Who are the third-party contractors hired to provide Coffee News online services?
Coffee_News Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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- 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.
Source: Item 8 — Restrictions on Sources of Products and Services (FDD pages 14–15)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Coffee News's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Chil Consulting and Shadow Fox Consulting are the third-party contractors that provide Coffee News Online services. Specifically, these companies provide email marketing services for the online edition of Coffee News, especially for franchisees who do not already use an email marketing application like MailChimp or Constant Contact.
Coffee News franchisees utilizing the Premium Service option would provide email content to either Chil Consulting or Shadow Fox Consulting, who then manage the email marketing to the franchisee's contacts each week. This allows franchisees to focus on content creation and advertising sales while outsourcing the technical aspects of email marketing.
Prospective franchisees should note that enrollment in Coffee News Online related services must be purchased through Coffee News from either Shadow Fox Consulting or Chil Consulting. The franchisee is responsible for uploading advertisements and 'What's Happening' events content into the online system.