Does City Publications have an advertising council composed of franchisees?
City_Publications Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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- There is no advertising program for which you are required to make contributions. There is no advertising council composed of franchisees. We may elect at a future time to arrange cooperative advertising. You may elect with other franchisees to establish cooperative advertising for a select area encompassing your mutual territories. It is optional for the franchisees to participate in such a cooperative. If such a cooperative is established, we anticipate that each franchisee in the given area would automatically be a member, with one vote per franchise agreement. Any company or affiliate owned outlets would also be members and would be required to make the same contributions as the other members. Since there are no cooperatives at this point or ever in the past, we do not have a policy on an amount that franchisees would be required to contribute to the cooperative. We anticipate that the members would establish a governing board and would adopt governing documents that would be available for review by a prospective franchisee. (Section 11B)
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 19–24)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to City Publications' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, there is currently no advertising council composed of franchisees. However, City Publications may choose to arrange cooperative advertising in the future. Franchisees also have the option to establish cooperative advertising for their specific area with other franchisees.
If franchisees choose to establish a cooperative, it is anticipated that each franchisee in the area would automatically become a member with one vote per franchise agreement. Any company or affiliate-owned outlets would also be members and would be required to contribute the same amount as other members. Since no cooperatives exist currently or have in the past, there is no set policy on required contributions.
If a cooperative advertising program is established, the members would form a governing board and create governing documents that would be available for prospective franchisees to review. This allows franchisees some control over advertising at the local level, but it is not a requirement to participate.