Where is the Cordova initial training program currently held?
Cordova Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- Initial Training for Replacement Operating Managers Your Operating Manager must complete, to our satisfaction, our initial training program. We will offer and make available to your replacement Operating Manager our initial training program which must be completed to our satisfaction. The initial training program will be provided by us at the facilities that we designate that, presently, is comprised of our affiliate owned Cordova Business located in Omaha, Nebraska and at the certified training Cordova Business that we may designate in the future. You will be required to pay our then current supplemental training fee for replacement Operating Managers, which is currently $500 per manager per day for each replacement manager attending our initia
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 23–28)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Cordova's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the initial training program is currently held at the affiliate-owned Cordova Business in Omaha, Nebraska. The training may also be held at certified training Cordova Businesses that the company may designate in the future.
For a prospective franchisee, this means that initial training will likely require travel to Omaha, Nebraska. Franchisees should factor in travel expenses when budgeting for the initial investment. The FDD also states that the franchisee is responsible for all travel expenses and employee wages related to attendance and completion of the training.
Cordova also offers initial training for replacement operating managers. The franchisee will be required to pay a supplemental training fee for replacement Operating Managers, which is currently $500 per manager per day for each replacement manager attending initial training. This is an additional cost that franchisees should be aware of if they need to replace their operating manager.