What is the minimum duration of the Initial On-Site Training Program that Stretch Zone provides for employees?
Stretch_Zone Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
As part of the Initial Franchise Fee, we will conduct on-site training for your employees for a minimum of 3 days (the "Initial On-Site Training Program"), in most instances conducted at your Franchise Business, preferably within the first week of operation, as we deem appropriate. The Initial On-Site Training Program will include (a) our stretch training program (the "Stretch Practitioner Training Program") for your initial practitioners; and (b) certain operational training for the individuals that collectively comprise Franchisee, or, if Franchisee is a Business Entity, Franchise Owners, and your initial Regional Manager. The Initial On-Site Training Program may differ, in whole or in part with respect to content and length for you, a Franchise Owner or the Designated Representative, your Regional Manager, your Certified Stretch Zone Practitioner, and your other employees, depending upon their previous experience and their responsibilities at your Franchise Business. You must give us at least 30 days' advanced written notice of the Opening Date to schedule the Initial On-Site Training Program. You are not required to pay us an additional fee for the Initial On-Site Training Program, provided that, if you elect to have more than 12 practitioners attend the Stretch Practitioner Training Program as part of the Initial On-Site Training Program, you must pay us our then-current fee for each such additional practitioner.
Source: Item 8 — Receipts. Any sale made must be in compliance with § 683(8) of the Franchise Sale Act (N.Y. Gen. Bus. L. § 680 et seq.), which describes the time period a Franchise Disclosure Document (offering prospectus) must be provided to a prospective franchisee before a sale may be made. New York law requires a franchisor to provide the Franchise Disclosure Document at the earliest of the first personal meeting or ten (10) business days before the execution of the franchise or other agreement or the payment of any consideration that relates to the franchise relationship. (FDD pages 99–263)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Stretch Zone FDD, the Initial On-Site Training Program for employees will last for a minimum of 3 days. This training is included as part of the initial franchise fee. Stretch Zone typically conducts this training at the franchisee's business location, ideally within the first week of operation.
The Initial On-Site Training Program includes the Stretch Practitioner Training Program for the initial practitioners and operational training for the franchisee (or franchise owners if the franchisee is a business entity) and the initial Regional Manager. The content and length of the training program may vary depending on the experience and responsibilities of the individuals being trained, such as the Franchise Owner, Designated Representative, Regional Manager, Certified Stretch Zone Practitioner, and other employees.
To schedule the Initial On-Site Training Program, the franchisee must provide Stretch Zone with at least 30 days' advanced written notice of the intended opening date. While there is no additional fee for the Initial On-Site Training Program, if the franchisee wants more than 12 practitioners to attend the Stretch Practitioner Training Program, they will have to pay Stretch Zone's current fee for each additional practitioner.