Must an on-premises supervisor for a Budget franchise successfully complete Budget's training program?
Budget Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must employ on a full-time basis, at all times during the term of your Budget License Agreement, at least one General Manager who has completed the instruction Budget furnishes and who will devote his or her entire time during normal business hours to the management, operation, and development of your Budget Franchise as required in the Standards and the Manual. Your General Manager need not have an equity interest in the Budget Franchise or in you. An on-premises supervisor must successfully complete Budget's training program.
Source: Item 15 — OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS (FDD page 65)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Budget's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, an on-premises supervisor must successfully complete Budget's training program. Additionally, Budget does not require the franchisee to participate personally in the direct operation of their Budget franchise, but strongly urges them to do so.
Budget requires franchisees to employ at least one General Manager on a full-time basis. This General Manager must complete the instruction Budget furnishes and devote their entire time during normal business hours to the management, operation, and development of the Budget franchise as required in the Standards and the Manual. The General Manager is not required to have an equity interest in the Budget franchise.
Budget also provides web-based training and seminars, manuals, on-the-job instruction, and other programs and materials appropriate for the franchisee, their General Manager, and other employees Budget approves. Budget offers web-based training through Workday Learning, allowing the franchisee and their approved employees to complete training on any device that allows web access. The franchisee and their approved employees must complete the program to Budget's satisfaction, actively participating in and completing all web-based sessions in a timely manner.