Are there any restrictions placed on a Coffee News franchisee soliciting advertising clients from outside their territory?
Coffee_News Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
At the signing of the franchise agreement, we will grant you exclusive rights to distribute your publication of Coffee News within the agreed boundaries. Your exclusive territory is a specific geographic area where you may distribute the Periodical. Although you are allowed to distribute Coffee News only within this territory, you may solicit and accept advertisements from sources both inside and outside your territory. You may solicit advertising clients both from within your territory and outside your territory by any means that you deem appropriate. We place no restriction on outside territory solicitation. We do suggest, however, as a matter of courtesy and
to maintain harmonious relations with mutual clients and fellow publishers, that you communicate with your neighboring publisher before you enter such a publishers' territory to solicit and/or sell advertising. You may acquire additional franchise territories by proposing territories to us and we will research and tailor the boundaries of the proposed territory.
Coffee News Online may be accessed by readers outside the Territory. However, the Franchisee's publication of Coffee News Online shall be restricted to his/her/its licensed Territory and no publication shall be made to serve communities beyond the Territory. Franchisor shall provide a drop down of the area served by Franchisee's online version through Franchisor's website.
Source: Item 12 — Territory (FDD pages 21–22)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Coffee News's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees face no restrictions on soliciting advertising clients from outside their designated territory. The FDD states that franchisees "may solicit and accept advertisements from sources both inside and outside your territory" and that Coffee News "place[s] no restriction on outside territory solicitation." This freedom allows franchisees to expand their client base beyond their exclusive distribution area. However, Coffee News suggests that franchisees communicate with neighboring publishers as a courtesy before soliciting or selling advertising in their territories to maintain positive relationships.
This policy benefits franchisees by providing them with the flexibility to pursue advertising revenue wherever they can find it, without being limited by geographical boundaries. It also means that franchisees may face competition from other Coffee News franchisees who are also soliciting advertisers in the same areas.
While Coffee News does not restrict franchisees from soliciting advertisements outside their territories, the franchisee's publication of Coffee News Online is restricted to his/her/its licensed Territory and no publication shall be made to serve communities beyond the Territory. Franchisor shall provide a drop down of the area served by Franchisee's online version through Franchisor's website.