Does Body Brain Center have a franchise advisory council, and where can I find more information about it?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
[Item 11: FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE**, ADVERTISING, **COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING]
Advisory Council (Section 11)
We may create an Advisory Council to provide us with suggestions to improve the System, including matters such as marketing, operations and new product or service suggestions. We would consider all suggestions from the advisory council in good faith, but we would not be bound by any such suggestions. The Advisory Council would be established and operated according to rules and regulations we periodically approve, including procedures governing the selection of representatives of the Advisory Council to communicate with us on matters raised by the Advisory Council. You would have the right to be a member of the Advisory Council as long as you are not in default under the Franchise Agreement and you do not act in a disruptive, abusive or counterproductive manner, as determined by us in our discretion. As a member, you would be entitled to all voting rights and privileges granted to other members of the Advisory Council. Any Body & Brain Center operated by us or our affiliates would also be a member of the Advisory Council. Each member would be granted one vote for each center that it owned and operated on all matters on which members would be authorized to vote. We would reserve the power to form, change or dissolve the Advisory Council in our discretion.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE**, ADVERTISING, **COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 20–29)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body Brain Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Body Brain Center may create an Advisory Council. The purpose of the Advisory Council would be to provide suggestions to improve the Body Brain Center system, including marketing, operations, and new product or service suggestions. However, Body Brain Center is not bound by any suggestions from the council.
The Advisory Council would be established and operated according to rules and regulations approved by Body Brain Center, including procedures for selecting representatives. As long as a franchisee is not in default under the Franchise Agreement and does not act in a disruptive, abusive, or counterproductive manner, they have the right to be a member of the Advisory Council. Members are entitled to all voting rights and privileges granted to other members. Any Body & Brain Center operated by Body Brain Center or its affiliates would also be a member of the Advisory Council, with each member granted one vote for each center they own and operate.
Body Brain Center retains the power to form, change, or dissolve the Advisory Council at its discretion. Further information about the Advisory Council can be found in Section 11 of the Franchise Disclosure Document.