Sysco Food Services of Atlanta, Inc. v. Chupp

Smith, Judge.

This appeal involves the construction of customer non-solicitation covenants executed by two former sales representatives for appellant Sysco Food Services and a non-competition and non-solicitation covenant executed by a former sales manager for Sysco. The trial court struck down all three agreements as overbroad and denied injunctive relief. Because the trial court’s construction of the agreements was incorrect, we reverse.

The facts relevant to our analysis are straightforward. Appellee Charles Don Chupp, a district sales manager and 13-year employee of Sysco, executed an…