What training must be completed before opening a Petro Stopping Center?
Petro_Stopping_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
al under the Lease to any Person, firm or corporation upon such terms and conditions as, in our discretion, we may determine, and with the same rights and powers and immunities, exoneration of liability and rights of recourse and indemnity as we would have upon taking possession of the Site or any other Collateral under the Lease pursuant to the provisions set forth in the Lease. The power of attorney conferred upon us pursuant to this Agreement is a power coupled with an interest and cannot be revoked, modified or altered without our prior written consent.
6. TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.
- 6.1 Training of Managing Owner and Managers. You must ensure that the Managing Owner, as described in Section 7.11, and your Petro Center managers, as described in our Manuals, and such other Persons as we designate from time to time, complete our training programs regarding the Petro System and Petro System Standards to our satisfaction.
- 6.2 Pre-Opening On-Site Training and Opening Assistance. We will send trainers to your Site prior to the Opening Date to assist in training your Personnel regarding the Petro System and Petro System Standards and to otherwise provide opening assistance. You must reimburse us for our actual costs in connection with this training and opening assistance, including but not limited to the wages and travel and living expenses of our trainers.
- 6.3 Computer System Installation. We will send information technology personnel to your Site prior to the Opening Date to provide assistance in installing and setting-up certain aspects of your Computer System.
- 6.4 Additional Training. We may require you, your Managing Owner, or your Petro Center managers to attend, at your expense, periodic training courses or training conferences at such times and locations that we designate, and we may charge then-current fees for such courses. These additional trainings will provide necessary updates regarding the Petro System and Petro System Standards. We may also provide additional voluntary training that you or other Persons may take at your option, and we may charge our then-current fees for this additional training.General Guidance. We may advise you from time to time regarding the operation of the Petro Center based on reports you submit to us or inspections we make.
Source: Item 14 — Other investments (FDD pages 131–208)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Petro Stopping Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, before opening a Petro Stopping Center, the Managing Owner and managers must complete training regarding the Petro System and Petro System Standards to the franchisor's satisfaction. The Managing Owner must be approved by Petro Stopping Center and must participate in and successfully complete all additional training regarding the Petro System and Petro System Standards as Petro Stopping Center may reasonably designate.
Petro Stopping Center will also send trainers to the site prior to the opening date to assist in training personnel regarding the Petro System and Petro System Standards and to otherwise provide opening assistance. The franchisee must reimburse Petro Stopping Center for their actual costs in connection with this training and opening assistance, including but not limited to the wages and travel and living expenses of their trainers. In addition, Petro Stopping Center will send information technology personnel to the site prior to the opening date to provide assistance in installing and setting up certain aspects of the computer system.
Furthermore, pre-opening training of personnel at the site regarding the Petro System and Petro System Standards must be completed to Petro Stopping Center's satisfaction. The franchisee must ensure that all managers complete training regarding the Petro System and Petro System Standards and are approved by Petro Stopping Center. If a manager changes, the franchisee must immediately notify Petro Stopping Center and ensure that the new manager promptly completes all required training. All personnel must meet every requirement imposed by applicable federal, state and local law and those required by Petro Stopping Center as a condition to their employment.