When can a franchisee provide the Management Training Program to their Required Trainees for Moes Southwest Grill?
Moes_Southwest_Grill Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
rporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, (ii) a Restaurant that we designate that has been certified by us as an authorized training facility (a "Certified Training Location") (which may be located outside of your state and may be operated by our franchisees), and/or (iii) other locations authorized by us. Currently, our classroom training is conducted through online modules and our on-the-job training is conducted at a Certified Training Location. For the third or subsequent Restaurants operated by you or your affiliates, if you have a Certified Training Manager (as defined below) and operate a Certified Training Location (as defined below), we may, in our sole discretion, allow you to provide the Management Training Program to your Required Trainees.
Your trainees may not attend the Management Training Program until (a) you have provided us with your fully signed Lease (if required) in a form that we have approved, (b) your Restaurant is under construction, (c) you have provided us with evidence of the insurance that is required under your Franchise Agreement, and (d) it is within 10 weeks of the scheduled opening date of your Restaurant.
There is no charge for the cost of the Management Training Program for your Required Trainees for your first two Restaurants (including Restaurants owned by your affiliates). If we provide the Management Training Program to you for your third or subsequent Restaurants (including Restaurants operated by your affiliates), you must pay us a fee of $7,500 for the Management Training Program. You must pay us a reasonable training fee that we designate (currently, $250 per trainee per day) if (i) you elect, and we permit you, to bring additional trainees, other than the Required Trainees, to the Management Training Program, (ii) your Required Trainees are trained in separate sessions, or (iii) any of your Required Trainees fail to successfully complete the Management Training Program and re-enroll in the program or are replaced with new trainees that enroll in the program.
Your Required Trainees must successfully complete our Management Training Program at least one week prior to the scheduled opening date of the Restaurant. If your opening date changes and your required Trainees completed our Management Training Program more than 120 days before the revised opening date, we may require them to attend up to an additional week of training and may require you to pay our then-current daily training fee for each Required Trainee.
All of your Required Trainees must successfully complete our Management Training Program before they may be involved in the operation of your Restaurant.
We have the right in our reasonable discretion to determine whether a trainee has successfully completed the Management Training Program. If we conclude that a Required Trainee has failed to successfully complete the Management Training Program, that Required Trainee must re-enroll in our next scheduled applicable Management Training Program, and you must pay the thencurrent training fee.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 53–68)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 FDD, a Moes Southwest Grill franchisee may be permitted to provide the Management Training Program to their Required Trainees if they and their affiliates operate two or more restaurants. However, this is at the sole discretion of Moes Southwest Grill. Before a franchisee can provide the training, one or more of their restaurants must be certified as a Certified Training Location, and one or more of their managers must be certified as a Certified Training Manager.
To become a Certified Training Manager, a 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 programs, and meet other qualifications specified by Moes Southwest Grill. To be designated as a Certified Training Location, the restaurant must meet compliance scores specified by Moes Southwest Grill, fully comply with the brand's current standards, employ at least two managers in addition to a Certified Training Manager, and meet any other requirements that Moes Southwest Grill may specify.
Moes Southwest Grill retains the right to grant, withhold, or revoke certification for a Certified Training Location or a Certified Training Manager at any time, and may also change the minimum requirements for certification. Certified Training Managers may need to be recertified if they transfer to another restaurant, no longer meet the current requirements, or annually. If a Certified Training Manager is no longer a manager at the Certified Training Location or has their certification revoked, the restaurant must be re-certified before offering training again. A Certified Training Location must have a Certified Training Manager overseeing its operations. If certification is withheld or revoked, Moes Southwest Grill may require trainees to attend the Management Training Program at another designated location, and the franchisee will be responsible for the associated training fees.