Who is responsible for the expenses associated with the initial training program at Face Foundrie?
Face_Foundrie Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
filiates provide during the term of your Franchise Agreement.
Training – Section 4 of the Franchise Agreement
Before your Facial Bar opens, we will provide an "Initial Training Program" at a location we designate. As of the date of this Disclosure Document, the Initial Training Program will be conducted at our headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota and at affiliate-owned Face Foundrié Facial Bars in the Minneapolis, Minnesota metropolitan area, or virtually, or through a combination of these, to be determined in our discretion. The Initial Training Program may be held elsewhere in the future at our discretion. As of the date of this Disclosure Document, the Initial Training Program consists of nine days of in-person training and four days of virtual training for your Operating Partner and your Salon Manager; for estheticians the Initial Training Program is seven days of in-person training and three days of virtual training. There is no charge for a total of three people to attend this training, but you are responsible for all travel and living expenses that you and your employees incur in attending the training. The person you designate as your Operating Partner and your Salon Manager must attend and complete this training program to our satisfaction at least 60 days prior to opening. You may invite additional employees to attend the Initial Training Program if space allows, though we may charge you our then-current training fee (currently $1,200 per attendee, plus costs) for each additional individual. We may require your assistant managers to attend the Initial Training Program, in our sole discretion.
Any successor or replacement Operating Partner or Salon Manager must successfully complete the Initial Training Program no more than 30 days after appointment (except that a replacement Salon Manager who already works in your Facial Bar as an esthetician or front bar attendant are not required to attend the full Initial Training Program, but instead will attend Manager Boot Camp described below). No such person may offer services to your Facial Bar or supervise your Facial Bar until they have completed the Initial Training Program. You must pay our then-current training fee (currently $1,200 per attendee, plus costs) for any successor or replacement Operating Partner or Salon Manager that attends the Initial Training Program. With our approval, any successor or replacement Salon Manager who has already worked in in your Facial Bar and is being promoted from an esthetician or front bar attendant is not required to attend the full Initial Training Program, but instead will attend "Manager Boot Camp," which, as of the date of this Disclosure Document, is a three
day program. You must pay our then-current training fee (currently $800 per attendee, plus costs)
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 33–43)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Face Foundrie's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, while there is no charge for up to three people to attend the initial training program, the franchisee is responsible for all travel and living expenses incurred by themselves and their employees while attending the training. If the franchisee wishes to send additional employees to the initial training program and space allows, Face Foundrie may charge a training fee of $1,200 per attendee, plus costs, for each additional individual.
Face Foundrie also states that the franchisee is responsible for all fees, compensation, and expenses, including transportation, lodging, food, and incidental expenses, incurred in connection with any training programs. Neither the franchisee nor their employees will receive any compensation from Face Foundrie for services performed during training. The franchisee will bear all other expenses incurred in such training, such as the costs of transportation, lodging, meals, wages, and worker's compensation insurance.
If at any time during the operation of the Facial Bar, the franchisee requests additional training or assistance from Face Foundrie, or if Face Foundrie determines that the franchisee requires additional training or assistance, the franchisee must pay Face Foundrie's then-current per diem training fee for each trainer, currently $400 per trainer per day, and reimburse Face Foundrie for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by their trainers associated with the additional training, including travel, lodging, meals and other reasonable expenses. Any successor or replacement Operating Partner or Salon Manager must successfully complete the Initial Training Program no more than 30 days after appointment. The franchisee must pay Face Foundrie's then-current training fee (currently $1,200 per attendee, plus costs) for any successor or replacement Operating Partner or Salon Manager that attends the Initial Training Program.