Chamber Spotlight: Mr. Sub
By Kevin Martin, Kindersley Chamber of Commerce
It was in February of 2008 when Jean came to Canada as a worker, however, she had no idea that someday she would own her own business.
Jean started working at the MR. SUB location in Kindersley, SK. in January of 2014 as an Assistant Manager and quickly proved to the franchisee at the time that she was a hard worker and took pride in her job. Shortly after she started working there, the owners were looking to pursue other dreams in their life and wanted to reward Jean for all her hard work and dedication and offered to sell the business to her. He also wanted to ensure the MR. SUB name would continue to be loved by the community and thought “Who better to do that than Jean”!
In August of 2014 Jean officially took over as the new franchisee. During her first couple of years, Jean and her team (including Twinkle who later became her partner in the business) worked hard to retain existing customers and attract new ones. Working hand in hand as a dedicated team they received rave reviews from the community on their great commitment to customer service and wanting to give back. Both Jean and Twinkle felt “If you love what you’re doing and want to build your business, you will only give the best to your customers”.
Jean and Twinkle are firm believers in supporting their community and they show that support by helping local agencies like the Kindersley Fire Dept, RCMP, West Central Abilities, EMS, Kindersley Hospital, Kindersley Kobras football team, local hockey and baseball teams.
Their dedication to hard work and commitment paid off as they were nominated (2017) in 2 categories in the Kindersley Business Excellence Award (KBEX). The categories were Business of the Year and Small Business of the Year. They were successful in being awarded the Small Business of the Year award. Jean and Twinkle both said that “It was overwhelming that all our demanding work was paying off”.
“Our main goal today is to work hard as a team, focus on what we are doing right, smile, share what we have and everything that we give will come back to us in a positive way” said Jean and Twinkle. And now, if no one minds, this writer needs a sub.