From college I began working on Capital Hill with the U.S. Senate, and from there went to work with Toll Brothers, but I always had the desire to be in business for myself. The idea of owning my own business, while buying into a concept that embraces Aloha Spirit, community and a more relaxed way of doing business, really appealed to me and my fiancé, we love this concept for the beach” says Greg.

“The Aloha Spirit and Ohana are very important words for us,” says Michael Haith, the Big Kahuna of Maui Wowi Hawaiian. “Just as in traditional Hawaiian culture, we believe in looking after and supporting one another. Whether your Maui Wowi business is in Ocean View, Delaware or Cancun, Mexico, you know you’re a part of an Ohana that will help you wherever we can for you to succeed.”

From a business perspective, Greg Goldman likes that Maui Wowi Hawaiian is helping people find realistic solutions during these economic times. Solutions that would allow people like him the opportunity to exchange their wing-tips for flip-flops, while controlling their future. “Owning my own business was always in the back of my mind, the economy just forced me to make a decision a little sooner, and I’m glad it did.” says Greg.

Now numbering nearly 500 franchised operating units across the U.S., and 5 International Master Franchises, Maui Wowi Hawaiian is the original fruit smoothie drink franchise. The company, founded by couple Jeff and Jill Summerhays, has since expanded to include exclusive blended Hawaiian coffees and genuine Hawaiian lifestyle merchandise. Maui Wowi Hawaiian has been named to “Entrepreneur” magazine’s Franchise 500 for the past five consecutive years, and has twice ranked as one of the fastest-growing private companies on INC magazine’s INC 500 listing.

For more information about Maui Wowi Hawaiian, visit www.mauiwowi.com.

About Maui Wowi Hawaiian
Maui Wowi Hawaiian is the only franchise that offers authentic, natural Hawaiian products, fresh-fruit smoothies, blended Hawaiian coffee beverages, and genuine Hawaiian lifestyle merchandise. Founded in 1983, Maui Wowi Hawaiian has experienced meteoric growth to include nearly 500 franchised units in its worldwide franchise Ohana, or family. This earth-friendly company celebrates its Aloha Spirit by embracing the values of family, harmony and balanced living while striving to abide by the principles of sustainable living. Flexible business models and low cost investments, make the concept truly unique. For more information, please visit www.mauiwowi.com.
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