What is the maximum number of days of additional training that Bft can require each year?
Bft Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
h Pre-Opening Instructor Training, Franchisee will be pay Franchisor's then-current fee for Pre-Opening Instructor Training, which shall cover as many trainees as Franchisee is able to hire prior to Franchisor conducting the Pre-Opening Instructor Training, plus reasonable costs and expenses for the attendance of a head coach provided by Franchisor. Franchisee will also pay Franchisor's then-current fee for the Fundamentals Training Program, which is assessed per trainee, following the opening of the Studio.
Following the opening of the BFT Studio, if any new or additional Authorized Instructors are hired, they will complete the Pre-Opening Instructor Training with a Head Coach, as opposed to a head coach provided by Franchisor. The Fundamentals Training Program will continue to be provided virtually.
D. Ongoing/Refresher and Other Additional Training. Franchisor may provide or request that Franchisee and certain of its management personnel attend and complete up to five (5) days of additional/refresher training each year, but Franchisor will not charge Franchisee a Training Fee in connection with such required training.
- E. No Training Fee for Minor, Day-to-Day Assistance. Franchisor will not charge Franchisee a Training Fee in connection with minor, day-to-day assistance that Franchisor provides remotely over the phone, via email/fax or other electronic channel of communication, which Franchisee understands and acknowledges will be provided subject to the availability of Franchisor's personnel.
- F. Costs and Expenses. Franchisor will not, under any circumstances, be responsible for, and the indemnities provided in Section 11.2 shall apply to, costs and expenses (including wages, benefits, and travel-related expenses) incurred by or owed to Franchisee or its personnel in or as a result of attending or participating in any training program described in this Agreement or otherwise provided by Franchisor or its designee.
- G. Training Fee for Certain Training. Franchisor may charge its then-current Training Fee in connection with training that (a) Franchisee requests Franchisor provide (other than in connection with Pre-Opening Instructor Training that is provided by Franchisor personnel at Franchisor's headquarters), or (b) Franchisor provides on-site at Franchisee's Studio.
- 5.6 Fund Contribution. Franchisor (and its affiliates) have established a creative brand development fund to promote the System, Marks and brand with which the Studio is associated generally (the "Fund").
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 79–265)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bft's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Bft may require franchisees and certain management personnel to attend up to five days of additional or refresher training each year. This training is provided without Bft charging a training fee.
In addition to the five days of additional/refresher training, Bft can also require remedial training of up to five days if the franchisee is not operating the studio in accordance with the franchise agreement or the Learning Management System, or if the franchisee is in material default of the agreement. The franchisee may have to pay Bft's then-current training fee for this remedial training.
Therefore, under certain circumstances, Bft franchisees could be required to attend up to ten days of training in a given year, though only five of those days would be free of a training fee. Franchisees are responsible for covering the costs and expenses, including wages, benefits, and travel-related expenses, for themselves and their personnel to attend any training programs.