Who are the 'Required Trainees' for the Carvel Management Training Program?
Carvel Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
o register for an available program. Training programs are subject to space and time availability. All or certain portions of the Management Training Program may, in our discretion, be conducted online or in person at (i)
our corporate headquarters, (ii) a Franchised Business that we designate that has been certified by us as an authorized training facility (a "Certified Training Location"), and/or (iii) other locations authorized by us. Your trainees may not attend the Management Training Program until (a) you have provided us with your fully signed Lease (if required) in a form that we have approved, (b) your Franchised Business is under construction, (c) you have provided us with evidence of the insurance that is required under your Franchise Agreement, and (d) you are within the eligible training period specified on Schedule A.
- D. Completion of Training. All of your Required Trainees must successfully complete our Management Training Program at least one week prior to the scheduled opening date of the Franchised Business. 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 thencurrent daily training fee for each Required Trainee, which is currently $250 per trainee per day and may be increased in any year by no more than the Allowed Adjustment. 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 at no additional charge. We will have the right to terminate this Agreement if, following the Management Training Program and reenrollment training (if any), none of the Required Trainees has successfully completed the Management Training Program.
- E. Training of You by Franchisees. We may, in our sole discretion, authorize certain franchisees to provide on our behalf all or portions of the Management Training Program in accordance with our Standards, provided such franchisees (i) have a Certified Training Manager (as defined below), (ii) operate a Certified Training Location, and (iii) meet other requirements that we specify. If we require or permit you to receive portions of the Management Training Program from another franchisee, we may require you to execute an agreement with such other franchisee regarding the training program.
- F. Subsequent Trainees. Any Managers, Primary Contacts, Directors of Operations (as defined in Section 12.7.B. (Directors of Operations)) that you hire or appoint after the opening of the Franchised Business and any other persons we designate ("Subsequent Trainees") must attend and successfully complete our Management Training Program (or a modified version that we prescribe) before becoming involved in the operation of your Franchised Business. We may require employees that transfer to your Franchised Business from another Business to successfully complete the Management Training Program again. We also may require you to send or resend your Managers (as defined below) or employees to the Management Training Program, and require them to successfully complete it, if we have identified operational or performance issues at your Franchised Business.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 100–353)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Carvel's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, 'Required Trainees' must successfully complete the Management Training Program at least one week before the scheduled opening of the franchised business. If the opening date changes and the training was completed more than 120 days before the revised opening date, Carvel may require additional training, costing $250 per trainee per day, subject to an annual adjustment. If none of the 'Required Trainees' successfully complete the program after re-enrollment, Carvel has the right to terminate the franchise agreement.
After the franchise opens, any managers, primary contacts, or directors of operations hired or appointed, as well as any other persons Carvel designates, are considered 'Subsequent Trainees' and must also complete the Management Training Program. Carvel may also require employees transferring from another Carvel business to complete the training again. Franchisees must pay a training fee for each 'Subsequent Trainee,' currently $250 per trainee per day, which may increase annually.
For the first two Carvel franchises a franchisee or their affiliates operate, Carvel provides the Management Training Program to the 'Required Trainees' at no additional charge. However, for the third and subsequent franchises, the franchisee must pay Carvel's current Management Training Program fee for all 'Required Trainees' to attend a single training session if Carvel or its designee provides the training. Additional fees apply if extra trainees attend, if 'Required Trainees' train in separate sessions, or if trainees fail and re-enroll.
Carvel may authorize certain franchisees to provide the Management Training Program if they have a Certified Training Manager and operate a Certified Training Location. If Carvel requires a franchisee to receive training from another franchisee, an agreement between the franchisees may be necessary. Carvel reserves the right to modify the training program at any time, including the content, format, and location. Franchisees are responsible for all expenses incurred for training programs, including travel, lodging, compensation, and uniforms.