How long will additional City Wide training programs last?
City_Wide Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
nd all other expenses incurred in connection with any courses, seminars and programs, including the costs of transportation, lodging, meals and wages.
Additional training programs will be held in Lenexa, Kansas, will last for no more than five days, and will not occur more frequently than four times per year. CITY WIDE reserves the right to require you to attend additional training if, at any time during your first year of operations, your Franchised Business does not generate enough Gross Sales to pay a Royalty Fee that exceeds the Minimum Royalty Fee.
During both the initial training and any additional training, you must pay the travel, lodging and living expenses during training. For additional training programs, CITY WIDE may also charge a reasonable training fee.
CITY WIDE will also conduct initial on-site start-up assistance at your Location for a period not to exceed 10 working days.
CITY WIDE conducts an annual convention and may periodically conduct additional conferences or training sessions (collectively, "National Meetings") and, if CITY WIDE does, CITY WIDE will determine its duration, curriculum and location (which may be virtual). You must attend each annual convention. You will be responsible for any and all other expenses incurred in connection with any such meetings, including the costs of transportation, lodging, meals, and wages. If you do not attend the annual convention, you will be required to pay a $2,000 non-attendance fee. In some circumstances, such as being in default of the franchise agreement, you may not be permitted to attend a National Meeting. In such circumstances, you will not be required to pay the non-attendance fee. Whether a Franchisee may or may not be able attend a National Meeting is in the sole and absolute discretion of t
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 29–36)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to City Wide's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, additional training programs will last for no more than five days and will be held in Lenexa, Kansas. These additional training programs will not occur more frequently than four times per year. City Wide reserves the right to require franchisees to attend additional training if, at any time during their first year of operations, their Franchised Business does not generate enough Gross Sales to pay a Royalty Fee that exceeds the Minimum Royalty Fee.
During both the initial training and any additional training, franchisees must cover their own travel, lodging, and living expenses. For additional training programs, City Wide may also charge a reasonable training fee. This is a fairly standard practice in franchising, where franchisees are generally responsible for their own training-related expenses beyond the initial franchise fee.
City Wide also conducts an annual convention and may periodically conduct additional conferences or training sessions, collectively known as "National Meetings." City Wide will determine the duration, curriculum, and location (which may be virtual) of these National Meetings. Franchisees must attend each annual convention and are responsible for all expenses incurred in connection with these meetings, including transportation, lodging, meals, and wages. Failure to attend the annual convention results in a $2,000 non-attendance fee, although this fee may be waived under certain circumstances, such as being in default of the franchise agreement. City Wide may increase this fee based upon the venue, level of attendance, speakers retained to speak and duration of the National Meeting.