Is there a charge for the Initial Training Program for the first Extreme Art Studio franchise?
Extreme_Art_Studio Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
ent instructions or any similar event, you shall also pay, upon demand, a non-sufficient funds fee of $100 per incident.
4. TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.
4.1 INITIAL AND ONGOING TRAINING.
4.1.1 We will train up to two people, which must include you (or your Operating Owner, if you are an Entity) and your Designated Manager (defined in Section 8.55 below), if applicable, in the material aspects of operating an Extreme Art Studio Business, at no charge for your first Extreme Art Studio Business you open, so long as all such persons attend training at the same time ("Initial Training Program"). We will provide the Initial Training Program at either our designated training facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota, such other location we designate or virtually. You may not begin your Extreme Art Studio Business until you (or your Operating Owner, if you are an Entity) and your Designated Manager, if any, complete our Initial Training Program to our satisfaction. If we determine that you (or your Operating Owner) or any Designated Manager cannot complete the Initial Training Program to our satisfaction, we may require your Operating Owner and/or Designated Manager to attend the Initial Training Program again in accordance with Section 4.1.2 or appoint a new Operating Owner and/or Designated Manager and send those individual(s) to the next available Initial Training Program, at your expense. If the Initial Training Program is not completed to our satisfaction after two attempts, we may terminate this
Franchise Agreement. You may invite additional employees to attend the Initial Training Program if space allows, though we will charge you our then-current training fee for each additional attendee. We reserve the right to limit the number of attendees for the Initial Training Program and the right to vary the length and content of the Initial Training Program as we deem appropriate in our sole discretion based on the experience of the attendee. We shall determine the scheduling, exact duration, contents and manner of the Initial Training Program in our discretion and may delay your attendance until a suitable time near the grand opening date for your Franchised Business in our discretion.
- 4.1.2 In the event that you (or your Operating Owner or any Designated Manager) fail to complete the Initial Training Program or On-Site Training to our satisfaction, we reserve the right to require such individual to attend additional training, and we will charge you our thencurrent training fee for such additional training (currently $200 per person per day). Such additional training will be provided at our offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at such location we designate or virtually. We may, but are not obligated to, provide you with additional training at your Studio, and charge you our then-current off-site training fee, plus our instructor's travel and living expenses. If you (or your Operating Owner) or any Designated Manager are unable to complete the additional training to our satisfaction, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate this Franchise Agreement.
- 4.1.3 If you will operate an Extreme Art Studio Businesses, before you begin providing services from your Approved Location, we will provide an on-site training program for up to three days before your grand opening at your Approved Location ("On-Site Training") for your first Extreme Art Studio Business. We will provide up to two additional days of additional on-site assistance ("Additional On-Site Assistance") approximately six months following the grand opening of your Approved Location for your first Extreme Art Studio Business Such On-Site Trainings and Additional On-Site Assistance will be provided at no charge for the first Extreme Art Studio Business you open. If you request, and we agree to provide, On-Site Training or Additional On-Site Assistance for additional Extreme Art Studio Businesses, you shall pay us our then-current training fees (currently $200 per person per day).
- 4.1.4 You (or your Operating Owner) or any Designated Manager may request additional training in the operation of an Extreme Art Studio Business. We and you will jointly determine the duration of this additional training, and we reserve the right to charge you our thencurrent training fee for such additional training (currently $200 per person per day).
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 49)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Extreme Art Studio's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the initial training program for the first Extreme Art Studio franchise is provided at no charge for up to two people. This includes the franchisee (or the Operating Owner if the franchisee is an entity) and a Designated Manager, if applicable, as long as they attend the training at the same time. The Initial Training Program covers the material aspects of operating an Extreme Art Studio Business.
However, if additional training is needed because the franchisee (or Operating Owner or Designated Manager) fails to complete the initial program to Extreme Art Studio's satisfaction, additional training will be required, and the franchisee will be charged the then-current training fee. As of the date of this FDD, that fee is $200 per person per day. Also, if the franchisee wants to send additional employees to the Initial Training Program, they may do so if space allows, but Extreme Art Studio will charge the then-current training fee for each additional attendee.
Extreme Art Studio also provides an on-site training program for up to three days before the grand opening at the approved location, as well as up to two additional days of on-site assistance approximately six months following the grand opening, both at no charge for the first Extreme Art Studio Business. However, the franchisee is responsible for all travel and living expenses incurred during attendance at any training courses and programs.