What is the minimum amount a Best Brains franchisee must spend on local advertising and promotions each month?
Best_Brains Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
u are granted the rights to the number we have the right to ask for the rights upon termination or transfer. You acknowledge that we shall have the sole rights to and interest in all such telephone numbers.
- (i) We shall notify the you of monthly of the cost of such telephone service and you shall, within five days of receipt of such a bill, reimburse us for our costs in maintaining telephone numbers for the Franchised Business.
- (ii) If you do not so reimburse us, we may instruct the telephone service provider to terminate such telephone number(s) or to transfer such number(s) to us or our designee.
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- Grand Opening. Before opening your Franchised Business, you must spend a minimum of $14,000 on local advertising, marketing and promotion of the opening of the Franchised Business in accordance with an opening marketing plan approved by us. These grand opening expenditures are in addition to the Brand Development Fund contributions specified above.
We may require you to pay to the Brand Development Fund at the time of the "open house" before the scheduled opening of the Franchised Business these amounts which we will then spend for local advert
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 42–190)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Best Brains' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to spend a minimum of $250 per month on local advertising and promotions. However, this amount is expended quarterly, meaning the franchisee must spend at least $250 each month of the quarter. These expenditures must be used for advertising and promoting the Best Brains business and its marks.
It is important to note that not all expenditures qualify towards meeting this minimum requirement. Best Brains has the right to review a franchisee's records to verify these advertising expenses. If Best Brains determines that a franchisee has not met the minimum spending requirement, they can demand that the franchisee pay the unspent amount to the Brand Development Fund.
Advertising expenditures do not include payments for items which Best Brains deems inappropriate, such as permanent on-premises signs, lighting, or vehicles, even if those vehicles display Best Brains' marks. Franchisees must also have advertising material approved by Best Brains. If written approval is not received within fourteen days of Best Brains receiving the materials, the advertising will be deemed disapproved.