For a Bojangles Express Restaurant, how many people are you expected to send to the initial training program?
Bojangles Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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3 Pre-opening salaries, training materials, travel, living expenses during initial training. You will incur expenses associated with sending seven to nine people and your Managing Owner and Designated Operator to our initial training program. For this training program, we provide instructors, but you will need to purchase instructional materials through our training materials provider and arrange for transportation, food and lodging for yourself and employees. The cost will depend on the distance you must travel and the type of accommodations you choose and will range from $205 to $225 per day per person in training. In addition, you must pay any wages due employees during training. The expenses associated with the Bojangles Express Restaurants generally will involve the training of fewer managers than those required in a traditional Bojangles Restaurant. The estimate does not include salaries for your Managing Owner or Designated Operator. See Item 11 for additional information regar
Source: Item 9 — Initial inventory. The estimate covers initial inventory of products, including food and paper products, and cleaning, office and general supplies for the opening of the Restaurant. (FDD pages 27–30)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bojangles's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if you are opening a Bojangles Express Restaurant, you are expected to send between seven and nine people, in addition to your Managing Owner and Designated Operator, to the initial training program. Bojangles provides the instructors for this training program. However, as the franchisee, you are responsible for purchasing instructional materials from their training materials provider, as well as arranging and paying for the transportation, food, and lodging for yourself and your employees.
The FDD estimates that the cost for these expenses will range from $205 to $225 per day per person in training. This cost will vary depending on the distance you must travel and the accommodations you choose. In addition to these costs, you are also responsible for paying any wages due to your employees during the training period.
The expenses associated with the Bojangles Express Restaurants generally involve the training of fewer managers than those required in a traditional Bojangles Restaurant. The estimate provided does not include salaries for your Managing Owner or Designated Operator.