What technology fee does the Bigfoot Forestry Company-Owned Outlet pay per month?
Bigfoot_Forestry Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
er 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 Measuring Year. However, it paid suppliers directly for the goods and services covered by the technology fee. During the Measuring Year, the Company-Owned Outlet incurred $5,447 in expenses for goods and services covered by the technology fee ($1,800 for tech support and $3,647 for Microsoft 365). In the Imputed Fees & Costs section of the EBITDA calculation, we did not impute any additional technology fees because the actual expenses incurred by our Company-Owned Outlet for goods and services covered by the technology fee ($5,447) exceeded the total amount of the technology fees a Franchised Outlet would have incurred ($4,200 plus $504 f
Source: Item 19 — FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPRESENTATIONS (FDD pages 36–39)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bigfoot Forestry's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Company-Owned Outlet did not directly pay a technology fee to the franchisor during the Measuring Year, which was January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. Instead, it directly paid suppliers for the goods and services that would typically be covered by the technology fee.
For franchised outlets, the technology fee is $350 per month, totaling $4,200 annually. This fee includes tech support, a Microsoft 365 license, and two email accounts. During the Measuring Year, the Company-Owned Outlet incurred $5,447 in expenses for similar goods and services, specifically $1,800 for tech support and $3,647 for Microsoft 365.
In calculating the Adjusted EBITDA, the franchisor did not impute any additional technology fees for the Company-Owned Outlet because the actual expenses it incurred ($5,447) exceeded what a franchised outlet would have paid in technology fees ($4,200 plus $504 for additional email accounts). This means that while the Company-Owned Outlet didn't pay the fee directly to Bigfoot Forestry, it spent more on the equivalent services than a franchisee would have.