Can Kitchen Solvers require franchisees to attend additional training?
Kitchen_Solvers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We may require you to attend any additional training we determine appropriate, and we reserve the right to charge you a fee to attend any additional training (currently, $350 per day plus expenses).
We may sponsor at least one convention per year in a location that we designate, for all of our franchisees. If held, you are required to attend this convention. We may charge a fee for attending the meeting, and you are responsible for travel, lodging and related costs for all persons associated with you who attend the meeting. If you do not attend the convention, and do not otherwise obtain our prior approval for such non-attendance, then you must pay us a fee equal to $850.
If, during the term of the Franchise Agreement, you hire a new installer, then we may require that person to complete one day of training prior to working as an installer. In addition to paying the salary, fringe benefits, travel costs and expenses, and related costs for the newly hired installer, you must pay us a daily fee of $350 plus expenses for such training.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 26–31)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Kitchen Solvers' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Kitchen Solvers may require franchisees to attend additional training that they deem appropriate. Kitchen Solvers also reserves the right to charge a fee to attend any additional training. Currently, this fee is $350 per day plus expenses.
In addition to potential additional training, Kitchen Solvers requires franchisees to attend at least one convention per year in a location that they designate. Franchisees may be charged a fee for attending this meeting and are responsible for travel, lodging, and related costs for all persons associated with them who attend the meeting. If a franchisee does not attend the convention and does not obtain prior approval for non-attendance, they must pay Kitchen Solvers a fee equal to $850.
Kitchen Solvers also specifies that if a franchisee hires a new installer during the term of the Franchise Agreement, Kitchen Solvers may require that person to complete one day of training before working as an installer. In addition to paying the salary, fringe benefits, travel costs and expenses, and related costs for the newly hired installer, the franchisee must pay Kitchen Solvers a daily fee of $350 plus expenses for such training. This mandatory training ensures that all installers meet Kitchen Solvers' standards, but it also adds to the franchisee's operational costs.