Are a Beggars Pizza franchisee's delivery rights exclusive?
Beggars_Pizza Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must provide delivery service of all approved menu items to customers located in your Territory. Delivery service must be made in accordance with our then-current delivery standards as described in the Manuals. Your delivery rights are not exclusive, and other Beggars Pizza® Restaurants may accept delivery orders and provide delivery services in your Territory. In addition, you may accept orders and provide delivery service of approved menu items outside of your Territory (except in the specific geographic areas specified in your Franchise Agreement) provided that you refrain from mailing or delivering, or directing any third party from mailing or delivering, by any means, any hard copy print advertising, door hangers, hand-out advertisements, coupons, mailers, or other hard copy advertisements to business and residential addresses outside of your Territory. Any hard copy advertisement in a newspaper or any other advertising by television, radio, the Internet, or any other print or electronic medium will not be subject to this territorial restriction. You do not have the right to use other channels of distribution such as the Internet, telemarketing, or other direct marketing to make sales outside of your Territory unless permitted by us in the Manuals or otherwise in writing.
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 26–28)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beggars Pizza's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee's delivery rights are not exclusive. The FDD states that other Beggars Pizza restaurants may accept delivery orders and provide delivery services within a franchisee's territory. However, a franchisee must provide delivery service of all approved menu items to customers located in their territory, adhering to Beggars Pizza's delivery standards as outlined in the manuals.
While delivery rights within the territory are non-exclusive, a Beggars Pizza franchisee can accept orders and provide delivery service of approved menu items outside of their territory, except in specific geographic areas outlined in the Franchise Agreement. However, franchisees are restricted from distributing hard copy print advertising, such as door hangers or coupons, to business and residential addresses outside their designated territory. This restriction does not apply to advertising in newspapers or other media like television, radio, the Internet, or other print or electronic mediums.
Furthermore, the FDD clarifies that franchisees do not have the right to use other channels of distribution, such as the Internet or telemarketing, to make sales outside their territory unless explicitly permitted by Beggars Pizza in the manuals or in writing. This means that while physical advertising is limited, digital marketing outside the territory requires specific approval from Beggars Pizza. This policy ensures that while franchisees can expand their reach, they must adhere to Beggars Pizza's guidelines and avoid infringing on other franchisees' territories through unauthorized marketing efforts.