Does Azal Coffee provide notice for additional specified training, sales programs, and meetings?
Azal_Coffee Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
A Designated Owner (or, if specified by us, the General Manager or other management employees) must, solely at your expense, attend additional training, sales programs, and meetings reasonably specified by us, including regular periodic franchise meetings if specified by us. We will give reasonable notice of any additional specified training, sales programs, and meetings. We may require you to pay a reasonable charge for any training provided to you and/or your managers beyond the initial training program described in Section 7.1. Any fees we charge will be uniform as to all persons attending additional training at that time. We may require that you complete additional training before offering new Authorized Products from the Franchise Business.
We may require that your managers, including replacement managers in the event any previously trained manager-level employees are no longer employed at the Franchise Business, satisfactorily complete our training programs and additional training programs. We may charge reasonable fees for training managers. You are responsible for paying the wages or salaries, expenses for travel, food and lodging incurred by your employees during all training courses and programs. You agree to assist us in training other Azal Coffee franchisees; provided that, we must reimburse you for any expenses you incur in providing this assistance.
If you or your management personnel fail to attend required additional training without our consent, we may charge you liquidated damages under Section 15.7.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 51)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Azal Coffee's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, Azal Coffee will provide reasonable notice for any additional specified training, sales programs, and meetings. A Designated Owner, General Manager, or other management employees must attend these programs at the franchisee's expense.
The FDD also states that Azal Coffee may require the franchisee to pay a reasonable charge for any training provided to the franchisee and/or their managers beyond the initial training program. Any fees charged will be uniform for all persons attending additional training at that time. Azal Coffee may also require that franchisees complete additional training before offering new Authorized Products from the Franchise Business.
Furthermore, Azal Coffee may require that the franchisee's managers, including replacement managers, satisfactorily complete their training programs and additional training programs, and may charge reasonable fees for training managers. The franchisee is responsible for paying the wages or salaries, expenses for travel, food, and lodging incurred by their employees during all training courses and programs. If the franchisee or their management personnel fail to attend required additional training without Azal Coffee's consent, Azal Coffee may charge liquidated damages.