Can Bigfoot Forestry force a franchisee to stop selling a good or service?
Bigfoot_Forestry Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Authorized Goods & Services.** You must offer and provide all Bigfoot Forestry Services we require from time to time in our commercially reasonable discretion.
We may designate certain Bigfoot Forestry Services as optional, in which case you have the option, but not the obligation, to offer such services.
As a condition to offering optional goods or services you may be required to complete additional training, purchase additional equipment and tools and secure additional licenses or permits.
You may not offer any other goods or services without our prior written permission.
You may not sell any goods or services we have disapproved.
You may not use your Business, or permit your Business to be used, for any purpose other than offering the goods and services we authorize.
We may change authorized goods and services at any time and you must comply with our instructions regarding same.
Any such change shall not constitute a termination of this Agreement.
Source: Item 16 — RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THE FRANCHISEE MAY SELL (FDD page 33)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Bigfoot Forestry FDD, franchisees must offer all Bigfoot Forestry services that the franchisor requires. However, Bigfoot Forestry may designate certain services as optional, in which case franchisees are not obligated to offer them. To offer optional goods or services, franchisees may need to complete additional training, purchase additional equipment and tools, and secure additional licenses or permits.
The FDD states that franchisees cannot offer any goods or services without Bigfoot Forestry's prior written permission and cannot sell any goods or services that Bigfoot Forestry has disapproved. Furthermore, franchisees cannot use their business for any purpose other than offering the goods and services that Bigfoot Forestry authorizes.
Bigfoot Forestry retains the right to change authorized goods and services at any time, and franchisees must comply with their instructions. These changes do not constitute a termination of the franchise agreement. This means that Bigfoot Forestry has significant control over the goods and services offered by its franchisees and can mandate or prohibit the sale of specific items or services.