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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015
Cannon Beach candy store offers ‘Schwiet’ deal on franchises
By MIKE WILLIAMS
EO Media Group
CANNON BEACH — A
longtime city sweet spot took
its business model nationwide
in 2014 by offering franchis-
es.
Schwietert’s Cones & Can-
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mitment,” he said. “It takes
people awhile to get all that in
order.”
Being the new franchise
kid on the block can be tough,
he said. There are so many
companies for prospective
owners to choose from.
“Once we get a few fran-
chises off the ground we’ll be
ready to run,” he said. “Those
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for us.”
It’s basically like starting a
whole new business, he said.
It has to have its own legal
framework. Schwietert chose
to get some help with taking
the business, known as The
Picnic Basket for 28 years,
beyond the Oregon coast.
He worked with Francorp
of Chicago to get the fran-
chising business structured.
There’s a lot to know.
Jeff Schwi-
etert hopes
to transplant
the cones and
candy business
model beyond
the North Coast
by selling fran-
chises.
MIKE WILLIAMS
EO Media Group
Schwietert’s abides by
federal franchising guide-
lines. Some states, includ-
ing Washington, Oregon
and California, require sep-
arate registration and ap-
proval before franchises can
be sold there. It takes a lit-
tle more finesse to get legal
in those states, Schwietert
said.
They’re ready to go in all
but 20 states.
“Eventually we’ll be legal
in all states,” he said.
The company is registered
in Northwest states and Cali-
fornia.
“In franchising, you want
to focus on concentric circles
of growth,” Schwietert said.
“Although we’re getting lots
of interest from California.
We think it will do really well
there.”
He’s excited about going
into more urban areas that are
less susceptible to the season-
al swings the North Coast ex-
periences.
Re-imagining The
Picnic Basket
Schwietert brought in a de-
signer to give the franchises a
uniform, high-end look. The
interiors will have cotton can-
dy clouds and gumball pillars.
There will be icicles around the
ice cream cases.
“It will be very bright and
exciting,” he said. “(It will be) a
place people will want to return
to. More corporate than the cur-
rent store, but still our own.”
The Cannon Beach store will
eventually get the same make-
over.
The stores will be 3,000- to
5,000-square-feet. The com-
pany may offer smaller stores
eventually, but the size is part of
the attraction, Schwietert said.
Think “Mr. Magorium’s
Wonder Emporium,” except
with candy.
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The company needs the right
franchisee for the business to
work, he said.
“You have to make sure they
have the money to do it,” he said.
“It’s super important to know
what you’re getting into for both
sides, especially with candy.
You’re looking for people who
are fun, family oriented but still
business minded. You’ve got to
love kids and family.”
Franchisees will spend six to
eight weeks training at Cannon
Beach before opening their own
stores.
Quality control
Once a franchise is up and
running, the company will keep
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“We live in a great age in a
way,” Schwietert said. “We’ll
have cameras installed in the
stores that I’ll can look at.”
Once a franchise is oper-
ational, the business will get
quarterly visit from a corporate
representative, plus they sub-
mit regular reports on machine
maintenance and cleaning.
“We’ll have a lot of ability to
make sure standards are main-
tained,” he said. “You want to
make sure the customer gets the
same experience wherever they
go. We’re not going into this
half-heartedly.”
For franchise information:
Call Trevor Weber, director of
franchising, 503-436-1470.
Build one violin to play ... a life’s journey follows
“Good wood is a violin maker’s gold,”
he said, waving about a stick of $300 Bos-
nian maple. “I have used local woods, Sitka
MEDFORD (AP) — John Hill discov- spruce and big leaf maple in a cello — and
ered long ago there was more than one way it came out very nice for the larger instru-
to make music.
ments. But for the smaller instruments, most
After exploring other options, Hill found makers agree European wood can’t be beat.”
his calling in making violins and other
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re-emerged in a newly built studio and shop
“Each violin takes the same amount of
off Kings Highway in southwest Medford.
time, and the more you do, the better idea
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lin or viola may not evoke the romance of OLNH´VDLG+LOOZKRVHERZVOLGHVSUR¿FLHQW-
Stradivarius, but his creations are drawing ly over the strings. “I really don’t know (for
rave reviews. A viola he fashioned won a sure) what the sound is going to be like until
tone award at an international competition in I string it up and the interplay comes togeth-
2003, attesting to his artistry.
er.”
There are 220 parts in every violin, 200
The critical juncture is crafting the bridge,
of which Hill fashions in his shop. He starts held taut by the strings against the body.
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spruce or Bosnian maple from Europe.
challenging,” Hill said. “It’s the transducer.
How it’s carved, shaped and the choice of
wood all come into play.”
Hill has produced a violin or viola about
every two months during the majority of
his 17 years as a violin maker. His creations
average $6,500, with a high end of $10,000.
A cello sold at a San Francisco shop a few
months ago went for considerably more.
“When I began, I had no idea how deep
this well was going to be,” Hill said. “I
thought if I could make a really good violin,
then I’d have a really good one to play. I had
no idea I was getting into a lifetime study.”
Hill’s journey to his present corresponds
to the circuitous route he took in his pro-
fession. In his early 20s, guitars were his
passion, and he sought to become a luthier.
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he found that pillow slips on gurneys rou-
tinely came off, he developed a demobilizer
to keep things in place.
By GREG STILES
Medford Mail Tribune
John Hill, who started making violins and other stringed instruments 17 years ago, works on an instrument in his
newly built studio and shop off Kings Highway in southwest Medford.
AP Photo/The Medford Mail Tribune, Bob Pennell
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CLATSOP COUNTY
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Pay range:
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+ Benefits including PERS
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Email applications to
sfarmer@co.clatsop.or.us or
mail paper applications to
Clatsop County, 800 Exchange
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97103 (503)325-1000, FAX
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