What training must an Amorino Manager complete?
Amorino Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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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.
- (2) If you already operate an Amorino Store, Amorino in its sole discretion shall determine whether it is necessary to provide on-site assistance in advance of your opening your second or subsequent Store.
- (3) Amorino shall provide such additional consultation and advice prior to the opening of your Store as it deems appropriate, such as with respect to the construction, design, furnishings, fixtures, equipment, specifications, employees, purchasing, inventory control, and such other matters as Amorino deems appropriate.
- D. Post-Opening Assistance. Following the opening of your Store, Amorino shall provide such additional assistance, consultation and advice as it deems appropriate in connection with your ongoing ownership and operation of the Store and compliance with the System, such as with respect to new product development and implementation, advertising, marketing and such other matters as Amorino deems appropriate. Such assistance, consultation and advice may take the form of meetings, conferences, on-site visits, electronic or printed materials, or such other form as Amorino deems appropriate.
- E. Employee Training. You shall implement a training program for all employees in accordance with the training standards and specifications we prescribe from time to time. You agree not to employ any person who fails or refuses to complete such a training program. You shall be responsible for all expenses relating to the training of the Store's employees.
- F. Training Related to New Products. From time to time, Amorino may introduce new products or services and run training sessions related to such products or services at one of
our franchised Stores or at your Store. All products and services that exist at the time of your Store opening shall not be considered to be new products giving rise to the need for free training sessions. Your Supervising Principal and your Manager (if you have one) must attend these training sessions. Such training sessions will be provided free of charge, but you will be responsible for all expenses related to the attendance by your Supervising Principal and your Manager, such as travel, dining and related expenses. Such training sessions will generally be completed within one (1) day so no overnight lodging would typically be required.
G. Additional Training. From time to time, you may request, or Amorino may require (based on your performance under this Agreement) that your Supervising Principal or Manager or certain designated employees attend additional courses, seminars, and other training programs (any of the foregoing, the "Additional Training"). You agree to cause such individuals to attend the Additional Training and to pay Amorino for the reasonable cost of providing the Additional Training (currently up to $400 per day) and to pay all related costs and expenses, including salary, travel, lodging, and dining costs for all individuals who participate in the training.
8. OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISED BUSINESS
A. General Operating Requirements. You understand and acknowledge that every detail of the System is essential to maintain and enhance the goodwill associated with the Proprietary Marks and the integrity of the brand.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 80–81)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Amorino's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a Manager must complete the initial training program to Amorino's satisfaction. This initial training includes the first ten days taking place at Amorino's headquarters in Paris, France. Additionally, the Manager must be on-site for five consecutive days of training provided by Amorino's trainers to assist with the store opening.
If a franchisee operates more than one Amorino store, or if the Supervising Principal will not devote full-time efforts to the management and operation of the store, they must appoint a Manager who must be approved in advance by Amorino. This Manager must also complete the initial training and any other additional training that Amorino may require. Any proposed replacement Manager must also be approved in advance and complete the required training.
Amorino may also require the Manager to attend additional courses, seminars, and other training programs. These additional training sessions will be provided free of charge, but the franchisee is responsible for all expenses related to the attendance of the Supervising Principal and Manager, such as travel, dining, and related expenses. The franchisee is also responsible for implementing a training program for all employees in accordance with Amorino's training standards and specifications.