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The question might
be, what we are giving
up when we deal at a
big box store?
Service might be the
first answer, but then
what do we consider
service to be?
Do the well-trained
personnel know
anything about the
products they are selling?
Do the well-trained
personnel know where
the products are located
on their shelves?
Are you able to even
find one of those well-trained
individuals inside
a warehouse like store?
Are the well-trained
personnel pleasant or
even remotely interested
in helping you with
your purchase?
Is there any
evidence the welltrained
personnel will
remember you on your
next visit?
At the end of the day,
have the savings really
been significant enough
for us to abandon the
local mom and pop shop
we had been dealing
with before the big box
shop came on scene?
The spring flower
season means multiple
trips to the local greenhouses.
Stan, a local
resident and gardener
at Ministikwan Lake
pushed the envelope just
a little, after the long cold
winter.
He called over to Bosers,
the local greenhouse
between Paradise Hill and
St Walburg. Even though
they were not open for the
season yet they invited
Stan to come over, enter
through the back door and
they would load him up.
Try and get that service
at a big box store. Not only
that, but while shopping at
this family-owned establishment
you will also be
treated to coffee, tea and
some home baking to go
along with your country
shopping experience.
Not only that, there is
about a 99 per cent chance
they will remember you
on your next trip out.
This is the type of service
we have lost to the big box
stores – people dealing
with people, a customer
being informed by the
sales staff, enabling an
informed decision to take
place.
This is how the Canadian
economy was built – with
loyalty – unlike today
where the consumer is
being herded like cattle
by the aggressive global
corporate giants we now
know.
So if you would like a
reprieve and some home
baking perhaps you
should search out Boser’s
Greenhouse. They can be
found by just following
Highway 3 past Paradise
Hill to the top of the
hill. At the junction of
Highway 21 heading to
Maidstone, here you will
see their sign. Turn left
onto a gravel road for
several miles, follow the
signs and you will come to
a prairie paradise.
Enjoy the experience.
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