Who is required to attend the initial training program for a Bojangles franchise before the restaurant opens?
Bojangles Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Training
You must designate an individual to serve as your Managing Owner and your Designated Operator. For the qualifications required of a Managing Owner and a Designated Operator, see Item 15. Before opening the Restaurant, your Managing Owner and your Designated Operator (if he/she has not previously attended our initial training program), and such number of your Restaurant managers as we designate must attend and complete (and any other of your Restaurant employees may attend and complete) the initial training program that we offer. After opening your Restaurant, any person employed by you in the position of Restaurant manager (including as general manager, assistant general manager and shift leader), and each Managing Owner and Designated Operator, if he/she has not already attended our initial training program,
must attend and complete, and any other of your Restaurant employees may attend and complete, the initial training program.
Your Managing Owner, Designated Operator, Restaurant managers and other Restaurant employees must also attend other required courses, seminars, and other training programs as we may periodically designate in Charlotte, North Carolina or elsewhere at our discretion. We will provide, at no charge to you, instructors and training materials for all required training programs; and you or your employees will be responsible for all other expenses incurred by them in connection with any training programs, including the cost of transportation, lodging and meals (which are estimated to be approximately $205 to $225 per day), the cost of required uniform shirts (approximately $25 each) and wages.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 37–49)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bojangles's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, before opening a restaurant, the Managing Owner and Designated Operator must attend and complete the initial training program, unless they have previously attended. Additionally, the number of restaurant managers designated by Bojangles must also attend and complete the initial training program. Other restaurant employees may also attend and complete the training program.
After the restaurant opens, any person employed as a Restaurant manager, including general managers, assistant general managers, and shift leaders, must attend and complete the initial training program if they have not already done so. The Managing Owner and Designated Operator must also attend and complete the training program if they have not previously attended. Other restaurant employees may also attend and complete the initial training program.
Bojangles provides instructors and training materials at no charge for all required training programs. However, franchisees or their employees are responsible for all other expenses, including transportation, lodging, and meals, estimated to cost approximately $205 to $225 per day, the cost of required uniform shirts (approximately $25 each), and wages.