Is Body Brain Center required to offer additional training programs?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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- (3) We may, but need not, offer periodic additional training programs. These programs are optional, but if you choose to attend, we may charge you the additional training fee. Upon your request, we may provide additional training that you request. We are not required to provide this training, but if we agree to do so, you must pay us the additional training fee. You are also responsible for all food, lodging and travel costs associated with additional training. If we travel to you to provide the training, you must reimburse us for all food, lodging and travel expenses that we incur.
- (4) You will pay us the $10,000 initial training fee disclosed in Item 5 for each person who attends our
initial training program. If you add a new owner or hire a manager after opening, you must pay us the $10,000 initial training fee to train that person. If that person fails training on the initial attempt, you must pay us the $400 retraining fee for each subsequent attempt. We expect that most franchisees will not have multiple owners.
- (5) We have established and maintain an advertising fund for marketing, advertising and promotional materials, public and consumer relations, publicity, and other programs that we may deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion. You will have no voting rights pertaining to the administration of the advertising fund, the creation and placement of the marketing materials or the amount of the advertising fund fee.
Source: Item 6 — OTHER FEES (FDD pages 11–14)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body Brain Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Body Brain Center is not required to offer additional training programs. While Body Brain Center may offer periodic additional training programs, these are optional for franchisees.
If a Body Brain Center franchisee chooses to attend these optional programs, they may be charged an additional training fee. The franchisee is also responsible for all food, lodging, and travel costs associated with the additional training. If Body Brain Center travels to the franchisee's location to provide the training, the franchisee must reimburse Body Brain Center for all food, lodging, and travel expenses incurred.
The additional training fee can be up to $150 per hour, in addition to covering food, lodging, and travel expenses. Franchisees can also request additional training, which Body Brain Center is not obligated to provide. However, if Body Brain Center agrees to the request, the franchisee must pay the additional training fee.