Is attendance at Crave's annual franchisee meeting mandatory?
Crave Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ay for all the expenses incurred by your trainees, including travel, lodging, meals, and wages.
We may also choose to hold an annual meeting of our franchisees to provide additional training, introduce new products or changes to the System, or for other reasons. We may designate that attendance at an annual meeting is mandatory for you, your general manager, and/or other Franchised Business personnel. We do not anticipate charging a fee to attend the meeting, but you will pay for all the expenses incurred by your attendees at the meeting, including travel, lodging, meals, and wages. We will designate the location of any franchisee meeting, such as a resort hotel, but we will not designate an unreasonably expensive site.
In addition to our initial training program, you, your managers, and any other personnel we designate must be ServSafe/TIPS (alcohol awareness), or similarly, certified. The cost of these certifications is not included in the initial franchise fee, and we do not provide certification. You may need to receive periodic additional training and/or certification.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 32–42)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Crave's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, attendance at the annual franchisee meeting may be mandatory. Crave may designate that attendance at the annual meeting is mandatory for the franchisee, their general manager, and/or other Franchised Business personnel.
Crave does not anticipate charging a fee to attend the meeting, but the franchisee will be responsible for covering all expenses incurred by their attendees. These expenses include travel, lodging, meals, and wages. Crave will designate the location of the franchisee meeting, such as a resort hotel, but states that it will not designate an unreasonably expensive site.
In addition to the annual meeting, Crave may also choose to hold refresher training courses and may designate attendance at these courses as mandatory for the franchisee, their general manager, and/or other Franchised Business personnel. Similar to the annual meeting, Crave does not anticipate charging a fee for refresher training, but the franchisee will be responsible for all expenses incurred by their trainees, including travel, lodging, meals, and wages.