Where does Burneys Sweets More conduct its training program?
Burneys_Sweets_More Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You (or if you are a corporate entity, one of your principals) must attend our initial training. If we approve your Shop to operate with an Operations Manager, at least the Operations Manager plus another manager must successfully complete the training program, unless we waive this requirement with respect to him or her. Other managers may attend, but you will be required to pay us for the attendance of any employees beyond your Operations Manager and you. We plan to conduct the training program on an as-needed basis. Initial training is conducted at our Elizabethtown, North Carolina location, and it generally spans a one-week period. You or a principal, and, if applicable, your Operations Manager, must complete the training program to our satisfaction before we will authorize you to open your Shop. We may in the future designate your Shop as an approved training facility for other franchisees. If so, you will be compensated at our then current reimbursement rate for any training you provide to new franchisees at our specific request in your capacity as a training facility.
If you buy the franchise from us, your initial franchise fee includes the cost of initial training for up to 2 persons pre-opening. You bear all indirect training costs and expenses, such as salary expenses of your employees and all expenses of travel, lodging, meals, and other living expenses you and your designees incur.
The exact amount of time spent on each part of the training will depend on the time required for mastery by the students participating in the training. All training is provided by Michael or
Gina Burney, who each have more than 8 years of experience operating a BURNEY'S SWEETS & MORE Shop.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–33)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Burneys Sweets More's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, initial training is held at their Elizabethtown, North Carolina location. The training program typically lasts for one week. Burneys Sweets More may also designate a franchisee's shop as an approved training facility in the future. If this occurs, the franchisee will be compensated at the then-current reimbursement rate for providing training to new franchisees at Burneys Sweets More's request.
The franchisee, or if the franchisee is a corporation, one of its principals, must attend the initial training. If Burneys Sweets More approves the shop to operate with an Operations Manager, then at least the Operations Manager and another manager must successfully complete the training program, unless Burneys Sweets More waives this requirement. The initial franchise fee covers the cost of initial training for up to two people before the shop opens. However, the franchisee is responsible for all indirect training costs, such as employee salaries, travel, lodging, meals, and other living expenses.
The training is conducted by Michael or Gina Burney, each of whom has over eight years of experience operating a Burneys Sweets More shop. The exact amount of time spent on each part of the training will depend on the time required for mastery by the students participating in the training.