When does Auntie Annes charge a Management Training Program fee for Required Trainees?
Auntie_Annes Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
perience requirements that we specify. In addition, we may, in our sole discretion, require your Primary Contact, if they will not be involved in the day-to-day operation of the Franchised Business, to complete a limited version of the Management Training Program to our satisfaction. If any of your Required Trainees have previously attended and successfully completed our Management Training Program and you or they have not defaulted under any other franchise agreement with us, we may, in our sole discretion, determine that such Required Trainee is not required to attend the Management Training Program again or will be required to attend a modified Management Training Program.
- B. Training Fees. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 11.1.B., we will provide the Management Training Program to your Required Trainees at no additional charge to the Required Trainees for the first two Franchised Businesses that you or your affiliates operate.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 106)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Auntie Annes's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, generally, the Management Training Program is provided at no additional charge for the first two Franchised Businesses that a franchisee or their affiliates operate. However, Auntie Annes does charge a Management Training Program fee in specific instances.
For the third and subsequent Franchised Businesses that a franchisee or their affiliates operate, Auntie Annes requires payment of their then-current Management Training Program fee for all Required Trainees to attend a single training session if the franchisee is required or elects to receive the Management Training Program from Auntie Annes or their designee.
Additionally, Auntie Annes charges a reasonable training fee if (i) the franchisee elects to bring additional trainees, other than the Required Trainees, to the Management Training Program, (ii) the Required Trainees are trained in separate sessions, (iii) any of the Required Trainees fail to successfully complete the Management Training Program and re-enroll in the program or are replaced with new trainees that enroll in the program, or (iv) Auntie Annes provides the Management Training Program to Subsequent Trainees.