Must the Angry Chickz Operating Principal complete the Initial Training Program?
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").
The Initial Training Program shall be approximately up to 150 hours and will be conducted over approximately 15 days.
The Operating Principal and the Restaurant Leader shall complete the Initial Training Program to Company's satisfaction not more than 90 days and not less than 30 days prior to the scheduled opening date of Franchised Business to the public.
Failure of a person to show competency in the pre-training material may result in such person being prohibited from attending a scheduled Initial Training Program and require that person to attend a subsequent Initial Training Program.
In addition to the cost of attending this subsequent Initial Training Program, Franchisee will pay an additional initial training fee of $5,000.00.
The Operating Principal shall: (a) devote full time and best efforts solely to operation of Restaurants owned or operated, by Franchisee or its Affiliates in the same geographic region and to no other business activities; (b) meet Company's educational, experience, financial and other reasonable criteria for such position, as set forth in the Manual(s) or otherwise in writing by Company; and (c) have successfully completed the Initial Training Program to Company's reasonable satisfaction.
Source: Item 15 — OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS (FDD pages 38–39)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Angry Chickz's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if you are not an individual and instead operate as an entity, your Operating Principal must attend and successfully complete the Initial Training Program. This requirement must be met before opening your Angry Chickz restaurant to the public. The Operating Principal must always have successfully completed the Initial Training Program to Angry Chickz's satisfaction.
The Initial Training Program is approximately 150 hours and will be conducted over approximately 15 days. Training is held at Angry Chickz's training facilities in California or at other approved facilities. The training may include classroom instruction, on-site training at existing locations, remote learning, and self-study. The Operating Principal must complete this training not more than 90 days and not less than 30 days before the scheduled opening date.
If the Operating Principal fails to show competency in pre-training material, they may be prohibited from attending the scheduled Initial Training Program and required to attend a subsequent one. Attending a subsequent Initial Training Program incurs an additional initial training fee of $5,000. The Operating Principal must devote their full time and best efforts solely to the operation of the Angry Chickz restaurant and have successfully completed the Initial Training Program to the company's satisfaction.