What is the name of the fee charged to attend the Aw Annual Conference?
Aw Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 5.4 Annual Conference. Each year during the term of this Agreement, you, a Principal Owner and/or your Operating Manager must attend our Annual Conference for franchisees if we hold such a conference. We may charge you a fee to attend the conference ("Annual Conference Registration Fee"). In addition, you are responsible for all travel expenses incurred by you, your Owners and/or Operating Manager in attending the conference. This provision does not obligate us to hold an Annual Conference of franchisees each year. If an Annual Conference is not held, you are not obligated to pay the Annual Conference Registration Fee. If you fail to attend any Annual Conference during the term of this Agreement, you remain obligated to pay the Annual Conference Registration Fee. We may require you to attend separate training, in addition to any other rights and remedies available to us, for your breach of this provision.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 39–40)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Aw's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if Aw holds an Annual Conference, franchisees may be charged a fee to attend. This fee is referred to as the "Annual Conference Registration Fee." Franchisees are also responsible for covering all travel expenses for themselves, any Principal Owners, and their Operating Manager to attend the conference.
Attendance at the Annual Conference is mandatory for the franchisee, a Principal Owner, and/or the Operating Manager each year if Aw holds the conference. However, Aw is not obligated to hold an Annual Conference every year. If Aw does not hold a conference in a given year, franchisees are not required to pay the Annual Conference Registration Fee.
Even if a franchisee fails to attend the Annual Conference, they are still obligated to pay the Annual Conference Registration Fee. Additionally, if a franchisee breaches the attendance requirement, Aw may require them to attend separate training, in addition to any other remedies available to Aw.