Where in the Coffee News Franchise Agreement can I find information about initial and ongoing training for Coffee News?
Coffee_News Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
proval of franchisee generated marketing materials.
Startup Time Period
Once the agreement is signed, you will spend approximately 4-6 weeks preparing to publish your first edition of Coffee News. Your timing is affected by the rate of sales of advertisements, the state of preparations with printers, and your selection of restaurants as distribution locations. We shall provide you with 8 weekly editions of copy within 14 calendar days of signing the agreement. Future editions may be accessed from a passcode protected Coffee News Resource Center (Franchise Agreement Section 4.2).
TRAINING PROGRAM
We have no obligations to provide any training classes before or after you begin publishing or to set up an advertising program or fund. You are not required to participate in any other advertising fund.
Our training program is available in person. All signatories, usually the business owners and/or the principal officers of the entity, to the agreement are required to complete the training program to our satisfactory. All costs including without limitation mentoring and startup services are covered by the one – time training fee of $2,900.00, which is included in and will be deducted from the $9,900.00 initial franchise fees. Said onetime fee only applies to new publishers coming into our system. We provide all new publishers with access to all necessary pre-opening training materials and our mentor training program upon signing the franchise agreement.
We also offer a two to three-day Coffee News College every 8-13 weeks for all North American publishers/franchisees. The business owners and their principal officers of the entity are required to attend the initial training program. Travel expenses are not included.
There are no other additional training programs we offer. All existing publishers may attend future initial training programs voluntarily at their own expenses.
TRAINING PROGRAM
| Subject | Hours of classroom training | Hours of on the job training | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | 1.0 hours | 8 wk Mentor program | Bangor, ME | Mr. Garrett Guernsey Mr. John Buckley Mr. Ben Sprague |
| Start up | 1.0 hours | 8 wk Mentor program | Bangor, ME | Ms. Melissa Coombs Mr. John Buckley |
| Sales | 1.0 hours | 8 wk Mentor | Bangor, ME | Mr. John Buckley |
| DISC | program | |||
| Distribution | 1.0 hours | 8 wk Mentor | Bangor, ME | Ms. Melissa Coombs |
| and Systems | program | Mr. Ben Sprague | ||
| Ad design | 1.0 hours | 8 wk Mentor program | Bangor, ME | Ms. Melissa Coombs |
| Art work | 1.0 hours | 8 wk Mentor program | Bangor, ME | Ms. Melissa Coombs |
| Printing | .5 hours | 8 wk Mentor program | Bangor, ME | Mr. Garrett Guernsey |
| Branding | 1.0 hours | 8 wk Mentor program | Bangor, ME | Mr. John Buckley Ms. Melissa Coombs |
| Networking | 1.0 hours | 8 wk Mentor program | Bangor, ME | Mr. William Buckley Mr. Ben Sprague |
| Billing and | 1.0 hours | 8 wk Mentor | Bangor, ME | Mr. Garrett Guernsey |
| Collections | program | Ms. Melissa Coombs | ||
| Referrals / | 1.0 hours | 8 wk Mentor | Bangor, ME | Mr. William Buckley |
| Power sales | program | Mr. Ben Sprague | ||
| Motivational | .5 hours | 8 wk Mentor | Bangor, ME | Mr. John Buckley |
| Videos | program | |||
| Support | 1.0 hours | 8 wk Mentor | Bangor, ME | Mr. |
Source: Item 9 — Franchisee's Obligations (FDD pages 15–16)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Coffee News Franchise Disclosure Document, details regarding the training program can be found in Section 4.2 of the Franchise Agreement, as well as Item 11 and Paragraph 10. The FDD states that Coffee News has no obligation to provide training classes before or after publishing, or to set up an advertising program or fund.
The Coffee News training program is available in person, and all signatories to the agreement, typically business owners or principal officers, are required to complete it. The one-time training fee of $2,900.00 covers all costs, including mentoring and startup services. This fee is included in the initial franchise fee of $9,900.00. New publishers receive access to pre-opening training materials and a mentor training program upon signing the franchise agreement.
Coffee News also offers a two to three-day Coffee News College every 8 to 13 weeks for all North American publishers/franchisees. While attendance to the initial training program is mandatory for business owners and principal officers, travel expenses are not included. Existing publishers may voluntarily attend future initial training programs at their own expense. The training program covers sales, advertisement design, billing, collections, distribution, marketing, and startup.