Who must attend the Angry Chickz Initial Training Program if the franchisee is an entity?
Angry_Chickz Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If you are an entity, your Operating Principal and your Restaurant Leader, and if applicable, trainer, must attend and satisfactorily complete, to our satisfaction, the Initial Training Program, prior to opening your Restaurant to the public.
The Operating Principal, the Restaurant Leader and, if applicable, trainer, shall at all times have successfully completed, to our satisfaction, an initial training program in the Standards and the operation of a Restaurant ("Initial Training Program"). We may modify the content and manner of conducting the Initial Training Program in our discretion from time to time. Prior to commencing operation of your Restaurant, we shall provide at no additional cost the Initial Training Program to 4 persons, including the Operating Principal, the Restaurant Leader and the trainer. You may not operate your Restaurant until the then-current Operating Principal, initial Restaurant Leader and trainee (if applicable) shall have completed the Initial Training Program to our satisfaction. Training will be conducted at our training facilities at our headquarters and in Thousand Oaks, California or at other approved training facility(ies) specified by us, and may include classroom training, instruction at our or your facilities, remote training, and/or a self-study program. The Initial Training Program shall be approximately up to 150 hours and will be conducted over approximately 15 days.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 26–33)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Angry Chickz's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if the franchisee is an entity, the Operating Principal, the Restaurant Leader, and, if applicable, a trainer must attend and satisfactorily complete the Initial Training Program. This training must be completed before the restaurant opens to the public.
The Initial Training Program is designed to teach the standards and operations of an Angry Chickz restaurant. Angry Chickz may modify the content and manner of conducting the Initial Training Program at its discretion. The Initial Training Program is provided at no additional cost to 4 people, including the Operating Principal, the Restaurant Leader, and the trainer.
The Initial Training Program consists of approximately 150 hours of training over approximately 15 days. Training will be conducted at Angry Chickz's training facilities at its headquarters and in Thousand Oaks, California, or at other approved training facilities. The training may include classroom instruction, on-site instruction at Angry Chickz's or the franchisee's facilities, remote training, and/or a self-study program. Franchisees cannot operate their Angry Chickz restaurant until the Operating Principal, Restaurant Leader, and trainer (if applicable) have completed the Initial Training Program to Angry Chickz's satisfaction.