How often can Big Blue Swim School implement an Annual Increase to fixed fees?
Big_Blue_Swim_School Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We have the right to increase any fixed fee, fixed payment, or fixed amount (i.e., not stated as a percentage) under the Franchise Agreement based on changes in the Index (defined below) ("Annual Increase"). An Annual Increase may occur only once per calendar year and may not exceed the corresponding cumulative increase in the Index since the Franchise Agreement's effective date or, as the case may be, since the date on which the last Annual Increase became effective for the particular fixed fee, payment, or amount being increased. All Annual Increases will be made at the same time during the calendar year. "Index" refers to the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the U.S. City Average, All Items (1982 – 1984 = 100), not seasonally adjusted, as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or in a successor index. We also have the right—if any fixed fee, payment, or amount due from you under the Franchise Agreement encompasses any third-party charges we collect from you on a pass-through basis (i.e., for ultimate payment to the third party)—to increase the fixed fee, payment, or amount beyond the Annual Increase to reflect increases in the third party's charges to us.
Source: Item 6 — OTHER FEES (FDD pages 13–25)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Big Blue Swim School's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company has the right to implement an Annual Increase to any fixed fee, fixed payment, or fixed amount detailed in the Franchise Agreement. This increase can occur only once per calendar year.
The Annual Increase is based on changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). The increase may not exceed the cumulative increase in the Index since the Franchise Agreement's effective date, or since the date the last Annual Increase took effect. Big Blue Swim School will implement all Annual Increases at the same time during the calendar year.
Furthermore, if any fixed fee, payment, or amount includes third-party charges collected by Big Blue Swim School on a pass-through basis, the company has the right to increase the fixed fee beyond the Annual Increase to reflect increases in the third party's charges.