When does B Bops develop advertising, promotional and public relations campaigns to promote the B-Bop's Restaurant system?
B_Bops Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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- The Company will, during any period when it requires you and the other franchisees to pay all or part of the advertising fee, develop advertising, promotional and public relations campaigns to promote the B-Bop's Restaurant system. You are, however, responsible for paying the cost of implementing such advertising as part of the independent advertising expenditure requirement. The Company will not, however, be required to develop and provide advertising and promotional materials to you during any period in which the Company has elected to waive payment of the advertising fee in whole by you and the other franchisees. (Section 11(A) of the Franchise Agreement) Additional information concerning advertising is set forth below in this Item 11.
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- The Company will make a minimum of two (2) trips per year to the Franchise for purposes of providing on-site support and advisory services to you for the proper operation of the Franchise. (Section 11(B) of the Franchise Agreement)
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- The Company will provide you with such advice and guidance regarding the proper operation of the Franchise as the Company may in its discretion deem appropriate.
Such assistance will generally consist of consultation and advice regarding standard operating procedures for the Franchise, specific operating problems you may encounter, analysis of your financial reports and implementation of advertising and promotional campaigns. Such assistance will typically be provided through telephone conferences, updates to the Operations Manual, written reports or memoranda and on-site support trips made by the Company. (Section 11(C) of the Franchise Agreement)
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- The Company will inform you on a timely basis of any modifications, additions or other revisions of the Licensed System or of the Operations Manual or of other developments affecting your B-Bop's Restaurant. Such information will generally be distributed to you in the form of periodic updates to the Operations Manual or through other written reports or memoranda.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–33)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to B Bops's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, B Bops will develop advertising, promotional, and public relations campaigns to promote the B-Bop's Restaurant system during any period when it requires franchisees to pay all or part of the advertising fee. However, B Bops is not required to develop and provide advertising and promotional materials during any period in which B Bops has elected to waive payment of the advertising fee in whole by franchisees.
Currently, B Bops plans to waive payment of the advertising fee in whole until the number of franchises sold provides sufficient advertising fee income to finance the development of advertising and promotional campaigns. During any period that B Bops has determined to waive payment of the advertising fee in whole, B Bops will not be obligated to develop or produce advertising on behalf of franchisees.
If and when B Bops determines to invoke payment of the advertising fee by franchisees, these fees will be deposited into a special fund administered by B Bops and used to finance the development and production of advertising for the B-Bop's Restaurant system. B Bops will then be responsible for developing and producing advertising materials to be made available to franchisees for dissemination at their own expense as part of the independent advertising expenditure requirement. All decisions regarding the content, concepts, materials, and media utilized in such advertising will be made by B Bops in its sole discretion.