What is the name of the online version of the Coffee News periodical?
Coffee_News Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We sell to you the right to publish Coffee News (the "Periodical") in hard copy and/or online version ("Coffee News Online"), and to distribute the Periodical to restaurants and other local establishments and to distribute Coffee News Online within a specified geographic area which is your exclusive territory.
On January 4, 2021, we offered Coffee News Online, as a service from Chil Consulting in Ontario, Canada. On January 1, 2022, we offered a second Online service from Shadow Fox Consulting in Valdosta, GA. This enables you to offer an online version of Coffee News to readers within the service area of your print franchises. This service is mobile ready.
In or around January of 2021, we entered into a service agreement with Chil Consulting, a Canadian corporation, to provide Coffee News Online related services enabling Coffee News franchisees to publish a digital version of the Coffee News Publication. On January 1, 2022, we entered into a similar type agreement with Shadow Fox Consulting. Coffee News® online will retain many of the same features as the hard copy format used worldwide, but with enhanced features, making Coffee News® more accessible to readers, offering greater marketing opportunities, and generating additional advertising revenue from existing advertisers as well as restaurants at a modest cost. To enroll in the Coffee News Online feature, there are currently two (2) options: Basic and Premium, as outlined in Section 4 of the Coffee News Franchise Agreement.
Source: Item 1 — The Franchisor and any Parents, Predecessors, and Affiliates (FDD pages 7–9)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Coffee News Franchise Disclosure Document, the online version of the Coffee News periodical is called "Coffee News Online". Franchisees have the right to publish Coffee News in hard copy and/or online version, Coffee News Online, within a specified geographic area.
Coffee News began offering Coffee News Online on January 4, 2021, as a service from Chil Consulting in Ontario, Canada. Subsequently, on January 1, 2022, a second online service was offered from Shadow Fox Consulting in Valdosta, GA. This allows franchisees to provide an online version of Coffee News to readers within their print franchise's service area. The service is designed to be mobile-ready, increasing accessibility for readers.
The Coffee News Online feature retains many of the characteristics of the hard copy format but includes enhanced features. These enhancements aim to make Coffee News more accessible to readers and provide greater marketing opportunities. Additionally, Coffee News Online is intended to generate additional advertising revenue from existing advertisers and restaurants. To participate in Coffee News Online, franchisees can choose between two options: Basic and Premium, as detailed in Section 4 of the Coffee News Franchise Agreement.