Home Hardware Announces Geerlinks Home Hardware Building Centre as Store of the Year
 Home Hardware Stores Limited is pleased to announce the recipient of the annual Walter J. Hachborn Store of the Year Award. Now in its 19th year, the award pays tribute to the top store selected from close to 1,100 stores across Canada for achieving the highest standards in retailing, merchandising, Staff performance and overall quality and service. The 2015 Store of the Year Award was presented on April 18, to Deborah Geerlinks, Craig Geerlinks and Adam MacLeod, Dealer-Owners of Geerlinks Home Hardware Building Centre for epitomizing the values on which Home Hardware was co-founded by Walter J. Hachborn over 50 years ago – value, service and dependability. Harry and Deborah Geerlinks, Craig Geerlinks, Adam MacLeod and their Staff in the St. Thomas region are considered leaders within Home’s Dealer-Owner network as well as within their community. Customers continually comment that they should be a model for all businesses on how to connect with the community in which they operate. In addition to providing superior customer service and expert advice, Geerlinks Home Hardware Building Centre demonstrates a strong social conscience through the support of many organizations including the Alzheimer’s Society and the Caring Cupboard. QUOTES "We are truly honoured to be selected as Home Hardware’s Store of the Year. We take an active interest in our community and great pride in serving the residents of the St. Thomas region. This award would not have been possible without the dedication of Craig Geerlinks, Adam MacLeod and our entire Staff." - Harry and Deborah Geerlinks, Dealer-Owners, Geerlinks Home Hardware Building Centre "Geerlinks Home Hardware Building Centre embodies everything the Walter J. Hachborn Store of the Year Award stands for and is a great champion of the Home brand. Harry and Deborah Geerlinks truly exemplify our slogan of ‘Home Owners helping homeowners with expert advice.’" - Terry Davis,CEO, Home Hardware Stores Limited PROUD OF MY HOME AWARD The Walter J. Hachborn Store of the Year Award is presented to the top gold store from 23 Proud of My Home Award recipients. All Proud of My Home Award recipients demonstrate strong Staff performance, superior customer service, excellence in interior and exterior store presentation and active participation in Dealer network initiatives. Congratulations to Geerlinks Home Hardware Building Centre and the following 22 stores, who were presented with the 2015 Proud of My Home Award: • Brantford Home Hardware - Brantford, Ontario • Alliston Home Hardware Building Centre - Alliston, Ontario • Sutton Home Hardware – Sutton West, Ontario • Orillia Home Hardware Building Centre – Orillia, Ontario • Smitty’s Home Hardware Building Centre – Pembroke, Ontario • Heritage Home Hardware Building Centre – Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario • Swanson’s Home Building Centre – Kitchener, Ontario • Tracadie Home Hardware – Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick • Buck’s Home Building Centre – Bridgewater, Nova Scotia • Springdale Home Hardware Building Centre - Springdale, Newfoundland • Selkirk Home Hardware Building Centre - Selkirk, Manitoba • Carlyle Home Hardware – Carlyle, Saskatchewan • Kamloops Home Hardware Building Centre – Kamloops, British Columbia • Fulton’s Home Hardware Building Centre – Airdrie, Alberta • Pioneer Home Hardware Building Centre – Campbell River, British Columbia • Bonnyville Home Hardware – Bonnyville, Alberta • Volumat Inc – Val D’Or, Quebec • Domaine Du Renovateur De Coaticook – Coaticook, Quebec • Quincaillerie Home Hardware – Rimouski, Quebec • Grand Pappy’s Home Furniture – Chilliwack, British Columbia • Geerlinks Home Furniture – St. Thomas, Ontario • Island Home Furniture – Grand Manan, New Brunswick About Home Hardware Stores Limited Home Hardware Stores Limited is Canada's largest Dealer-owned hardware, lumber, building materials, and furniture cooperative with close to 1,100 stores under the Home Hardware, Home Building Centre, Home Hardware Building Centre and Home Furniture banners with annual retail sales of over $5.8 billion. Founded in 1964 in rural St. Jacobs, Ontario, Home Hardware remains 100% Canadian owned and operated. Through the Home Hardware network, Dealer-Owners have access to 100,000 quality, brand name and private label products, a state-of-the-art distribution system and extensive marketing and training programs. Offering a mix of tradition and innovation, Home Hardware Stores Limited has received designation as one of Canada's Best Corporate Cultures and Best Managed Companies and is committed to providing local communities with superior service and expert advice. More information about the company is available at homehardware.ca. For further information, please contact: Trisha Owens, Public Relations Coordinator, Home Hardware Stores Limited, (519) 664-2252 ext. 6676. trisha.owens@homehardware.ca. Jessica Kuepfer, Public Relations Manager, Home Hardware Stores Limited, (519) 664-4612. jessica.kueper@homehardware.ca |
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