We didn't build a chocolate cart. We built a franchise where AI does everything but pour the chocolate. You run the shift. The agents run the business. Three hours of work a day, the rest stays automated.
Traditional franchises ask you to be the operator, the marketer, the accountant, the supply chain manager, the social media person, the customer service desk, and the hiring manager. We took everything except the in-person shift and gave it to the AI.
Everything you need to be open for business in your city within 30 days. No equipment runs. No vendor negotiation. No guessing on recipe. No first-event panic.
Custom-built push cart with off-road wheels, insulated cooler bay, branded canopy, signage panels, and Manna's signature live-pour station. Built for Atlanta heat — chocolate stays at 88°F all shift.
Locked recipe v1, full SOP, vendor list with negotiated wholesale pricing, and the topping bar that built the brand. Reproducible cup quality on day one.
Your phone is your back office. Shift card, supply checklist, end-of-shift report, one-tap compliance log, content upload, restock flag. Built specifically for the cart.
Inbox triage, content scheduling, weekly performance review, lead outreach, reorder watch, press monitoring. The same back office that runs Anderson's proof cart now runs yours.
Full Manna's brand kit — wordmark, color palette, fonts, photography style, uniform spec, signage templates, content templates for IG + TikTok.
Weekly office hours with Anderson. Private Slack with all founding operators. First-event walkthrough. Direct line to brand HQ for the things AI can't handle yet.
Real numbers from Anderson's proof cart, conservatively projected. Your mileage will vary by city, event mix, and how hard you push the cart. These are working estimates — not promises.
Founding operator kit + ongoing tech fee structure will be finalized with the first 5 applicants. Anderson is co-designing terms with the founding cohort — this is a partnership, not a top-down license sale.
5 spots. Atlanta priority for the first wave; other cities considered for wave 2. We're picking operators who'd already be running a small business if Manna's didn't exist. Send us a paragraph or two. We'll be in touch within 48 hours.
We're finalizing pricing with the founding cohort. Expect a structure where the cart + brand + playbook + agent stack access is a one-time kit fee, plus an ongoing tech & royalty share. Anyone we offer a founding spot to gets the lowest pricing the program will ever offer.
Every administrative function of a small food business — inbox, social, compliance, reordering, weekly review, lead follow-up — is handled by a stack of scheduled AI agents. They draft, they flag, they escalate. You approve or override. The point is removing the 30–40 hours a week most small food operators spend on non-customer-facing work.
No. The recipe, sourcing, sanitation SOPs, and compliance flow are all in the kit and the app. We picked chocolate-covered strawberries specifically because the technique is teachable in a day. Your real skill is being good in front of customers at events.
Every agent decision that touches a customer is draft-only by default. The agent prepares, you approve. As the system matures, low-stakes actions (acknowledgments, scheduled posts) move to autonomous send. High-stakes actions (pricing, custom quotes, contracts) stay with you forever.
Now. Anderson is taking applications for the first 5 founding operators through summer 2026. First city beyond Atlanta projected late 2026 / early 2027 depending on cart 1's performance and supply chain readiness.