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Weed Man sub-franchiser Growing Opportunities, LLC has sold four new Weed Man franchises in Ohio since the beginning of the year.
In the Summit County/Akron area, Jim Freireich and Ned Cultrona opened Weed Man Summit County in January. Freireich and Cultrona's company, Eastside Enterprises, Ltd. also owns Weed Man Cleveland East.
“Weed Man is the perfect complement to our current lawn care business,” Cultrona explained. “We acquired more territory before it was taken by someone else.”
Weed Man Toledo West was recently started by Tom and Rose Curdes. The Curdes also own Barron's Lawn Service in Sylvania, Ohio.
Tim and Diane Rummins bought the Weed Man franchise rights in the Stark County/Canton area. They also own Hartville Nursery and its subsidiary, MT Pro Services, in Hartville, Ohio.
The northwest Ohio Weed Man territory, which covers five rural counties, was sold to Corbin and Audrey Schlatter, who own WM Canna, LLC. The counties are Williams, Defiance, Fulton, Henry and Paulding. The Schlatters are adding Weed Man to their existing lawn service, Nature's Way Lawn Care.
Sub-franchiser Phil Fogarty, co-owner with Bob Ottley of Growing Opportunities, LLC, said more franchise sales are in the works.
“Existing service businesses such as pest control and landscaping companies see the value in our systems and can capitalize immediately with their existing markets,” Fogarty noted. “We receive several inquiries as soon as we open a market and then choose the most qualified candidate.”
Fogarty and Ottley own the Weed Man sub-franchise rights to Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and upstate and western New York.