Is there a fee 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, Aw may charge a fee to attend the annual conference. The FDD states, "We may charge you a fee to attend the conference ('Annual Conference Registration Fee')." This means that Aw franchisees might have to pay a registration fee to attend the annual conference.
In addition to the registration fee, the franchisee is responsible for all travel expenses incurred by them, their Owners, and/or Operating Manager to attend the conference. However, Aw is not obligated to hold an annual conference each year. If an Annual Conference is not held, the franchisee is not obligated to pay the Annual Conference Registration Fee.
Furthermore, according to the FDD, the franchisee, a Principal Owner, and/or the Operating Manager must attend Aw's Annual Conference each year during the term of the Franchise Agreement, if Aw holds such a conference. If a franchisee fails to attend any Annual Conference during the term of the agreement, they remain obligated to pay the Annual Conference Registration Fee. Aw may require the franchisee to attend separate training, in addition to any other rights and remedies available to Aw, for a breach of this provision.