What is the name of the initial training program for a Cost Cutters Family Hair Salon franchise?
Cost_Cutters_Family_Hair_Salon Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
We will furnish through virtual learning and other electronic means and, at our option, at a designated training location of our choice (which may be our corporate headquarters, an operating Cost Cutters Store, and/or your Store) an initial training program ("Initial Training") on operating a Cost Cutters Store. We will train you and your other managerial employees, although you must satisfactorily complete Initial Training only once, regardless of the number of Cost Cutters Stores that you or your affiliates own and operate. (Franchise Agreement—Section 14.1 and 15.3) We expect training to occur after you sign the Franchise Agreement and while you develop the Cost Cutters Store. Before you open the Cost Cutters Store for business, you must complete Initial Training to our satisfaction. The Store must have one manager on-site, whether that individual is you or another Store manager.
We try to be flexible in scheduling training to accommodate our personnel and your Managing Owner. There currently are no fixed (i.e., monthly or bi-monthly) training schedules. We use manuals, videos, online resources, and other hands-on training aids during the training program. Your training attendees must complete training before the Cost Cutters Store's scheduled opening date. We provide the initial training program for no additional fee. You must pay your employees' wages, benefits, and travel, hotel, and food expenses while they complete training. Our training program may include a "train the trainer" module so your senior-level personnel can learn how to train your other employees to follow Brand Standards.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 43–52)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to the 2024 Cost Cutters Family Hair Salon Franchise Disclosure Document, the initial training program is referred to as "Initial Training". Cost Cutters Family Hair Salon will provide this training through virtual learning, electronic means, and potentially at a designated training location of their choice, such as their corporate headquarters, an operating Cost Cutters Family Hair Salon store, or the franchisee's own store.
The "Initial Training" program is designed to train the franchisee and their managerial employees. The franchisee is only required to satisfactorily complete the Initial Training once, regardless of how many Cost Cutters Family Hair Salon stores they own and operate. This training is expected to occur after the Franchise Agreement is signed and while the franchisee is developing their Cost Cutters Family Hair Salon store.
Before opening the Cost Cutters Family Hair Salon store for business, the franchisee must complete the Initial Training to Cost Cutters Family Hair Salon's satisfaction. The store must have a manager on-site, whether it is the franchisee or another store manager. Cost Cutters Family Hair Salon aims to be flexible in scheduling the training to accommodate their personnel and the franchisee. The training program utilizes manuals, videos, online resources, and hands-on training aids. Cost Cutters Family Hair Salon provides the initial training program for no additional fee; however, the franchisee is responsible for paying their employees' wages, benefits, and travel, hotel, and food expenses while they complete the training.