What sales activities must a Bumble Roofing franchisee cease when an adjacent territory is sold?
Bumble_Roofing Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You may be granted, in our sole discretion, express permission to sell or service customers in an unsold territory adjacent to your Territory ("Adjacent Territory"). However, you must agree that when this Adjacent Territory is granted to another franchisee, you will, upon receipt of written notice from us, cease all sales and service efforts within the Adjacent Territory, and return to us, within 10 days of the notice, all customer and prospect information related to the Adjacent Territory, assign to us or our designee all customer contracts in the Adjacent Territory; and pay to us any amounts (or a pro rata portion of any amounts) paid by customers within the Adjacent Territory for Services you have not yet performed.
Source: Item 16 — RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THE FRANCHISEE MAY SELL (FDD pages 42–43)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bumble Roofing's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee may be granted permission to sell services in an unsold territory adjacent to their own. However, this permission is contingent upon the adjacent territory being sold to another franchisee.
Upon receiving written notice from Bumble Roofing, the original franchisee must cease all sales and service efforts within the adjacent territory. Furthermore, within 10 days of the notice, the franchisee must return all customer and prospect information related to the adjacent territory to Bumble Roofing. They must also assign all customer contracts within the adjacent territory to Bumble Roofing or its designee.
Additionally, the franchisee is obligated to pay Bumble Roofing any amounts (or a pro rata portion of any amounts) that customers within the adjacent territory have paid for services that the franchisee has not yet performed. For example, if a customer pre-paid for services and the franchisee had performed half of the services, the franchisee must pay Bumble Roofing 50% of the amount the customer paid.