For a Beyond Juicery Eatery franchise, who is responsible for paying the wages and employment-related expenses during the opening assistance period?
Beyond_Juicery_Eatery Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- Note 2 We will provide you, your Franchisee Designate, and your managers opening assistance for approximately one (1) week, which time will overlap your opening. The training will consist of approximately two (2) to three (3) days of in-Restaurant management staff training at your Restaurant before the Restaurant opens to the public and approximately four (4) to five (5) days of in-Restaurant management staff training at your Restaurant after the Restaurant opens to the public. During this time, you are solely responsible for and must pay wages and employment related expenses, including
reimbursable travel for your employees. We may, in our discretion, extend this period based on our assessment of the management staff's performance during this training period. If we, in our sole discretion, determine that your management staff needs additional training, you are responsible for the additional training costs, including wages, travel, and living expenses of our and your staff. As you open more Restaurants, you shall participate in the training of your management staff and take on increasing responsibility to train your management staff. You shall be solely responsible for training the rest of your staff. After your third Restaurant, you must designate one of them as a Certified Training Restaurant with our approval, in which you will train your management and staff.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 34–42)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beyond Juicery Eatery's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is responsible for covering all wages and employment-related expenses for their employees during the opening assistance period. This period typically lasts for approximately one week and overlaps with the restaurant's opening.
Specifically, the franchisee must pay for wages and any employment-related expenses, including reimbursable travel costs, for their employees during this initial training and opening phase. This encompasses the period before the restaurant opens to the public, as well as the days immediately following the opening.
Beyond Juicery Eatery may extend the opening assistance period based on their assessment of the management staff's performance. If additional training is deemed necessary, the franchisee is also responsible for these extra costs, including wages, travel, and living expenses for both the franchisor's and the franchisee's staff. As franchisees open more locations, they will take on increasing responsibility for training their own staff, eventually designating one of their restaurants as a Certified Training Restaurant.