What is the maximum cooperative advertising fee that can be charged to a Bigfoot Forestry franchisee?
Bigfoot_Forestry Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If your Business is located in a region subject to an advertising cooperative you must: (a) participate in the cooperative according to its rules and procedures and abide by its decisions; and (b) pay a cooperative advertising fee. We may set the minimum cooperative advertising fee or we may allow the cooperative to set the fee based on majority vote of its members. In either case, the fee will not exceed 2% of Gross Sales. All cooperative advertising fees you pay are credited against your Local Marketing Commitment. Any companyowned Bigfoot Forestry Business located in the cooperative will contribute on the same basis as franchisees.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 22–29)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Bigfoot Forestry Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees may be required to participate in regional advertising cooperatives, if established by the company. The cooperative may be administered by Bigfoot Forestry or by an advertising council comprised of the cooperative's members.
If a franchisee's business is located in a region subject to an advertising cooperative, they must participate in the cooperative and pay a cooperative advertising fee. The fee may be set by Bigfoot Forestry or by a majority vote of the cooperative's members.
Regardless of who sets the fee, the maximum cooperative advertising fee will not exceed 2% of the franchisee's Gross Sales. All cooperative advertising fees paid are credited against the franchisee's Local Marketing Commitment. Company-owned Bigfoot Forestry businesses located in the cooperative will contribute on the same basis as franchisees.