What costs are the Amorino franchisee responsible for when attending initial or additional training sessions?
Amorino Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
s and costs, together with interest charges on all of the foregoing.
7. TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE
A. Initial Training. Prior to opening the Store for business, your Supervising Principal or Manager must attend and complete to our satisfaction our initial training program. The first ten days of the initial training program will take place at our Paris, France headquarters. Your Supervising Principal and your Manager (or if you have no Manager, another employee)
must attend Amorino's initial training program. Amorino shall provide and pay only for the training instructors, facilities and materials. You will be responsible for all other costs and expenses of complying with Amorino's training requirements, including salary, travel, lodging, and dining costs for all of your employees who participate in the training. If you sign an area development agreement: a) we only provide you with the Paris ten-day initial training for your first location; and b) we only provide you with the on-site five-day training at your first, second and third stores but not for any additional stores.
B. Training with Respect to Additional Stores. If you are opening more than one Amorino Store simultaneously, your Supervising Principal and a Manager for each location must attend the initial training. If you already operate an Amorino Store, Amorino in its sole discretion shall determine whether to require you to undergo the initial training program or any subsequent training program prior to the opening of any additional store.
C. Store Opening Assistance.
- (1) Amorino will provide you the services of on-site trainers to assist you on-site for five consecutive days, which shall conclude your initial training. These trainers will help you organize the Store prior to the opening and direct the operations of the Store during the opening. Your Supervising Principal and your Manager (if you have one) must be on-site during this period of time. Such training will be at no additional charge, but you will be required to make arrangements and pay for our trainers' travel, lodging, dining and related expenses.
Source: Item 15 — , you must cause the individual owner who will operate the Store (or your manager, if applicable) and up to one additional employee to attend such programs. (FDD pages 46–47)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Amorino's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are responsible for various costs associated with both initial and additional training programs. For the initial training program, which includes ten days at Amorino's Paris, France headquarters, the franchisee must cover salary, travel, lodging, and dining costs for all participating employees.
For additional training that Amorino may require based on the franchisee's performance, the franchisee must pay Amorino a reasonable cost for providing the training, which is currently up to $400 per day. Additionally, the franchisee is responsible for salary, travel, lodging, and dining costs for all individuals attending the additional training.
Furthermore, franchisees are responsible for transportation, food, lodging, and similar costs incurred to attend any of the initial and additional training sessions. This also includes covering these costs for Amorino's instructors when they provide training at the franchisee's store location. For store opening assistance, while the training itself is provided at no additional charge, the franchisee is required to cover the travel, lodging, dining, and related expenses for Amorino's trainers.