Who is responsible for the expenses related to the transferee's personnel completing the Stretch Zone training programs?
Stretch_Zone Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We will provide Pre-Opening Training for the individuals specified in Section 2.10(a) and the Initial On-Site Training Program (including the Stretch Practitioner Program for up to 12 of your initial practitioners only) for the individuals identified in Section 2.12, at no additional charge, but you must pay the training fee that we specify for any additional individuals that we permit to attend such training programs and for the training of any replacement personnel. You also agree to pay the training fees that we periodically specify for any other training courses and programs and evaluation programs that we provide. You also will be responsible for your personnel's travel, living and other expenses (including local transportation expenses) and compensation incurred in connection with attendance at any and all training courses and programs, conventions or work at any Unit that is part of their development. You also will be responsible for our personnel's travel, living, and other expenses (including local transportation expenses) incurred in connection with our personnel's providing training at any location other than at our training facility at our corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, provided that you will not be required to pay for such expenses of our personnel in conducting the Initial On-Site Training Program.
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 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is responsible for covering the expenses associated with their personnel's training. Specifically, the franchisee must pay the training fees that Stretch Zone specifies for any mandatory or optional training courses and programs.
In addition to training fees, the franchisee is also responsible for their personnel's travel, living, and other expenses, including local transportation and compensation, incurred while attending any training courses, programs, conventions, or working at any unit as part of their development. This includes the costs associated with ongoing training that Stretch Zone may require for the franchisee and their personnel.
However, there is an exception: the franchisee is not required to pay for Stretch Zone personnel's travel, living, and other expenses when they provide the Initial On-Site Training Program at the franchisee's location. This on-site training is typically conducted at the franchise business, preferably within the first week of operation, and includes the Stretch Practitioner Training Program for the initial practitioners.
In summary, while Stretch Zone may provide the training programs, the franchisee bears the financial responsibility for their personnel's participation, covering fees, travel, lodging, and compensation, except for the expenses related to Stretch Zone's personnel during the initial on-site training.