Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
This page includes soft ice cream, frozen yogurt and pan ice cream machines, ice slush (ice slush, slush, karlambac, granita) soft ice cream machine, frozen yogurt machine, pan ice cream (roll ice cream machine), sherbet (fruit juice mixer), hot chocolate dispensary, salep dispenser, cold beverage dispenser, ayran dispenser, cold beverage dispenser, there are questions and answers that you may think of before you buy machines.
At the same time, you will be able to find answers to many questions regarding your technical questions, cost calculations, the best price and making the right choices after buying ice cream machine, frozen yogurt machine and other freezing machines.
1) How much does a cup of ice cream cost? How do I calculate it and increase profit?
The raw product cost of a cone ice cream is around 40-50 kuruş as of 2020. This cost varies according to the machine you use and the unit cost of your other input items (ice cream powder, cone, container, spoon, sauce, electricity, labor, etc.). If we give an example of average product raw cost; An operator using Aromio Latte plus vanilla; When you mix 5 liters of milk +1250 g of ice cream powder, 6250 g of ice cream liquid is obtained. If the average service size in this establishment is 60 gr; About 6250/60 = 104 ice cream is obtained. Product raw cost; Latte plus vanilla price is calculated as + 5L milk price / 104 = ... Once the average sales figures of the business are determined, you can find your portion cost by adding your other input costs for 1 portion of ice cream to the above result.
Ways to increase sales and profit:
First, choose a busy, active location.
Serve delicious ice cream.
Assign friendly staff who respect hygiene and communicate well with customers.
Diversify presentation with sauces, fruit, coated sweets and other products served with ice cream.
Use signs, models and displays to show that the machine is in front of your business.
Use a good soft serve machine and work with a specialist company offering accessible after-sales service.
Use quality soft serve powder and mix it at the ratios recommended on the package.
Create a sales atmosphere: music, clowns, balloons, etc.
Serve potential queues at the machine in a way that keeps the queue visible for as long as possible rather than selling immediately and sending customers away. In short, do not rush.
2) Is soft serve profitable? What is the payback period? Should I start this business and will I make money?
The ice cream industry is a sector with a worldwide profit margin. Since you aspire to the lowest amounts in your customers' pockets in soft ice cream business, there is no reason for us to be successful as long as you follow the requirements of the business.
A family of 5 people pays a total of 10 TL, and they both eat delicious and healthy ice cream and have a pleasant time without shaking their family budget. Soft ice cream business can be made at much more affordable costs than alternative investment and business establishment processes, and it is quickly paid for from the start of sales. The most important detail here is that this investment should be considered and built as a business model in itself.
Suppose you sell 200 portions of ice cream per day from a soft ice cream machine that you will position in front of your doner kebab at a moving point. However, the potential of your current place is maybe 1500 and you may be experiencing a very serious loss. Therefore, whether you do the soft ice cream business as an operator or position it in your existing store, it should definitely be considered and built as a business model. You can get support from us in this regard.
We have had customers who received investments from our customers in the last 10 years within 1-2 weeks. It may be possible to get back the investment you have made at average points in 1 season.
3) How much will the selected soft serve machine add to monthly electricity costs?
The power of our soft ice cream machines is from 0.9 KW to 3 KW per hour. Some of our special machines, more serial and performance machines, draw higher electricity than other machines. While our customers with special points should choose machines with more capacity, our customers with average points can start with machines that have lower electricity. In addition, our soft ice cream machines have the feature of making thermostats just like refrigerators. In this way, they save energy. Our soft ice cream machine with an average power of 1.7-2.0 KW will bring an additional cost to your monthly electricity costs between 50-150 TL, depending on the sales volume.
4) How many minutes does the soft serve machine need to prepare ice cream?
Our soft serve machines are ready to serve in 8–15 minutes after the first mix is added and production is started. The time varies with mix temperature, ambient temperature and humidity.
5) After the mix runs out, how soon can the machine make ice cream again?
Once the soft serve machine is running, add fresh mix whenever the level in the upper hoppers drops. This lets you keep selling ice cream without interruption.
6) Where can we obtain ice cream powder, cones, cups and spoons?
You can obtain Aromio ice cream powders from our sales offices in İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir and Mersin. We can deliver to other cities by cargo in 1–2 days. Contact our sales representatives for other requirements according to your city.