Approximately how many days before the scheduled opening of an Alloy Franchised Business does the initial training program begin?
Alloy Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Approximately 90 days before your Franchised Business is scheduled to open, we will provide a mandatory series of virtual training sessions and a mandatory 4-day in person training program in the operation of your Franchised Business for up to three trainees, including you or your Operating Partner, your General Manager/Head Trainer, and one Trainer. All franchisees and their Operating Partners must attend and satisfactorily complete our training programs. If you wish to send additional trainees to our initial 4-day training program, you must pay our then-current training fee. The cost of providing our initial 4-day training program to the first three trainees (including you) is included in the initial franchise fee, but you must pay all expenses you and your trainees incur while attending our initial 4-day training program, including travel, lodging, meals and applicable wages. We may provide our training program to multiple franchisees and their trainees at the same session.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 31–42)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Alloy's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the initial training program, consisting of virtual sessions and a 4-day in-person program, begins approximately 90 days before the scheduled opening of the franchised business. This training is mandatory for up to three trainees, including the franchisee or their Operating Partner, the General Manager/Head Trainer, and one Trainer.
The initial training covers the operation of the Alloy franchise. All franchisees and their Operating Partners must attend and satisfactorily complete the training programs. If a franchisee wishes to send additional trainees to the 4-day training program, they must pay Alloy's then-current training fee.
The initial franchise fee covers the cost of providing the initial 4-day training program to the first three trainees, but the franchisee is responsible for all expenses incurred by themselves and their trainees while attending the training, including travel, lodging, meals, and applicable wages. Alloy may conduct training programs for multiple franchisees and their trainees in the same session.