Who is the initial training program for at Bb.Q Chicken?
Bb_Q_Chicken Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
[Item 23: RECEIPTS]
6.4 Initial Training
You agree that it is necessary to the continued operation of the System and the Franchised Business that your personnel receive such training as we may reasonably require, and accordingly agree as follows:
6.4.1 Not later than thirty (30) days prior to the Opening Date, you or your General Manager and one (1) additional employee (for a maximum of two (2) trainees) shall attend and complete, to our sole and absolute satisfaction, our initial training program ("Initial Training Program"), including classroom training and training at our headquarters and/or an affiliate-owned or franchised outlet. We reserve the right to designate an alternate location for any component of the Initial Training Program. Franchisee must at all times during the term of this Agreement have principals who have successfully completed the Initial Training Program. No charge shall be made for up to two (2) individuals to take the Initial Training Program prior to opening the Franchised Business ("Initial Trainees"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Franchisee shall be required to pay all of the expenses of the Initial Trainees, including, without limitation, costs of travel, lodging, meals, and wages.
- 6.4.2 We shall determine, in our sole discretion, whether the Initial Trainees, including you and/or the General Manager, have satisfactorily completed the Initial Training Program.
If the Initial Training Program is not satisfactorily completed or if we, in our reasonable business judgment based upon the performance of the Initial Trainees, determine that the Initial Training Program cannot be satisfactorily completed by you or the General Manager, we may terminate this Agreement.
We reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee for any initial training provided by us to any successor General Manager or any other Franchised Business personnel for any initial training provided.
You shall be responsible for any and all expenses incurred by you, your General Manager and other Franchised Business personnel in connection with the Initial Training Program, including, without limitation, costs of travel, lodging, meals and wages.
- 6.4.3 The first round of our Initial Training Program includes five (5) days (four (4) nights) of training at our headquarters and/or an affiliate-owned or franchised outlet.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 62–283)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bb.Q Chicken's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the initial training program is for the franchisee or their General Manager and one additional employee, for a maximum of two trainees. The FDD states that these trainees must attend and complete the initial training program to the satisfaction of Bb.Q Chicken, no later than 30 days prior to the opening date of the franchise.
The initial training program includes classroom training and training at Bb.Q Chicken's headquarters and/or at an affiliate-owned or franchised outlet. Bb.Q Chicken reserves the right to designate an alternate location for any part of the Initial Training Program. The franchisee must ensure that principals have successfully completed the Initial Training Program at all times during the term of the Franchise Agreement.
Bb.Q Chicken does not charge for up to two individuals to take the Initial Training Program prior to opening the Franchised Business. However, the franchisee is responsible for all expenses of the initial trainees, including costs of travel, lodging, meals, and wages. The first round of the Initial Training Program includes five days and four nights of training at Bb.Q Chicken's headquarters or at an affiliate-owned or franchised outlet. The second round includes two weeks of training and on-site assistance around the opening of the Franchised Business, conducted by one of Bb.Q Chicken's representatives.