Who is responsible for the compensation and TRE (presumably Travel and Related Expenses) of 7 Brew personnel?
7_Brew Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
g to the public for business, to support the Store during its opening phase and to help you train your supervisory employees on our philosophy and Brand Standards (but not matters relating to labor relations and employment practices). We will pay the wages and TRE of any opening team we choose to send. However, if in our opinion you and/or the Store needs, or if you request (and we agree to provide), special guidance, assistance, or training (excluding training relating to labor relations and employment practices) that is in addition to any support we choose to provide, you must pay our personnel's daily charges (including wages) and TRE. We may delay the Store's opening until all required training has been satisfactorily completed.
D. Ongoing and Supplemental Training/Convention
We may require your Store's managers to attend and complete satisfactorily various training courses and programs offered periodically during the Term by us or third parties at the times and locations we designate. However, we will not require attendance at such training courses and programs (including any annual meeting of 7 BREW Store franchisees, as described below) for more than five (5) days total, or for more than three (3) consecutive days, during each calendar year. You are responsible for their compensation and TRE during their attendance. If you request any training courses and programs to be provided locally, then subject to our training personnel's availability, you must pay our then-current training fee and our training personnel's TRE.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 82–83)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to 7 Brew's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the responsibility for compensation and TRE (Travel and Related Expenses) of 7 Brew personnel varies depending on the situation. Generally, 7 Brew will pay the wages and TRE for their "opening team" when they send one to support a new store opening. However, if the franchisee requests special guidance, assistance, or training beyond the initial support, the franchisee is responsible for covering 7 Brew personnel's daily charges (including wages) and TRE.
For ongoing and supplemental training, the franchisee is responsible for the compensation and TRE of their store managers when they attend training courses and programs required by 7 Brew. If the franchisee requests local training, they must pay 7 Brew's training fee and the training personnel's TRE, subject to the availability of 7 Brew's personnel. Additionally, the franchisee must pay all TRE and any meeting fee for their representatives to attend the annual 7 Brew Store franchisees meeting.
In the context of the Brand Fund, the fund may reimburse 7 Brew and its affiliates for the reasonable salaries and benefits of personnel who manage and administer the fund, as well as the TRE of 7 Brew personnel while they are on Brand Fund business. This indicates that while franchisees are responsible for training-related expenses, 7 Brew covers costs associated with the Brand Fund and initial store opening support.