When must a Crepe De Licious franchisee designate their initial Designated Manager in writing?
Crepe_De_Licious Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If you are an individual, you may serve as the Designated Manager.
If you are an entity, an owner, officer or other qualified employee may serve as the Designated Manager.
You will designate to us in writing the identity of your initial Designated Manager as soon as possible after the Effective Date of this Agreement.
You will designate to us in writing the identity of each successor Designated Manager immediately after the prior Designated Manager ceases to serve as Designated Manager.
- 6.02 Manager Training. You and your initial Designated Manager must, at least two weeks before the opening of the Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck, attend and complete to our satisfaction the initial training program required for Designated Managers.
You must adequately train any successor Designated Manager you later employ.
We will notify you if we determine that the training you provided is inadequate.
In that case, your successor Designated Manager must satisfactorily complete the initial training program we require promptly after we notify you.
We will provide instructors, facilities and training materials for the training of you, your initial Designated Manager and one other person (a maximum of three trainees and provided that all of your trainees attend the same initial training program).
All other expenses incurred in connect with attendance of training, including the cost of travel, transportation, meals, lodging and any wages will be your responsibility.
You will pay to us the thencurrent tuition (or then-current per diem fee) and expenses we incur for the initial training we may require for any successor Designated Manager you later employ, including the reasonable travel, transportation, meals and lodging expenses we incur if we elect to provide this training at your Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck.
If any Designated Manager fails to successfully complete the initial training program to our satisfaction, we may require your Designated Manager to attend additional training programs (at your cost) or we may require you to appoint a new Designated Manager and to send that new Designated Manager to the initial training program (at your cost).
If, after this corrective action, your Designated Manager fails to successfully complete the initial training program to our satisfaction, we may terminate this Agreement.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Crepe De Licious's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee must designate their initial Designated Manager in writing as soon as possible after the Effective Date of the Franchise Agreement. If the franchisee is an individual, they may serve as the Designated Manager. If the franchisee is an entity, an owner, officer, or other qualified employee may serve as the Designated Manager.
Both the franchisee and their initial Designated Manager must attend and complete the initial training program to Crepe De Licious's satisfaction at least two weeks before the restaurant, kiosk, or food truck opens. The franchisee is responsible for adequately training any successor Designated Manager they later employ. If Crepe De Licious determines that the training provided by the franchisee is inadequate, the successor Designated Manager must complete the initial training program.
Crepe De Licious will provide instructors, facilities, and training materials for the franchisee, their initial Designated Manager, and one other person, with a maximum of three trainees attending the same initial training program. The franchisee is responsible for all other expenses related to training, including travel, transportation, meals, lodging, and wages. The franchisee must also pay the then-current tuition and expenses for any initial training required for successor Designated Managers, including travel, transportation, meals, and lodging expenses if Crepe De Licious elects to provide the training at the franchisee's location.
If any Designated Manager fails to successfully complete the initial training program, Crepe De Licious may require the Designated Manager to attend additional training programs at the franchisee's cost or require the franchisee to appoint a new Designated Manager and send them to the initial training program, also at the franchisee's cost. Failure to successfully complete the initial training program after these corrective actions may result in the termination of the Franchise Agreement.