How many managers does Brueggers Bagels require the Licensee to send to the initial training?
Brueggers_Bagels Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ystem 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. If you ask to send more than two (2) individuals to the initial training program, then you agree to pay us a training fee in the amount of One Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($1,600) for each additional individual that will attend the initial training program, with payment to be made in full before initial training starts.
7.2.3. The Bakery must be under the active full-time management of the Operating Partner or a Certified Manager.
7.2.4. If any of the Certified Managers cease active management or employment at the Bakery, or if we disapprove of any of the Certified Managers, then you agree to enroll a qualified replacement (who must be reasonably acceptable to us) in our initial training program within thirty (30) days after the Certified Manager ended his/her full-time employment and/or management responsibilities. The replacement must attend and successfully complete the basic management training program, to our reasonable satisfaction, as soon as it is practical to do so. We will provide you with two (2) replacement training sessions during the term of this Agreement, for up to a total of three (3) individuals during each such session. If you ask to send more than three (3) individuals to a replacement training session, or if you request more than two (2) repl
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 61)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Brueggers Bagels' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee (or their Operating Partner if the franchisee is an entity) and one full-time general manager, referred to as the "Store Manager", must attend and successfully complete the initial training program. The Store Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the bakery. Brueggers Bagels specifies that the Store Manager must have at least three years of experience in a management capacity within a quick service or fast-casual restaurant.
Brueggers Bagels allows the franchisee to send up to two individuals, including the Certified Managers, to the initial training program. If the franchisee wants to send more than two individuals, they must pay a training fee of $1,600 for each additional person before the training begins.
If any of the Certified Managers leave their position or are disapproved by Brueggers Bagels, the franchisee must enroll a qualified replacement in the initial training program within 30 days. Brueggers Bagels will provide two replacement training sessions during the agreement term, accommodating up to three individuals per session. Additional individuals or sessions will incur a training fee of $1,600 per person, plus all other expenses.