What are the requirements for a Carls Jr. Franchised Restaurant to be designated as a Certified Training Restaurant?
Carls_Jr Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must conduct those initial and continuing training programs for your employees as we periodically require. You must ensure that all of your employees have been trained in the proper operation of the Franchised Restaurant. In addition, if you operate three or more Franchised Restaurants, we may require, in our sole discretion, that (A) you obtain and maintain a certification from us for one or more of your Franchised Restaurants to be an authorized training restaurant (a "Certified Franchisee Training Restaurant") and (B) one or more of your General Managers obtain and maintain a certification from us as a trainer authorized to provide our FMTP to your new trainees (a "Certified Franchisee Training Manager"). Your Certified Franchisee Training Manager may provide our FMTP at a Certified Franchisee Training Restaurant in accordance with our System standards for such training. To become a Certified Franchisee Training Manager, a General Manager must (i) complete our FMTP, (ii) maintain specific food safety programs, (iii) attend any required additional training program as specified by us from time to time, and (iv) meet other qualifications that we may specify from time to time. To be designated as a Certified Training Restaurant, your Franchised Restaurant must (a) meet compliance scores that we specify, (b) fully comply with our then-current System standards, (c) maintain established personnel requirements, in addition to a Certified Franchisee Training Manager, (d) remain compliant with all health department or other regulatory requirements; and (e) meet any other requirements that we may specify from time to time. We may, in our sole discretion, revoke certification for a Certified Franchisee Training Restaurant or a Certified Franchisee Training Manager. If we revoke certification, we may require your trainees to attend the FMTP at another location that we designate.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 42–55)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Carls Jr. Franchise Disclosure Document, if a franchisee operates three or more Franchised Restaurants, Carls Jr. may require that one or more of those restaurants become a Certified Franchisee Training Restaurant. To be designated as a Certified Training Restaurant, the Franchised Restaurant must meet specific requirements.
These requirements include meeting compliance scores specified by Carls Jr., fully complying with the then-current System standards, and maintaining established personnel requirements, including having a Certified Franchisee Training Manager on staff. The restaurant must also remain compliant with all health department or other regulatory requirements. Additionally, the restaurant must meet any other requirements that Carls Jr. may specify from time to time.
Carls Jr. retains the sole discretion to revoke certification for a Certified Franchisee Training Restaurant. If certification is revoked, Carls Jr. may require the franchisee's trainees to attend the FMTP (Franchise Management Training Program) at another location designated by Carls Jr. This ensures that training continues to meet Carls Jr.'s standards even if a location loses its certified status.