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John Manion manages one of the country’s largest Canadian Tire Gas+ sites, located in Kanata, ON. He has operated this high-traffic site for two years. Also, has worked hard to be the C-gas destination for his growing community. In the summer of 2014, Canadian Tire Gas+ closed the doors for three weeks. They did this for an interior and exterior site renovation. “The renovations have been inspiring a lot of customers to come to check us out again. They may have been customers in the past, but they want to see what we have to offer now,” says Manion.

Read on to find out how this renovation has increased sales and expanded the shopper demographics.

The exterior upgrades

This c-gas site needed to stand out from the nearby competition. Furthermore, to achieve this, the renovation included new LED lighting.
“We’re really pleased with how bright the location is, and I think that’s a driving factor. People want to feel safe when they’re coming to a c-gas the site, especially in the later hours. We’re open until midnight, and the LEDs really light up the whole parking lot and the store,” says Manion.

Additional exterior upgrades included new fascia, paint, and graphics on the canopy, which was done by Dupont. “In the car wash, we went with a new style of overhead soft-cloth called ‘The Whisper Wheel’ from Belanger, as well as two side rollers on hydraulic tracks that follow the vehicle down the track and also wrap around the back bumper.”

All 12 fuel pumps were updated with chip-and-pin technology to provide a fast, secure transaction at the pump, and a new diesel price sign was added on the road to draw in traffic from the nearby highway.

The Interior Renovations

Before taking over this 1,400 sq. ft. store, Manion ran a 35 sq. ft. Canadian Tire Gas kiosk, so figuring out the right floor plan and product assortment was a welcomed challenge.

“Canadian Tire reviewed the category assortment to see what we should increase or remove,” he says. They decided to replace frozen foods with a dairy cooler and opted to introduce a café area to the store, which features pastries, fresh fruit, and deli sandwiches.
“They increased the size of the cash area, as well as adding about a dozen cabinets for storage and supplies,” he says. “We had a variety of shelves and racking, so we replaced that with the new Canadian Tire brushed metal shelving.” Manion believes these upgrades have created a cohesive, shoppable store that will keep customers coming back time and time again.

The need to clean

For Manion, there was little sense in such a big renovation if store cleanliness and organization wasn’t front and centre. Keeping this in mind, Manion has always made it a priority to keep his store clean and welcoming.

He created a task that he calls ‘zone defense’. Each week, every employee is assigned a section, and it’s their job to clean, stock, and organize the products and the shelving within that section.
The benefits are twofold, says Manion. “By having each person responsible for their own section, we know who’s doing their work and who’s not. With that, we can also congratulate someone for doing a job well done, or on the more negative side, we can speak to someone who isn’t playing the same game as the rest of us.”

All of these changes had one goal in common: “We believed that by increasing our product assortment, improving the layout and focusing on welcoming, efficient lighting, customers would see that we’re a serious business with a lot to offer.” It’s safe to say the Canadian Tire Gas+ team, along with Manion and his employees, achieved this goal.

Quick tips

Brighten up. A well-lit store is not only inviting, but it’s also safe and energy-efficient. Customers and employees should be able to see into and out of your store.

Assign duties. Share responsibilities with staff members and assign specific duties or sections so you can ensure each employee is pulling his or her weight.

Focus on cleanliness. Customers should feel good about buying food at your store. Clean up and rotate stock on a regular basis.

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Today MBE is celebrating Labor Day Canada along with Canada & acknowledges the efforts & hard work of Labor in Canada. A Day that is highly observed on the first Monday of September, not only in Canada but in the entire North American region, with a huge significance to the series of events in the late 19th Century in America.

It is in memory of the Union & Labor movement protests in the United States & became a federal holiday to honor the workers in 1894.

Labor Day Canada 2019

MBE truly understands the importance of this day for the entire North-American region. What counts are the emotions attached to the workers that rose in protest forming the union & labor movement & making their eternal name in history for the rights of labor all over North America.

MBE is also highly committed to Canada in providing its various services and job opportunities regard to the particular day. We are always with the opinion that job opportunities must always be there together with the rights of the workers.

“It is labor indeed that puts the difference on everything”

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There are countless examples supporting this advice. As an example, if you compare yourself to a train. Hence, you need to determine if you’re the engine which is the backbone of the train. Others around you shall determine your directions every day in your life.  Taking you just like a simple carriage. Similarly goes the success train and how you can drive it.

SURROUNDING YOURSELF – A KICKSTART TO YOUR SUCCESS JOURNEY

If you’d like to be the engine of the train, you need to surround yourself with the right people. As well as successful minds to run the show in an effective manner. For the successful attainment of this. One needs to be clear about his path to success along with the long-term goals. Otherwise, he’d be a disappointment not just to himself but to the people around him as well.

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Another essential attribute for being successful is to be respectful and appreciate the people around us. No matter if someone is weak or strong. Appreciation and respect is the key to encouragement which makes a person move forward and master in a better way. Eventually, these people resultantly will be an important brick to your success. Achieving goals with the guidance and support of the right people makes your journey easier. Sometimes they might let us down. An important trait to polish your personality and becoming successful is forgiveness and moving forward. Surrounding yourself with the right people and being amongst them will help in the longer run.

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I will give you advice i.e. some secret of my success. When you are busy in life you always think that you are doing well. However, you do not know what you are leaving behind. You are just doing one thing in one direction and you think you cannot do any other thing. Today I will share my experience in Canada during the migration process.

While teaching and becoming a scientist I was very settled in Pakistan. It was almost impossible to get these two jobs. However, but due to hard work and the support of my family, all was possible. Let me share my story of migration to Canada and my secret to success. I landed in Canada on April 09,1996.

I brought nothing but only education. It was very hard to find a job and make money in Canada. Within my first week in Canada, I decided to move to the USA. I went there and tried to find a job. It was on the 10th day, I found a job in a pharmacy on minimum wages. This was around six dollars per hour. On that night, I thought I was born in Pakistan. I imagined working hard for 25 years, got my MPhil degree, and got two Jobs. These were to me my dream jobs, and are almost impossible to get in Pakistan.

Luckily I got my immigration to Canada and stayed there for 7 days and ran away to the US.

THE JOURNEY FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD:

Having No status in the States, the bottom line was I did not work hard enough in Canada. That night, I decided to go back to Canada. remove which was a lovely night.

Let’s go back to the topic from my past. What I did in Canada and how I achieved my goals in life. Before I shared the journey, my friends asked me how you became so successful in life and your success secret in Canada. We came together to Canada. However, you achieved a lot, which we did not share the idea and the secret recipe of success? This is because so we can follow the path and see where we went wrong. I told everyone not to ask me this question. Hence, once I will give you the answer you will not like it. My friends kept asking me, at last.

Finally, I told them that during the journey of the migration how many times did you think about your family that’s a secret. Of course, not your wife and kids because even animals take care of their wives and kids. So first you have to come out of that category. It means your mother, father, brothers, and sisters. The answer I got from them was. How can we help them since we do not have bread for our wives and children? Once we have something, then we can think about the rest.

Brothers and sisters are responsible and God will give you more success in life. If you want to achieve your goals take responsibility that is the secret of my life. Today my message to all of my readers is helping your family. Friends and relatives and you will achieve your goal eventually.