What is the annual technology fee that Bigfoot Forestry franchisees pay, and what does it include?
Bigfoot_Forestry Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
es ($44,945) and brand fund fees ($7,382) the Company-Owned Outlet would have incurred as a franchisee.
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- Imputed Technology Fees: Franchised Outlets pay a technology fee of $350 per month ($4,200 per year), which includes tech support and a license to Microsoft 365 and 2 email accounts. Our Company-Owned Outlet did not pay a technology fee to us during the
Source: Item 19 — FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPRESENTATIONS (FDD pages 36–39)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bigfoot Forestry's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to pay a technology fee of $350 per month, which totals $4,200 annually. This fee covers tech support, a license to Microsoft 365, and two email accounts.
Notably, the company-owned outlet did not pay this technology fee directly to Bigfoot Forestry during the measuring year. Instead, it directly paid suppliers for the equivalent goods and services. The company-owned outlet incurred $5,447 in expenses for these items, with $1,800 allocated to tech support and $3,647 for Microsoft 365.
In the financial performance representation, Bigfoot Forestry uses 'Imputed Fees & Costs' to represent expenses a franchised outlet would typically incur but that the company-owned outlet may handle differently. For example, the FDD states that the company-owned outlet's actual expenses for technology-related goods and services exceeded what a franchisee would have paid in technology fees, so no additional technology fees were imputed in the EBITDA calculation. This approach aims to provide a more accurate comparison of potential franchisee performance.