Does Antioch Pizza Shop maintain a formal training schedule?
Antioch_Pizza_Shop Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
specific training programs. We reserve the right to change training staff at any time. We do not maintain a formal training schedule. We will schedule initial training provide training on an as-needed basis.
You and your manager must attend and complete initial training to our satisfaction before your Antioch Pizza Shop Business opens for business. You and your manager will be evaluated during training on your ability to follow our guidelines for establishing and operating the Antioch Pizza Shop Business and espousing the Antioch Pizza Shop brand. You must pass our initial training test at the completion of initial training. Once you begin the training program, you must attend the entire initial training program as scheduled by us. If you fail to do so, you may be required to start from the beginning again.
In addition to the initial training described above, we may require you and your manager to attend our then-current training program again before renewing the Franchise Agreement.
In addition to the initial training program described above, we will send one or more of our representatives to your Antioch Pizza Shop before and after the opening of the Antioch Pizza Shop
Business to provide on-site training and opening assistance for no additional fee. For the Dine-In Restaurant and Take-Out/Delivery Restaurants, the on-site training and assistance will be provided for up to 3 weeks, for the Express Restaurants the on-site training and assistance will be provided for up to 2 weeks, and for the Food Truck/Trailer franchise the on-site training and assistance will be provided for approximately 1 week. We will determine in our sole discretion how long the on-site training will be conducted. (Franchise Agreement, Section 7(a))
Time for Opening
We anticipate that franchisees will open their Antioch Pizza Shop Businesses within 3 to 12 months after the date that the Franchise Agreement is signed but franchisees must open within 12 months of that date.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 29–35)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 FDD, Antioch Pizza Shop does not maintain a formal training schedule. While initial training is required for franchisees and their managers before opening an Antioch Pizza Shop business, the company will schedule initial training and provide training on an as-needed basis.
Initial training includes evaluation on the franchisee's ability to follow guidelines for establishing and operating the Antioch Pizza Shop business and espousing the Antioch Pizza Shop brand. Franchisees must also pass an initial training test at the completion of the initial training. The training program for the Dine-In Restaurant franchise and the Take-Out/Delivery Restaurant franchise is conducted over a 13-week period. The training program for the Express Restaurant franchise is conducted over a 9-week period. The training program for the Food Truck/Trailer franchise is conducted over a 4-week period.
Antioch Pizza Shop may also require franchisees and their managers to attend the then-current training program again before renewing the Franchise Agreement. The company will send one or more representatives to the franchisee's Antioch Pizza Shop before and after opening to provide on-site training and opening assistance for no additional fee. For the Dine-In Restaurant and Take-Out/Delivery Restaurants, the on-site training and assistance will be provided for up to 3 weeks, for the Express Restaurants the on-site training and assistance will be provided for up to 2 weeks, and for the Food Truck/Trailer franchise the on-site training and assistance will be provided for approximately 1 week.