What is the Franchisor obligated to provide for the Coffee News online version?
Coffee_News Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 4.5.1.1 Provides the layout of current content, submitted ads and What's Happening events dated and posted for each Monday for publishers to send to their contacts each week.
- 4.5.1.2. Dedicated URL for your online edition (i.e. www.coffeenewsonline.com/ME/Bangor). All online editions can be found via a dropdown menu from the main site.
- 4.5.1.3 Provides up to 40 single (400 x 300 pixel) ad spaces for sale from all industries including restaurants. Double ads (400 x 600 pixel) are also available to sell (and are counted as 2 ads). All ads rotate weekly.
- 4.5.1.4. Ads are mobile responsive and clickable, linking directly to the advertiser's web, email or phone contact information.
- 4.5.1.5. Provides 1 sponsorship ad for each week's online edition.
- 4.5.1.6. Coffee News® man is hidden in one of the ads each week and clickable to the contest entry form as part of the Coffee News® Contest.
- 4.5.2. Premium Service. The Premium Service is designed for publishers who do not already use an email marketing application such as MailChimp or Constant Contact. In addition to the Basic Service, Chil Consulting and/or Shadow Fox Consulting, the current third party contractors that provide Coffee News Online services, will provide email marketing services of your online edition and any other email marketing messages to your contacts for you each week. You would provide the email content to Chil Consulting and/or Shadow Fox Consulting.
4.6. Third Party Services. It is acknowledged by the parties that all services related to Coffee News Online are to be provided and performed by a third party contractor hired by the Franchisor, provided however, the Franchisee is responsible for uploading all the advertisements and What's Happening events content into the online feature system. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, any and all enrollment of Coffee News Online feature must be through the Franchisor.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 36–118)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Coffee News's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisor provides specific services for the online version of Coffee News, depending on whether the franchisee chooses the basic or premium service. For the basic service, Coffee News provides the layout of current content, submitted ads, and What's Happening events, dated and posted for each Monday. This allows publishers to send the information to their contacts weekly. Additionally, Coffee News provides a dedicated URL for the franchisee's online edition and up to 40 single ad spaces (400 x 300 pixels) for sale from various industries, including restaurants. Double ads (400 x 600 pixels) are also available and count as two ads. All ads rotate weekly.
Coffee News ensures that ads are mobile responsive and clickable, linking directly to the advertiser's web, email, or phone contact information. They also provide one sponsorship ad for each week's online edition. Furthermore, the Coffee News man is hidden in one of the ads each week, and clicking on him leads to the contest entry form as part of the Coffee News Contest.
For franchisees who opt for the premium service, which is designed for those not already using an email marketing application, Coffee News provides email marketing services for the online edition and other email marketing messages. This service is facilitated through third-party contractors, Chil Consulting and/or Shadow Fox Consulting. The franchisee is responsible for providing the email content to these consultants. It is important to note that the franchisee is responsible for uploading all advertisements and What's Happening events content into the online feature system, and any enrollment of the Coffee News Online feature must be through the franchisor, unless otherwise agreed in writing.