Under what condition is Chicken Guy not required to provide the initial manager training program?
Chicken_Guy Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We will provide the initial manager training program unless we have certified a Chicken Guy! Restaurant operated by you as a Certified Training Restaurant as discussed below.
If you operate two or more franchised Chicken Guy! Restaurants, within 90 days after you open your third Franchised Restaurant, you may request permission to establish one of your Franchised Restaurants as a Certified Training Restaurant ("CTR") at which you will offer the initial manager training program to your employees. We must certify the Franchised Restaurant as a CTR before you may begin training there. We may periodically visit the CTR to ensure that it continues to meet our standards and we may revoke our certification if the CTR ceases to meet those standards.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–34)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Chicken Guy's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Chicken Guy is not required to provide the initial manager training program if they have certified a Chicken Guy restaurant operated by the franchisee as a Certified Training Restaurant.
If a franchisee operates two or more franchised Chicken Guy restaurants, they may request permission to establish one of their franchised restaurants as a Certified Training Restaurant (CTR) at which they will offer the initial manager training program to their employees within 90 days after opening their third franchised restaurant. Chicken Guy must certify the restaurant as a CTR before the franchisee may begin training there.
Chicken Guy may periodically visit the CTR to ensure that it continues to meet their standards, and they may revoke the certification if the CTR ceases to meet those standards. This allows experienced franchisees to handle manager training themselves, provided they meet Chicken Guy's standards for training.