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A sandwich franchise company asked its franchisees to pay 4% more for advertising in addition to the 3% royalties of its monthly sales so far.



If not, reporter Jeon Yeon-nam reported that he was notified of the termination of the contract.



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February, the head office of Egg Drop, a sandwich specialty store, informed about 220 affiliated stores nationwide that it would raise 3% of sales from 3% of sales to 7%.



It was a 4% increase in advertising fees for brand promotion.



The franchisees claim that after the franchisees expressed their opposition, such as requesting the details of advertisement execution, the franchisees continued to cancel the franchise.



Mr. A, who has been running the store for 3 years, was also


notified of the termination of the contract

last month, saying he violated the company's policy to use first-class antibiotic-free eggs

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This is not at all in the signed affiliate contract.



[Mr. A/Affiliate canceled egg drop store owner: (On the franchise agreement) Nothing was written in violation, but the head office is now demolishing it... I'm a person who really lives this one, but how do I close the door right away.]



Also, I don't immediately pay a deposit of 10 million won to 41 stores contracted with a'deposit exemption special agreement', or write a new contract to agree to an increase in advertising costs. If you do not, you have been informed that you will be canceled.



[Mr. B/Egg drop store owner: Some stores were canceled even if they were overdue for royalties for about two days… It's scary.]



Last week, the first notice of the termination of the franchise contract was delivered to 170 stores that opposed the increase in royalties.



[B's / Egg Drop storekeeper: and now threaten to gapjil, but rather, we are When idea seriously got out even tell that we're really gonna have made a slave contract -



Egg Drop headquartered side advertising is dwaetgo devise an appropriate level of retaliation It said that there was no cancellation of the membership.



[Egg drop officials: We have maliciously canceled the membership for opposing the increase in advertising fees. Oh, if you say that we can't pay, it's a bit difficult for a company to run.]



Under the current law, if the franchise headquarters asks for an increase in advertising costs, the franchisees have no choice but to follow.



[Kim Jae-hee / Attorney: If the store owners paid for the advertisement, it is limited to the post-mortem right to disclose the execution details and request for reading. There is no way to intervene, engage in, or express opinions at all.] A



revised bill was proposed to obtain consent from more than a certain percentage of franchisees regarding the burden of advertising and promotion costs, but there is no promise when it will pass.



(Video editing: Eunjin Choi, VJ: Hyunwoo Park)