What is Bojangles' obligation to contribute to the Marketing Development Fund for its company-owned restaurants?
Bojangles Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- (2) Franchisor shall, for each of its company-owned Bojangles restaurants, make contributions to the Fund equivalent to the contributions required of comparable franchised Bojangles restaurants within the Bojangles System so that Franchisor's average contribution for each company-owned Restaurant will be equal to the average contribution per franchise-owned Restaurant.
This average per Restaurant contribution for franchise-owned Restaurants will be calculated by dividing the total contributions of franchisees to the Fund by the total number of franchise-owned Restaurants.
Franchisor's total contribution to the Fund will equal this average
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 82)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bojangles' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Bojangles is required to contribute to the Marketing Development Fund for each of its company-owned restaurants. The contribution must be equivalent to what comparable franchised Bojangles restaurants contribute within the Bojangles system.
The average contribution per company-owned restaurant is calculated by dividing the total contributions from franchisees by the total number of franchise-owned restaurants. Bojangles' total contribution to the fund will then equal this average per-restaurant contribution multiplied by the total number of company-owned restaurants.
This arrangement ensures that company-owned restaurants contribute to the marketing fund at the same rate as franchised locations, maintaining equity in marketing efforts across the Bojangles system. The funds are used exclusively for advertising and promotion of the Bojangles system, including various advertising campaigns, public relations, research, and marketing materials.