What are the consequences if a Carvel Required Trainee fails to successfully complete the Management Training Program?
Carvel Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Your Required Trainees must successfully complete our Management Training Program at least one week prior to the scheduled opening date of the Shoppe. If your opening date changes and your required Trainees completed our Management Training Program more than 120 days before the revised opening date, we may require them to attend up to an additional week of training and may require you to pay our then-current daily training fee for each Required Trainee. All of your Required Trainees must successfully complete our Management Training Program before they may be involved in the operation of your Shoppe.
We have the right in our reasonable discretion to determine whether a trainee has successfully completed the Management Training Program. If we conclude that a Required Trainee has failed to successfully complete the Management Training Program, that Required Trainee must re-enroll
in our next scheduled applicable Management Training Program, and you must pay the thencurrent training fee. We will have the right to terminate this Agreement if, following the Management Training Program and re-enrollment training (if any), none of the Required Trainees have successfully completed the Management Training Program.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 59–74)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Carvel's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if a required trainee does not successfully complete the Management Training Program, they must re-enroll in the next scheduled program. The franchisee is responsible for paying the then-current training fee for the trainee's re-enrollment. Carvel retains the right to determine whether a trainee has successfully completed the program.
If, after the initial Management Training Program and subsequent re-enrollment (if needed), none of the required trainees successfully complete the program, Carvel has the right to terminate the Franchise Agreement. This underscores the importance of ensuring that the individuals selected for training are capable of meeting Carvel's standards.
Additionally, if the opening date of the Carvel Shoppe changes and the required trainees completed the Management Training Program more than 120 days before the revised opening date, Carvel may require them to attend up to an additional week of training. The franchisee may be required to pay Carvel's then-current daily training fee for each required trainee for this additional training. This policy ensures that the training remains relevant and up-to-date, even if there are delays in the store opening.