How many designated management employees can participate in the Manager-in-Training Program offered by Churchs Chicken?
Churchs_Chicken Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Before opening your first Restaurant, your Operating Principal and up to 4 designated management employees (we decide the exact number, which must be at least 2 for your first Restaurant, and at least 2 for each additional Restaurant) must attend and complete, to our satisfaction, our initial Pathway to Excellence Advanced Operations and Leadership Training Program (the "Training Program"). We offer the Training Program on an as-needed basis. This training provides certification for Assistant Restaurant Managers and Restaurant General Managers. If your management employees complete the Training Program to our satisfaction, we will issue certificates of completion to these trainees who will become "Certified Managers." You must maintain at least 2 Certified Managers in the employ of each Restaurant throughout the term of the Franchise Agreement; we may require that you maintain more than 2 Certified Managers. You must enroll a qualified replacement in the Training Program for any Certified Manager who ceases active employment at your Restaurant within 30 days after the former employee's last day of employment. The replacement employee must join the next scheduled Training Program, at your expense, at a Certified Training Restaurant ("CTR"). If the CTR is operated by another franchisee, you may be instructed to pay the training fee directly to the other franchisee. The current fee for the Training Prog
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 35–43)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Churchs Chicken's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, before opening their first restaurant, the Operating Principal and up to 4 designated management employees must attend and complete the initial Pathway to Excellence Advanced Operations and Leadership Training Program. Churchs Chicken decides the exact number of employees, but it must be at least 2 for the franchisee's first restaurant, and at least 2 for each additional restaurant.
This training program provides certification for Assistant Restaurant Managers and Restaurant General Managers. If the management employees complete the Training Program to Churchs Chicken's satisfaction, they will be issued certificates of completion and become "Certified Managers."
The franchisee must maintain at least 2 Certified Managers in the employ of each restaurant throughout the term of the Franchise Agreement; Churchs Chicken may require that the franchisee maintain more than 2 Certified Managers. If a Certified Manager ceases active employment at the restaurant, the franchisee must enroll a qualified replacement in the Training Program within 30 days after the former employee's last day of employment. The replacement employee must join the next scheduled Training Program, at the franchisee's expense, at a Certified Training Restaurant.
For each employee after the first 2, the current fee for the Training Program is $1,250. If the Certified Training Restaurant is operated by another franchisee, the franchisee may be instructed to pay the training fee directly to the other franchisee.