Is the brand-specific training in Section 7 the responsibility of the Brueggers Bagels franchisee?
Brueggers_Bagels Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
pre-opening training of your personnel has been completed as required by Section 7; and (3) we have been furnished with copies of all certificates of insurance required by Section 15.
- 6.7. Opening Deadline. You must open the Bakery within nine (9) months after we sign this Agreement. The parties agree that time is of the essence.
7. TRAINING
- 7.1. We Will Provide Training. Before the opening of your Bakery, we will provide to you and to your Store Manager (defined below), the initial training programs that we designate for new System franchisees (the "Initial Training Program"). We will also provide the ongoing training that we periodically deem appropriate, at such places and times that we deem proper. Our training programs will be conducted in the English language. We will be responsible for the cost of instruction and materials (except as set forth in Section 7.2.4 below).
- 7.2. Your Training and Personnel Obligations. Before opening the Bakery, you (or, if Franchisee is an entity, your Operating Partner) and up to one full-time general manager responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Bakery (the "Store Manager") must attend and successfully complete, to our satisfaction, the initial training program we offer.
- 7.2.1. The term "Certified Manager" is agreed to mean: (a) you (or the Operating Partner); (b) the Store Manager; and (c) additional managers of the Bakery who have successfully completed (to our satisfaction) our initial training program. The Store Manager must have at least three (3) years of experience working in a management capacity in a quick service restaurant or fast casual restaurant, and the Store Manager may serve as the Operating Partner.
- 7.2.2. You may send up to two (2) individuals (including the Certified Managers) to the initial training program.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 61)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Brueggers Bagels Franchise Disclosure Document, Brueggers Bagels will provide the initial and ongoing training programs that they designate for new System franchisees. This includes the cost of instruction and materials, except as outlined in Section 7.2.4.
However, the franchisee has some obligations regarding training and personnel. Before opening the Bakery, the franchisee (or the Operating Partner if the franchisee is an entity) and up to one full-time general manager (the Store Manager) must attend and successfully complete the initial training program. The Store Manager must have at least three years of experience in a management capacity in a quick service or fast casual restaurant and may serve as the Operating Partner.
The franchisee can send up to two individuals to the initial training program, including the Certified Managers. If the franchisee wants to send more than two individuals, they must pay Brueggers Bagels a training fee of $1,600 for each additional individual before training starts. The Bakery must be under the active full-time management of the Operating Partner or a Certified Manager.