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What is Coffee News Online?

Coffee_News Franchise · 2025 FDD

Answer from 2025 FDD Document

4.5 Coffee News Online Services. In addition to the hardcopy Periodical related services, we are proud to announce the release of Coffee News® Online, a new digital companion to our print publication. 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 advertisersas well as restaurants at a modest cost. To enroll the Coffee News® Online feature, there are currently two (2) options for enrollment:

4.5.1. Basic service:

  • 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, Coffee News Online is a digital companion to the print publication. It retains many of the same features as the hard copy format but includes enhanced features. These enhancements aim to make Coffee News more accessible to readers, provide greater marketing opportunities for advertisers, and generate additional advertising revenue.

The Coffee News Online basic service provides the layout of current content, submitted ads, and What's Happening events, dated and posted for each Monday. It also provides a dedicated URL for each online edition and up to 40 single ad spaces (400 x 300 pixels) for sale from all industries, including restaurants. Double ads (400 x 600 pixels) are also available and counted as two ads. All ads rotate weekly, are mobile responsive, and clickable, linking directly to the advertiser's web, email, or phone contact information. Each week's online edition also includes one sponsorship ad. The Coffee News man is hidden in one of the ads each week and is clickable to the contest entry form as part of the Coffee News Contest.

In addition to the basic service, Coffee News offers a premium service designed for publishers who do not already use an email marketing application. This premium service includes email marketing services for the online edition and other email marketing messages to contacts each week. The franchisee would provide the email content to the third-party contractors that provide Coffee News Online services.

As a Coffee News franchisee, you are responsible for uploading all the advertisements and What's Happening events content into the online feature system. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, any enrollment of the Coffee News Online feature must be through Coffee News.

Disclaimer: This information is extracted from the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document and is provided for research purposes only. It does not constitute legal or financial advice. Consult with a franchise attorney before making any investment decisions.