REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION LINK

Register by November 30, 2024
Early Bird Rate – $249

Register by January 31, 2025
Regular Rate – $399

For On-site Registrations from February 1, 2025
On-Site Rate – $499

REFUND DEADLINE
For a full refund, cancellations must be in writing and sent to michelle.hunt@akfcf.com or zguevara@caribla.com by January 31, 2025. Cancellations made after January 31, 2025, will not receive a refund.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center – Reservations

The host hotel for the 2025 AKFCF Convention is the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, TN. Situated in the heart of Nashville, Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center welcomes guests to a stunning resort experience. From SoundWaves, the city’s premier aquatic attraction, to an exciting lineup of activities and entertainment, there’s something for the entire family to enjoy.

AKFCF Group rate is based on availability. $239 per night plus a $20 resort fee, 9.25% State Tax, 6% Occupancy Tax, and $2.50 city tax. Resort Fee includes property-wide high-speed wireless internet access, unlimited local and long-distance calls, Daily Shuttle service to Opry Mills & The Inn at Opryland, Shuttle transportation to scheduled Grand Ole Opry and General Jackson Showboat Performances, Bottled water (2 daily), Daily credit of up to $10.00 per room toward dry cleaning, and transportation to Gaylord Springs Gold Links, practice range access, and daily bucket of balls. Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center is now cashless throughout your experience. The resort accepts only credit cards and mobile payments, including front desk, food and beverage locations, retail, special events, parking, etc. Guests can convert their cash into $20 – $500 gift cards at Cash-To-Card kiosks located next to the Delta and Cascades ATMs.

The deadline for hotel reservations at the group rate is February 27, 2025, @ 5:00 p.m. Central Time. Rates are honored three (3) days prior to and post-convention dates at the Gaylord based on availability. A deposit of one night’s room and tax is required at the time of booking. Changes and cancellations must be made within 72 hours of the scheduled arrival day to avoid one night’s penalty.

TRAVEL

Airport – Nashville International Airport (BNA) is conveniently located just 8.3 miles from the Gaylord or a 25-minute drive from the airport.

Ground – Taxis and rideshares are available from the airport.

Parking – Valet parking is available at $40 per day, or self-parking is $32 per day.

AGENDA

A detailed agenda INCLUDING THE CARIBLA events and meetings will be shared soon.

CARIBLA events and meetings will be scheduled during the AKFCF convention dates March 23-26.  The Convention will start at 11:00 am on Sunday, March 23.  Plan your arrival for Saturday March 22 or early morning on Sunday March 23.  Plan your departure for the late night of March 26 or March 27.

AKFCF Convention Agenda
Subject to confirm the Caribla events and Meetings

BOOTHS

Click Here to Register a Caribla Booth

Choose “Vendor Partners – Caribla Standard (Booth Only)” from the list of options.

If you need additional attendees beyond your 2 FREE ATTENDEES in the booth, you can add additional attendees for a $700 fee each during the registration process.

Caribla booth:

• 10×10 Booth Space
• Up to 2 Registrations Included
• Inclusion in the Exhibitor Directory
• Pre- and Post-Event Attendee Lists
• Logo in Mobile App

• The Caribla booths will be in the Caribla booth row unless requested otherwise.

• Cost: $10,000

Contact Zaira Guevara @ zguevara@caribla.com for the 2025 KFC Caribla Convention Sponsorship Opportunities

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AKFCF WORKSHOPS
Sunday, March 23
Workshops (Each workshop will be presented once)

Join us for three workshops focused on Restaurant Leadership. We can’t tell our story as business owners without
the people whose stories define our business every day. We’ll explore how to consistently improve your KFC
Operations to deliver exceptional results with emphasis on our leaders, both the Restaurant General Manager
(RGM) and Above Restaurant Leader (ARL).

Workshops are:

1. Building Sales Thru Effective Upselling And Local Store Marketing Strategies That Work
Take the next step in growing your business by learning what many successful operators are doing to build on
the transactions they already have. Learn to grow your average ticket with an “Up-selling and Add-on Mindset.”
We will introduce many strategies that work and discuss how to analyze fully to ensure add-on incrementality,
not trade-off. We will also explore Local Store Marketing strategies that are proven to build transactions,
acquire guests, and move guests up from bargains that drive them to the store to the ticket builders that drive
profit.

2. The Leadership Leverage: Do What is Yours to Do
Most organizations struggle because leaders are so busy doing the jobs of their team members and junior
management that they are not doing their own job. This session is designed to empower franchisees and their
leadership teams to maximize growth by ensuring each team member excels in their role rather than stepping
into their roles for them.
Through interactive exercises and real-life stories, you’ll discover how to:
• Recognize “managing down” and the reasons it occurs.
• Learn a simple, workable process to break the cycle of “managing down” and empower your leaders to
find their purpose in your organization while being more strategic and customer-focused.
• Create a culture that expects and celebrates big leaders doing big things.
Join us to learn the power of unlocking the potential in your team and achieving year over year unit growth.
Led by Guest Speaker Monica Rothgery.

3. Building An Effective Routine For Above Store Leaders
Running a Restaurant is hard. Leading the people running it is another kind of challenge in itself. Whether you
are above one store or many, you wear many hats. Many days you may feel it is the Fire Fighter or the Juggler
you identify with most. While your teams have many systems and processes in place to give them guidance, it
is the ARL that often feels they have to figure it out on their own. We will focus on building a planning tool to
simplify ARL’s daily, weekly and monthly routines leading to amazing operational execution.