Who is required to attend the 1 800 Packouts training program?
1_800_Packouts Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
and company-controlled location who have significant experience (at least five years) in their topic(s) of instruction.
At any time before the Franchised Business opens for business, you (or your Operating Principal) and your Manager (if you appoint one) must complete System/Procedure Training to our satisfaction. If we determine in our sole discretion that you or your Manager are unable to satisfactorily complete System/Procedure Training, we may, at our option, require you or them to retake System/Procedure Training or terminate this Agreement upon written notice to you, in which case we will not refund any fees paid by you.
Additional Training. We may require that you, your Manager, and/or other key personnel that we designate to attend optional or mandatory refresher training and/or ongoing educational training, seminars, conferences, webinars, other electronic communications and regional or national meetings, huddles, and meetings relating to the operation of Franchised Businesses at locations we select. There are certain certifications which you may desire to have your employees obtain. Having employees with various certifications can provide certain benefits to your Franchised Business. We may charge you a reasonable fee for each of your trainees required or scheduled to attend such programs and conferences regardless of whether such employees actually attend. You will be obligated to bear the cost of wages and any travel and living expenses incurred by you or your trainees related to any such programs and conferences. If we conduct training at your Franchised Business, you will be responsible for reimbursing us for the living and travel expenses of any of our representatives providing such training.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 32–39)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to 1 800 Packouts' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, before opening the franchised business, the franchisee (or their Operating Principal) and their Manager (if they appoint one) must complete the System/Procedure Training to 1 800 Packouts' satisfaction. In addition, one Owner of the Franchised Business must attend the training offered for the entire duration with the trainees from your Franchised Business.
1 800 Packouts may also require the franchisee, their manager, and/or other key personnel that they designate to attend optional or mandatory refresher training and/or ongoing educational training, seminars, conferences, webinars, other electronic communications and regional or national meetings, huddles, and meetings relating to the operation of Franchised Businesses at locations they select.
The System/Procedure Training program is approximately four days in the operation of a Franchised Business at a location and time designated by 1 800 Packouts. The training program includes classroom instruction and Franchised Business operation training in the use of the System at their National Training Center in Ball Ground, Georgia or at an operating Business that they designate.