When is the monthly cooperative advertising fee due for Body Brain Center franchisees?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must pay the monthly cooperative advertising fee established by us or the council, as applicable, which will be due on the sixth (6 th) day of each month for the prior month's operations.
The initial cooperative advertising fee shall be equal to 0.5% of Program Sales.
Upon the majority vote of all franchisees within the advertising cooperative, the amount of the cooperative advertising fee may be adjusted (or temporarily suspended) or the cooperative advertising fee may be eliminated altogether.
If we or an affiliate of ours operate a majority of the Body & Brain Centers within the advertising cooperative, we will increase the cooperative advertising fee only with the consent of all franchisees within the advertising cooperative.
We will collect all cooperative advertising fees and pay them to the applicable advertising cooperative unless we administer the advertising cooperative ourselves.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 43–178)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Body Brain Center Franchise Disclosure Document, the monthly cooperative advertising fee is due on the sixth (6th) day of each month. This payment covers the prior month's operations. The cooperative advertising fee is initially set at 0.5% of Program Sales. However, this amount can be adjusted, temporarily suspended, or even eliminated based on a majority vote of all franchisees within the advertising cooperative.
Body Brain Center retains the right to establish one or more advertising cooperatives to create and/or purchase advertising programs that benefit franchisees within a specific region. They also have the authority to allocate advertising fund fees to these cooperatives, determine the geographic territories and market areas for each cooperative, and require franchisees to participate in any established cooperative.
If Body Brain Center or its affiliate operates a majority of the Body & Brain Centers within the advertising cooperative, increasing the cooperative advertising fee requires the consent of all franchisees within the cooperative. Body Brain Center will collect all cooperative advertising fees and distribute them to the appropriate advertising cooperative, unless they are administering the cooperative themselves. Franchisees must adhere to the rules and procedures set by the advertising council, if one is established, and abide by its decisions.