What was the amount of advertising fund fees collected by Body Brain Center in 2021?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
September 21, 2022 ("Effective Date"), Body & Brain Yoga and Health Centers, Inc., an Arizona corporation ("Borrower") promises to pay to the order of the Company (the "Lender"), the sum of $150,000 with interest thereon at 3.46% per year. Borrower shall
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 43–178)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body Brain Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the advertising fund fee income received by the company was $54,649 for the year ended December 31, 2022. This income is derived from Body & Brain Yoga and Health Centers, Inc., which has an oral agreement to pay Body Brain Center an advertising fee of 0.5% of its program sales.
This indicates that Body Brain Center relies on a percentage of program sales from Body & Brain Yoga and Health Centers, Inc. for its advertising fund. As a franchisee, it's important to understand how these advertising funds are used and how they benefit individual franchise locations. The FDD also mentions that franchisees pay an advertising fund fee equal to 0.5% of their Program Sales.
While the document specifies the advertising fund fee income for the year ended December 31, 2022, it does not explicitly state the amount collected for the year ended December 31, 2021. To get this information, a prospective franchisee should ask Body Brain Center for the advertising fund fee income for 2021 to understand year-over-year trends and the consistency of advertising fund contributions.