Does Stretch Zone reserve the right to conduct the training program in-person?
Stretch_Zone Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Section 2.14 ONGOING TRAINING
During the term of this Agreement, we may require you and/or your personnel to attend and satisfactorily complete various training courses and programs and evaluation programs, including online training, that we choose to provide periodically, certain of which may be prerequisites to an individual's assuming a particular position at the Franchise Business, at the times and locations that we designate. Without limiting the preceding sentence, as of the date of this Agreement, we have established certain training prerequisites for those individuals who will serve as Regional Managers, stretch practitioners, sales associates, and front desk personnel at the Franchise Business. We also may offer, during the term of this Agreement, various optional training courses and programs for you and/or your personnel to attend at the times and locations that we designate. In accordance with Section 2.15, you must pay the training fees that we specify for such mandatory or optional training. At our option, you must acquire the equipment, technology, and other products and services that we periodically specify (and pay all associated fees) in order to participate in the learning management platform or other training system that we periodically designate. Your personnel whom we
periodically specify also must attend any conventions or other programs that we periodically specify for some or all Stretch Zone businesses. At our option, we may provide ongoing training to you and your personnel using video conferencing, online meetings, or other forms of virtual communications.
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, Stretch Zone may require franchisees and their personnel to attend various training courses and programs, including online training. These programs may be prerequisites for assuming specific positions within the franchise. Stretch Zone also has the option to offer additional training courses and programs.
Stretch Zone specifies that they may provide ongoing training to franchisees and their personnel through video conferencing, online meetings, or other forms of virtual communication. This indicates that Stretch Zone retains the right to conduct training programs in-person, as well as the option to use virtual methods.
Franchisees are responsible for covering the training fees specified by Stretch Zone for both mandatory and optional training. Additionally, franchisees must pay for their personnel's travel, living, and other expenses related to attending training courses, programs, conventions, or working at any unit as part of their development. Franchisees are also responsible for covering the expenses incurred by Stretch Zone personnel when providing training at locations other than the corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with the exception of the Initial On-Site Training Program.