What was the advertising service fee for a Body Brain Center in 2021?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- (b) Contributions from You and Us. On the sixth (6 th) day of each month, you must pay us an advertising fund fee equal to 0.5% of your Program Sales for the prior month's operations. We will deposit into the advertising fund all: (i) advertising fund fees paid by you and other franchisees (unless we allocate the fees to an advertising cooperative); (ii) fines paid by you and other franchisees; and (iii) rebates or other payments we receive from suppliers based on franchisee purchases. Any company-owned Body & Brain Center or Body & Brain home-based business will contribute to the advertising fund on the same basis as our franchisees. However, if we modify the amount or timing of the contributions that must be made to the advertising fund, any company-owned Body & Brain Center or Body & Brain home-based business that is established or acquired after the modification may contribute to the advertising fund utilizing the modified amount or timing. Except as stated in this Section, we have no obligation to expend our own funds or resources for any Advertising Campaign.
- 9.2 Marketing Assistance From Us. We will provide you with a standardized marketing plan for your Business. The marketing plan will be included in the Manual. We may create and make available to you advertising and other marketing materials at no additional charge. We may make these materials available over the Internet (in which case you must arrange for printing the materials and paying all printing costs). Alternatively, we may enter into relationships with third party suppliers who will create the advertising or marketing materials for your purchase. We will provide reasonable marketing consulting, guidance and support throughout the Term on an as needed basis.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 43–178)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Body Brain Center Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must pay an advertising fund fee. Specifically, on the sixth of each month, a Body Brain Center franchisee must pay 0.5% of their Program Sales from the previous month to the advertising fund. These fees are used for advertising, along with any fines paid by franchisees and rebates received from suppliers based on franchisee purchases. Company-owned Body & Brain Centers contribute to the advertising fund on the same basis as franchisees.
Body Brain Center may provide franchisees with a standardized marketing plan included in the Manual. They may also create advertising and marketing materials at no additional charge, potentially available online for franchisees to print. Alternatively, Body Brain Center may partner with third-party suppliers for franchisees to purchase advertising and marketing materials. Franchisees can also expect reasonable marketing consulting, guidance, and support from Body Brain Center throughout the term of their agreement.
While the FDD specifies the advertising fund fee as 0.5% of program sales, it does not state the actual amount paid by franchisees in 2021. To determine the advertising fees paid, a prospective franchisee should ask Body Brain Center for the total program sales in 2021 and calculate 0.5% of that amount.