For the third and subsequent Cinnabon Franchised Businesses that you operate, what is the obligation regarding the Management Training Program fee?
Cinnabon Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ion, we may, in our sole discretion, require your Primary Contact, if they will not be involved in the day-to-day operation of the Franchised Business, to complete a limited version of the Management Training Program to our satisfaction. If any of your Required Trainees have previously attended and successfully completed our Management Training Program and you or they have not defaulted under any other franchise agreement with us, we may, in our sole discretion, determine that such Required Trainee is not required to attend the Management Training Program again or will be required to attend a modified Management Training Program.
- B. Training Fees. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 11.1.B., we will provide the Management Training Program to your Required Trainees at no additional charge to the Required Trainees for the first two Franchised Businesses that you or your affiliates operate. For the third and subsequent Franchised Businesses that you or your affiliates operate, if we require y
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 114–399)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Cinnabon's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees operating a third or subsequent Cinnabon location are required to pay the then-current Management Training Program fee for all required trainees if Cinnabon requires or the franchisee elects to receive the training from Cinnabon or its designee.
The training fee is currently $250 per trainee per day but may increase annually by no more than the Allowed Adjustment. This fee applies if the franchisee chooses to bring additional, non-required trainees to the Management Training Program, if required trainees are trained in separate sessions, or if any required trainees fail to complete the program successfully and re-enroll or are replaced with new trainees.
Cinnabon may also require employees transferring from another business or managers/employees with identified operational/performance issues to attend the Management Training Program, incurring a reasonable training fee, also currently at $250 per trainee per day, subject to the Allowed Adjustment. Cinnabon may authorize franchisees operating two or more locations to provide the Management Training Program to their own trainees, provided they have a Certified Training Location and a Certified Training Manager.