Join the Rapidly Growing Green Industry: No Industry Experience is Necessary

For more than 35 years, Weed Man has built upon our founder, Des Rice's, uncompromising commitment to serving our customers. Keeping true to his vision provides Weed Man with a competitive advantage and allows us to build a strong national brand based on keeping promises and exceeding expectations. We believe that this commitment to the customer differentiates Weed Man from other national brands and is the basis of a competitive advantage that will earn us recognition as a strong national brand. The promise of attentive local ownership guided by a dedication to professionalism and customer service has proven to be an irresistible offer that has distinguished Weed Man from the larger national companies and created a competitive edge that continues to gain momentum in the U.S.

A Fantastic Business to Own
Whether or not you have any experience in the lawn care industry, Weed Man can be an ideal business for you to own. Consider these benefits:

• Limited Capital Investment: Both the initial as well as the on-going investment in real estate, fixtures and equipment is low relative to the capital requirements of most businesses.
• Recurring Revenues: A well-run lawn care company automatically renews the vast majority of customers from year to year, allowing the company to focus marketing efforts on net growth.
• Strong Cash Flow: Beginning in the fall of the previous service year, 15-30% of customers ultimately prepay prior to the start of current year services, while very favorable 30-day to 180-day terms are available from major suppliers. It is not uncommon for the vast majority of customer payments for spring services to have been received before a company's invoices from suppliers for the materials used in those spring services are due.
• Barriers to Entry: State licensing requirements, while very manageable in most states, do create enough of a barrier to restrict competition from small operators and companies whose primary focus is not lawn care.
• Limited Exposure to Recession: With the average annual cost of service less than $300 per year, lawn care is a small slice of the consumer's disposable income and one of the last budget items to be cut when belt-tightening is necessary. Also shielding lawn care from exposure to recession is its high perceived value as a low-cost service that enhances both property value and pride of ownership.
• Adaptability to Management Systems: Lawn care's narrow focus on growing and protecting healthy turf limits the business' complexity and allows it to be distilled down to a limited number of repetitive tasks faced by production, administrative and sales staff. These tasks are very adaptable to systems that improve profitability, increase sales and reduce the strains on management.

Previous Experience is Not Necessary
Weed Man recruits strong franchisees that are driven by the incentives of ownership and committed to providing a level of service unattainable from our competitors' corporate branch managers. Weed Man provides these local owner/operators with intensive initial training, on-going local support, access to quality products and equipment, and the best sales, marketing and administrative systems in business. Our systems have been conceived, tested, refined and ultimately proven to increase efficiency and profitability. By taking the time to create standardized procedures, we assure the ability to duplicate our successes throughout the Weed Man Network. You can expect:

• Dominant Purchasing Power: Weed Man franchisees enjoy extremely favorable volume pricing and payment terms negotiated with suppliers based on anticipated system-wide purchases. A central purchasing web site for uniforms, marketing materials, and other supplies adds an invaluable element of convenience to the competitive edge afforded by our Franchisees' pooled purchasing power.
• Comprehensive Training: The success of Weed Man dealers is built upon the twin pillars of training and support. Our initial 12-day training at Head Office in Toronto, Ontario addresses all aspects of business operations including administration, technical, marketing, business planning and budgeting.
• Unparalleled Support: In order to provide the very best in dealer support and leadership, Weed Man built a team of regional Sub-franchisors that includes some the biggest names in lawn care. From this team of Sub-franchisors, our franchisees enjoy quick, easy access to local support; regular business planning meetings; educational seminars; and weekly teleconferences at critical times of the year.