2020 Franchise Disclosure Document for Allegra
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Business Description

We were formed as a Michigan limited liability company organized on October 6, 2000. We do business under our corporate name. Our principal business address is 47585 Galleon Drive, Plymouth, Michigan 48170-2466 and our telephone number is (800) 726-9050. Our agents for service of process are disclosed in Exhibit A. American Speedy Printing Centers, Inc. (“ASPC”), our predecessor, incorporated in Michigan on July 20, 1976 as Speedy Printing Centers®, Inc. It changed its name on February 17, 1982 to American Speedy Printing Centers, Inc. In December 1995, ASPC acquired by assignment 33 Zippy Print franchise agreements in Canada. On February 3, 1998, ASPC acquired by assignment 22 Quik Print and 2 Instant Copy franchise agreements located in the United States.

Prior Experience

Our parent, Allegra Holdings LLC, a Michigan limited liability company organized in September 2000 (“Allegra Holdings”), located at 47585 Galleon Drive, Plymouth, Michigan 48170-2466, acquired the assets of ASPC on October 12, 2000. Allegra Holdings then assigned all of the operating assets, including franchise agreements, to us. Allegra Holdings retained ownership of the Marks (defined below) and has licensed us to use and sublicense the use of the Marks. Allegra Holdings also engages in other business activities related to trademarks and other assets it owns, such as licensing the marks associated with the Kwik Kopy Printing franchise system to KK Printing Canada ULC (“KKP Canada”). Unless otherwise indicated in this Disclosure Document, “we” and “us” include Allegra Network LLC and ASPC

Business Offered

We began offering Insty-Prints franchises in 2002. We offered franchises for the Signs Now concept from February 2005 to December 2016. Until November 2009, we offered franchises for Allegra centers under the Allegra Print & Imaging name and mark. As of January 2010, we required all Allegra Print & Imaging centers to operate under the Allegra name. On January 1, 2013, we assumed the franchise agreements for Speedy Printing franchises, Zippy Print franchises, Allegra franchises and Signs Now franchises operating in Canada from Allegra of North America Inc., a former affiliate, and became the franchisor for Canadian franchises. We ceased offering franchises for the Signs Now concept in Canada in December 2016. Allegra of North America Inc. dissolved on December 31, 2012. From June 2015 to June 2016, we offered franchises for businesses that offer digital and direct marketing services under the name CORE Communications®. As of December 31, 2018, we had one licensee authorized to use the CORE Communications trademarks

Initial Fees

You must pay us an initial franchise fee of $15,000. The initial franchise fee is due in a lump sum when you sign the Franchise Agreement and is not refundable under any circumstance.

Financing

We will finance up to 50% of your territory fee. If you elect to obtain financing from us for your territory fee, you will sign our form promissory note (the “Note”) (attached to this Disclosure Document as Exhibit H). You will make 36 monthly payments. The principal amount due under the Note may be prepaid without penalty

Franchisee Revenue and Profit

The FTC's Franchise Rule permits a franchisor to provide information about the actual or potential financial performance of its franchised and/or franchisor-owned outlets, if there is a reasonable basis for the information, and if the information is included in the disclosure document. Financial performance information that differs from that included in Item 19 may be given only if: (1) a franchisor provides the actual records of an existing outlet you are considering buying; or (2) a franchisor supplements the information provided in this Item 19, for example, by providing information about possible performance at a particular location or under particular circumstances.