What is a Monicals Pizza franchisee required to do with telephone and facsimile numbers and on-line identifiers upon termination or non-renewal?
Monicals_Pizza Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
| Provision | or Other Agreement | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| creating a health or safety hazard to customers, employees or the public; engage in any activity reserved to us; fail to comply with laws or regulations after notice of non-compliance; on 2 or more separate occasions, breach the Franchise Agreement or fail to comply with requirements, specifications, standards or procedures on 2 or more occasions within any 12 months; or default under any other agreement between you and us (or an affiliate) such that we (or the affiliate) have the right to terminate the agreement. | ||
| i. Franchisee's obligations on termination/non renewal | Section 17.1 | If the Franchise Agreement is terminated or not renewed, you must: stop operating the franchised restaurant; stop using any trade secret or other confidential information, the System and the Marks; if requested, assign your interest in the franchise location to us; cancel or assign to us any assumed names; promptly return to any third party any leased, loaned or other third-party equipment used in the operation of the franchised restaurant; pay all sums owed to us (or an affiliate) including damages and costs incurred in enforcing the Franchise Agreement; surrender access to and return all paper copies of the Confidential Operations Manual, trade secrets and all other confidential information; assign your telephone and facsimile numbers and on-line identifiers to us; comply with the covenants not to compete and any other surviving provisions of the Franchise Agreement. |
Source: Item 17 — RENEWAL, TERMINATION, TRANSFER AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION (FDD pages 32–41)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Monicals Pizza's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if the Franchise Agreement is terminated or not renewed, the franchisee must assign their telephone and facsimile numbers and on-line identifiers to Monicals Pizza. This requirement ensures that upon termination or non-renewal, Monicals Pizza maintains control over the restaurant's contact information and online presence. This prevents the former franchisee from potentially diverting customers or misrepresenting their ongoing affiliation with the Monicals Pizza brand.
This obligation is part of a broader set of requirements that Monicals Pizza imposes on franchisees upon termination or non-renewal. These include ceasing operation of the franchised restaurant, discontinuing the use of trade secrets, confidential information, the System, and the Marks, and complying with non-compete covenants.
For a prospective Monicals Pizza franchisee, this means understanding that upon exiting the franchise system, they will lose control over the phone numbers and online identifiers associated with the business. This is a standard practice in franchising, designed to protect the brand and ensure a smooth transition.