Where does Casiola conduct the classroom training for 'Your Franchise Business'?
Casiola Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
initial training program. (Franchise Agreement, Article 4). Our current training program is to be attended by you, or if you are a Corporate Entity, your Managing Owner and one Operating Manager at our training facility located in Orlando, Florida. The training program takes place over an approximate 10 day period and is described below in this Item 11 in more detail.
Site Selection
If permitted by local law, you may operate your Casiola Business from a home based administrative office. Otherwise, you are responsible for selecting a site for your administrative office and must obtain our approval of your selected location. If you elect to establish an operations center comprised of a non-retail back-office facility to support the operations of your Casiola Business, including maintaining inventory, staging service visits, you are
responsible for selecting and securing a site within your Operating Market. We do not typically own or lease the real property that will serve as your administrative office and/or operations center and you are responsible for all costs and expenses in locating and evaluating proposed sites for your administrative office. We will provide you with site selection guidelines.
Your home office or, if you elect to operate from a business office, must be located within the operating market of your Casiola Business or within close proximity to the operating market (not more than a 40 minute drive) of your Casiola Business.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–30)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Casiola's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, initial training for franchisees and their managers is held at their training facility in Orlando, Florida. Specifically, the training takes place at Casiola's affiliate-owned business location. Casiola may also designate certified training locations in the future.
For a new Casiola franchisee, this means travel to Orlando to complete the initial training program is required. The franchisee is responsible for all travel expenses and employee wages related to the attendance and completion of training. The initial training program lasts approximately 10 days, and must be completed no later than 20 days before the Casiola business opens.
If a franchisee needs to replace an operating manager, Casiola offers the initial training program to the replacement manager at the same facilities. The franchisee is required to pay a supplemental training fee for replacement operating managers, which is currently $750 per manager per day.