What are the requirements for principal owners of a Kitchen Solvers franchise?
Kitchen_Solvers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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7. PERSONNEL AND TRAINING STANDARDS
The following provisions and conditions control with respect to personnel, training and supervision.
- A. Supervision of the Business. Your Business must at all times be under your direct supervision or a designated principal owner in the event you are a corporation, partnership, or other business entity. Your principal owners must be those persons who are actively involved in the Business and the principal owners must be Personal Guarantors and sign an undertaking and guarantee in accordance with Subparagraph 16.F of this Agreement.
- B. Training. You must, at your expense for room, board and travel, attend and successfully complete our KITCHEN SOLVERS Pre-Opening Training Program at a place we designate. You may not begin operating your Business until you successfully complete the KITCHEN SOLVERS Pre-Opening Training Program. In the event that you are given notice of default as set forth in Subparagraph 11.A and the default relates, in whole or in part, to your failure to meet any operational standards, we may require as a condition of curing the default that you again attend and successfully complete any additional training we deem appropriate, at a place we designate, and at your expense. If you desire to operate your Business with a manager other than you, then in addition to you, such manager must attend and successfully complete our Pre-Opening Training Program, at your expense, prior to undertaking such operations.
If you request and if we agree, we will provide you in-field training at our then current rate for this training.
We will provide any additional ongoing support training as we determine necessary.
- C. Staffing. You must hire and supervise efficient, competent, and courteous persons as your employees for the operation of your Business and set and pay their wages, commissions and incentives with no liability on us. No employee of yours will be deemed to be an employee of us for any purpose whatsoever.
- D. Annual Convention and Other Meetings. You are required to attend, at your expense, the annual Kitchen Solvers convention, and we may require you to pay our then-current registration fee. If you fail to attend the annual Kitchen Solvers convention, then you must pay us a fee equal to $850, unless you have obtained our prior written approval not to attend.
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD page 49)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Kitchen Solvers' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if the franchisee is a corporation, partnership, or other business entity, the principal owners must be actively involved in the business. These principal owners are required to be personal guarantors, signing an undertaking and guarantee as specified in Subparagraph 16.F of the franchise agreement.
Furthermore, the principal owner or a designated representative must directly supervise the Kitchen Solvers business at all times. Additionally, the franchisee or a designated manager must attend and successfully complete the Kitchen Solvers Pre-Opening Training Program before commencing operations. This training is at the franchisee's expense, covering room, board, and travel costs.
If a franchisee consists of multiple individuals, they are jointly and severally liable under the agreement. Any person who becomes a principal owner after the agreement date must also execute the undertaking and guarantee as a condition of becoming a principal owner. These stipulations ensure that Kitchen Solvers maintains consistent standards and protects its brand by requiring active, responsible, and trained management at each franchise location.