Who are considered "Subsequent Trainees" for Moes Southwest Grill, and what training is required for them?
Moes_Southwest_Grill Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
none of the Required Trainees has successfully completed the Management Training Program.
- E. Training of You by Franchisees. We may, in our sole discretion, authorize certain franchisees to provide on our behalf all or portions of the Management Training Program in accordance with our Standards, provided such franchisees (i) have a Certified Training Manager (as defined below), (ii) operate a Certified Training Location, and (iii) meet other requirements that we specify. If we require or permit you to receive portions of the Management Training Program from another franchisee, we may require you to execute an agreement with such other franchisee regarding the training program.
- F. Subsequent Trainees. Any Managers, Primary Contacts, Directors of Operations (as defined in Section 12.7.B. (Directors of Operations)) that you hire or appoint after the opening of the Franchised Business and any other persons we designate ("Subsequent Trainees") must attend and successfully complete our Management Training Program (or a modified version that we prescribe) before becoming involved in the operation of your Franchised Business. We may require employees that transfer to your Franchised Business from another Business to successfully complete the Management Training Program again. We also may require you to send or resend your Managers (as defined below) or employees to the Management Training Program, and require them to successfully complete it, if we have identified operational or performance issues at your Franchised Business. You must pay us a reasonable training fee that we designate for each Subsequent Trainee that attends a Management Training Program, which is currently $250 per trainee per day and may be increased in any calendar year by no more than the Allowed Adjustment.
G. Training By You.
(i) Management Training. If you and your affiliates collectively operate two or more Franchised Businesses, we may, in our sole discretion, require or permit you or your
affiliates to provide the Management Training Program to your Required Trainees or Subsequent Trainees.
- (ii) Certification Required.
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD page 92)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Moe's Southwest Grill's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Subsequent Trainees include any Managers, Primary Contacts, Directors of Operations hired or appointed after the opening of the Franchised Business, and any other persons Moe's designates. These Subsequent Trainees must attend and successfully complete Moe's Southwest Grill's Management Training Program, or a modified version of it, before they can be involved in the operation of the franchise.
Moe's Southwest Grill may also require employees transferring from another business to complete the Management Training Program again. The franchisee is responsible for paying a training fee for each Subsequent Trainee attending the Management Training Program, which is currently $250 per trainee per day. This fee can be increased annually, but no more than the Allowed Adjustment.
If a franchisee and its affiliates operate two or more Franchised Businesses, Moe's Southwest Grill may require or permit them to provide the Management Training Program to their Required Trainees or Subsequent Trainees. However, to do so, one or more of the franchisee's businesses must be certified as a Certified Training Location, and one or more of their Managers must be certified as a Certified Training Manager. A Certified Training Manager must complete the Management Training Program at least six months before applying for certification, maintain specific food safety programs, attend any required additional training, and meet other qualifications specified by Moe's Southwest Grill. A Certified Training Location must meet compliance scores, fully comply with current standards, employ a minimum number of Managers, and meet any other requirements specified by Moe's Southwest Grill.