Does Mr. Sandless currently have any advertising councils or local/regional advertising cooperatives?
Mr_Sandless Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Local Advertising Cooperatives/Advertising Councils
There are presently no advertising councils or local or regional advertising cooperatives. If an advertising cooperative is formed by our franchisees and approved by us, you must agree to contribute to the cooperative the amount agreed upon by a majority of the members of the cooperative, to pay that amount to the advertising cooperative and the times agreed upon by the majority, and abide by the cooperative's rules. The cooperative will determine who will administer the cooperative. The written governing documents will be available for review by you. Cooperatives need not prepare annual or periodic financial statements, but if they are prepared, they may be reviewed by you. We will not have the power to require cooperatives to be formed, changed, dissolved or merged.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 19–25)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Mr. Sandless Franchise Disclosure Document, Mr. Sandless does not currently have any advertising councils or local or regional advertising cooperatives. However, if franchisees form an advertising cooperative and Mr. Sandless approves it, franchisees must contribute to the cooperative as agreed upon by a majority of its members and abide by its rules. The cooperative will determine its administrator, and its written governing documents will be available for franchisee review.
Mr. Sandless does not have the power to require the formation, change, dissolution, or merger of these cooperatives. While the cooperatives are not required to prepare financial statements, any statements that are prepared may be reviewed by franchisees.
This means that while franchisees are not currently part of any formal advertising council or cooperative directed by Mr. Sandless, there is a mechanism in place for them to create their own advertising groups with the franchisor's approval. This allows for potential collaboration and localized advertising strategies among franchisees, although participation is contingent on the formation and approval of such a cooperative.