On July 19th the Ontario Convenience Stores Association (OCSA) presented the first ever ‘ State of the Industry’ report to retailers, distributors and manufactures with Ron Funk, Presenter.
The Ontario edition of the SOI report was presented after breakfast at the Rattlesnake Point Golf & Country Club in a condensed and precise format by R on Funk who made the data fun and easy to understand and he was able to connect the dots for everyone in the room of the things that affect all of us, the need to work together to correct them and the potential in the future for all of us if we work together and create a strong C-Store industry.
Over 160 people attended this event and the feedback we received has all been very positive:
- Darrell Cavanaugh –Wallace and Carey Wholesale – “Great job ,Thanks so much again and I feel proud to be a small part of the day and the SOI!”
- Rick Pasemko –Director Franchise (Daisy Marts) – “Thanks for the great day you and your team put on yesterday. I enjoyed myself as did many others I am sure. I especially liked Ron Funk’s segment on the State of the Industry”
- Chris Wilcox _ General Manager Quickie Convenience Stores “fantastic job. I was very impressed with your articulate and concise break down of the data and your conclusions were bang on. Down the road, we can continue to make improvements in the SOI, imagine what a terrific story we would have to share with our political masters and the public at large”
- Liel Miranda – Vice President of Marketing Imperial tobacco: “Ron, the merit is absolutely yours for such an insightful presentation, and even more to drive attention to this revolutionary idea of "selling more".”
After the event and a panel discussion with AndyP. Siklos is Vice President - Retail Sales & Marketing for Pepsi Canada, Howard McIntyre, VP Marketing Suncor Energy Products and Liel Miranda, Vice-President of Marketing at Imperial Tobacco Canada.
And then many went out to enjoy a game of golf
To download a PDF of Ron Funk's State of the Industry report - click here.
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