THE 2009 CFA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN FRANCHISING
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With almost 500 corporate members nation-wide, representing many of Canada's best-known brands, the Canadian Franchise Association is the national voice for Canadian franchising.
Participating in the CFA Award of Excellence in Franchising gives everyone third-party insight into the strength of the relationships within your system. It is an ideal way to take the temperature of franchisees and a perfect way to validate all the things you're doing right.
The awards are about more than a good-looking statuette. They are about education, the CFAs Code of Ethics, good public relations for franchising, and highlighting the fact that, when the franchisor and the franchisees work together, there is no better way to do business.
Congratulations to all the Winners!
THE 2009 CFA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN FRANCHISING
OVERALL WINNER
Sangster's Health Centres
Traditional Franchises Mature Established
(a division of Planet Organic Health Corp)
Sangster's Health Centres - A Canadian Success Story forover 30 Years
The ultimate prize in Canadian franchising, the CFA Award of Excellence in Franchising is given annually to the franchise system that has developed the strongest, most mutually rewarding relationships with its franchisees. The winning franchise system is decided based on direct feedback from the best possible source - the system's Canadian franchisees. First awarded in 1992, the "CFA Award of Excellence" is the highest honour that can be bestowed upon a franchise company.
Sangster's has come a long way from their roots in Saskatchewan, but they have never strayed from their philosophy to "Make Health a Habit".
Sangster's Health Centres has 43 locations across Canada with its Head Office headquartered in Saskatoon. Sangster's has been in business for 38 years. It's a family run, Canadian owned and operated business. The company is Canada's longest running franchised retailer of natural vitamins, foods, body care and sports nutrition supplements, and is the first vitamin retail franchise company to be publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange.
In business since 1971, Sangster's Health Centres are franchised retail outlets that are operated by experienced Nutrition Consultants. They
carry a line of over 250 private label products that include: Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, Herbal Combinations, Weight Management, Sports Nutrition, and Natural Organic Foods. They also supply a large variety of other natural supplements and body care products to their customers.
Statistics show that the natural health products industry in Canada alone is over $3.77 Billion annually and growing. Sangster's proven success system includes extensive operational and nutritional training, ongoing support, site selection, lease negotiation, national advertising, exclusive national magazine and exclusive Sangster's branded supplements trusted by Canadians coast to coast. Founded in the Saskatchewan prairies, the business has grown across the country with store locations coast to coast.
Sangster's received the Golden Statuette. They will also have an arti¬cle in the Franchise Voice Newsletter and a headline on the cover of Franchise Canada Magazine, plus an article. They will be linked for one year from the CFA website listing their award. They will also have the use of the logo which will give them plenty of peer recognition.
IT'S VISION, COMMITMENT, INTEGRITY AND THAT'S THE POSTNET DIFFERENCE !
PostNet is the winner in the "Traditional Franchises New/Emerging Category" for the Canadian Franchise Association Award of Excellence 2009. The winners were announced during the CFA National Convention held in Toronto.
The company offers an array of high demand services and products-tailored to meet the needs of small business owners and today's busy consumer
PostNet is an entrepreneur's store, helping the small office, home office and small business owners get what they need, when they need it. At the same time, the franchise caters to the general consumer, offering a host of products and services to help them complete their personal business needs quickly and efficiently.
PostNet International Franchise Corporation has be come the fastest growing, largest privately-held company in both the postal and business services, and copy and print shop industries.
The company's franchisee-inclusive culture and open communication channels have developed a powerful and competitive operating system fueled by the energy and enthusiasm of the franchisees, employees and customers.
The company's founders attribute the initial and ongoing success to the hard work and efforts of the franchisees. It is also the company's unwavering commitment to the culture, core values and vibrant passion for the business that resonates throughout the entire organization. It's that single shared vision of success that inspires each and every member of the PostNet family. It's that TEAM effort - where Together, Everyone Achieves More!
QUALITY SERVICE AND VALUE AMERISPEC SAY'S "IT'S YOUR HOME!"
AmeriSpec is the Winner of the Non-traditional Franchise Mature/Established.
At AmeriSpec, "Your house is more than where you live. It's your home." The company inspectors are trained to meet or exceed the Standards of Practice of the Canadian Association of Home Inspectors — the highest standards in the industry. Their state-of-the-art, hands-on training ensures that home inspectors know exactly what to look for with every inspection.
From its inception in 1987 AmeriSpec has quickly become North America's leading home inspection service. In 1996, with the purchase by Service Master the company became part of the largest and most trusted home service provider in the world. Today, the AmeriSpec name is the industry standard for quality, service and value. With over 75 franchise licenses from coast to coast, AmeriSpec of Canada conducts more home inspections — and serves more satisfied customers — than anyone else in the country.
AmeriSpec is North America's leading home inspection company and the largest national provider of the ecoENERGY Retrofit program - a Government residential energy assessment program. New Franchisees do not have to be a home inspector - they offer hands-on training, business start-up, and marketing.
THE DO IT YOURSELF REVOLUTION
WITH PROPERTY GUYS LEADING THE WAY !
PropertyGuys is the winner of the Non-Traditional Franchise New/Emerging.
People tell you that your home is your biggest investment. You work hard to pay down your mortgage every month to build equity. But then, when it's time to sell, you have to pay a big chunk of that money to an agent in commissions; thousands of dollars - gone. Savings wasted.
Today, more and more people are selling their own houses and paying themselves the commission. For PropertyGuys, this do-it-yourself revolution sounded like opportunity knocking. The company liked the idea of helping homeowners keep their money.
PropertyGuys is the nation's largest private sale network and they are growing rapidly!
PropertyGuys is not an ordinary real estate company. In fact, they are not even real estate agents. That's because from day one, they knew they could be something different - something much better. PropertyGuys is a practical way for buyers and sellers to connect and avoid the high cost of commission. Now with over 100 territories coast to coast PropertyGuys continues to improve on their product and service offerings through innovation and a relentless commitment to client satisfaction.
While attending University, the PropertyGuys founders noticed how the power of the Internet could be leveraged to help homeowners sell their homes privately. Until then, there were two options: You could go down to hardware store and pick up one of those "orange for sale by owner" signs or you could pay exorbitant sales commissions to a real estate agent. The team decided there was an opportunity to create a professional, flat-fee alternative between the two extremes.
Knowing they had a winning model on their hands, they prepared a business plan and secured funding for the new venture. They launched PropertyGuys in Moncton, NB, complete with an interactive website that allowed for efficient buying and selling of properties.
Homeowners recognized the value and simplicity of private selling; the real estate industry was never going to be the same again.
In late 2001, PropertyGuys sold the first franchise, in the next 10 months they sold another 10 franchise units in Atlantic Canada. Now they've opened up the franchise system nation wide with an average of one new franchise sold every week.
Clearly, private selling is here to stay and PropertyGuys is leading the way.
Participating in the CFA Award of Excellence in Franchising gives everyone third-party insight into the strength of the relationships within your system. It is an ideal way to take the temperature of franchisees and a perfect way to validate all the things you're doing right.
The awards are about more than a good-looking statuette. They are about education, the CFAs Code of Ethics, good public relations for franchising, and highlighting the fact that, when the franchisor and the franchisees work together, there is no better way to do business.
Congratulations to all the Winners!
THE 2009 CFA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN FRANCHISING
OVERALL WINNER
Sangster's Health Centres
Traditional Franchises Mature Established
(a division of Planet Organic Health Corp)
Sangster's Health Centres - A Canadian Success Story forover 30 Years
The ultimate prize in Canadian franchising, the CFA Award of Excellence in Franchising is given annually to the franchise system that has developed the strongest, most mutually rewarding relationships with its franchisees. The winning franchise system is decided based on direct feedback from the best possible source - the system's Canadian franchisees. First awarded in 1992, the "CFA Award of Excellence" is the highest honour that can be bestowed upon a franchise company.
Sangster's has come a long way from their roots in Saskatchewan, but they have never strayed from their philosophy to "Make Health a Habit".
Sangster's Health Centres has 43 locations across Canada with its Head Office headquartered in Saskatoon. Sangster's has been in business for 38 years. It's a family run, Canadian owned and operated business. The company is Canada's longest running franchised retailer of natural vitamins, foods, body care and sports nutrition supplements, and is the first vitamin retail franchise company to be publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange.
In business since 1971, Sangster's Health Centres are franchised retail outlets that are operated by experienced Nutrition Consultants. They
carry a line of over 250 private label products that include: Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, Herbal Combinations, Weight Management, Sports Nutrition, and Natural Organic Foods. They also supply a large variety of other natural supplements and body care products to their customers.
Statistics show that the natural health products industry in Canada alone is over $3.77 Billion annually and growing. Sangster's proven success system includes extensive operational and nutritional training, ongoing support, site selection, lease negotiation, national advertising, exclusive national magazine and exclusive Sangster's branded supplements trusted by Canadians coast to coast. Founded in the Saskatchewan prairies, the business has grown across the country with store locations coast to coast.
Sangster's received the Golden Statuette. They will also have an arti¬cle in the Franchise Voice Newsletter and a headline on the cover of Franchise Canada Magazine, plus an article. They will be linked for one year from the CFA website listing their award. They will also have the use of the logo which will give them plenty of peer recognition.
IT'S VISION, COMMITMENT, INTEGRITY AND THAT'S THE POSTNET DIFFERENCE !
PostNet is the winner in the "Traditional Franchises New/Emerging Category" for the Canadian Franchise Association Award of Excellence 2009. The winners were announced during the CFA National Convention held in Toronto.
The company offers an array of high demand services and products-tailored to meet the needs of small business owners and today's busy consumer
PostNet is an entrepreneur's store, helping the small office, home office and small business owners get what they need, when they need it. At the same time, the franchise caters to the general consumer, offering a host of products and services to help them complete their personal business needs quickly and efficiently.
PostNet International Franchise Corporation has be come the fastest growing, largest privately-held company in both the postal and business services, and copy and print shop industries.
The company's franchisee-inclusive culture and open communication channels have developed a powerful and competitive operating system fueled by the energy and enthusiasm of the franchisees, employees and customers.
The company's founders attribute the initial and ongoing success to the hard work and efforts of the franchisees. It is also the company's unwavering commitment to the culture, core values and vibrant passion for the business that resonates throughout the entire organization. It's that single shared vision of success that inspires each and every member of the PostNet family. It's that TEAM effort - where Together, Everyone Achieves More!
QUALITY SERVICE AND VALUE AMERISPEC SAY'S "IT'S YOUR HOME!"
AmeriSpec is the Winner of the Non-traditional Franchise Mature/Established.
At AmeriSpec, "Your house is more than where you live. It's your home." The company inspectors are trained to meet or exceed the Standards of Practice of the Canadian Association of Home Inspectors — the highest standards in the industry. Their state-of-the-art, hands-on training ensures that home inspectors know exactly what to look for with every inspection.
From its inception in 1987 AmeriSpec has quickly become North America's leading home inspection service. In 1996, with the purchase by Service Master the company became part of the largest and most trusted home service provider in the world. Today, the AmeriSpec name is the industry standard for quality, service and value. With over 75 franchise licenses from coast to coast, AmeriSpec of Canada conducts more home inspections — and serves more satisfied customers — than anyone else in the country.
AmeriSpec is North America's leading home inspection company and the largest national provider of the ecoENERGY Retrofit program - a Government residential energy assessment program. New Franchisees do not have to be a home inspector - they offer hands-on training, business start-up, and marketing.
THE DO IT YOURSELF REVOLUTION
WITH PROPERTY GUYS LEADING THE WAY !
PropertyGuys is the winner of the Non-Traditional Franchise New/Emerging.
People tell you that your home is your biggest investment. You work hard to pay down your mortgage every month to build equity. But then, when it's time to sell, you have to pay a big chunk of that money to an agent in commissions; thousands of dollars - gone. Savings wasted.
Today, more and more people are selling their own houses and paying themselves the commission. For PropertyGuys, this do-it-yourself revolution sounded like opportunity knocking. The company liked the idea of helping homeowners keep their money.
PropertyGuys is the nation's largest private sale network and they are growing rapidly!
PropertyGuys is not an ordinary real estate company. In fact, they are not even real estate agents. That's because from day one, they knew they could be something different - something much better. PropertyGuys is a practical way for buyers and sellers to connect and avoid the high cost of commission. Now with over 100 territories coast to coast PropertyGuys continues to improve on their product and service offerings through innovation and a relentless commitment to client satisfaction.
While attending University, the PropertyGuys founders noticed how the power of the Internet could be leveraged to help homeowners sell their homes privately. Until then, there were two options: You could go down to hardware store and pick up one of those "orange for sale by owner" signs or you could pay exorbitant sales commissions to a real estate agent. The team decided there was an opportunity to create a professional, flat-fee alternative between the two extremes.
Knowing they had a winning model on their hands, they prepared a business plan and secured funding for the new venture. They launched PropertyGuys in Moncton, NB, complete with an interactive website that allowed for efficient buying and selling of properties.
Homeowners recognized the value and simplicity of private selling; the real estate industry was never going to be the same again.
In late 2001, PropertyGuys sold the first franchise, in the next 10 months they sold another 10 franchise units in Atlantic Canada. Now they've opened up the franchise system nation wide with an average of one new franchise sold every week.
Clearly, private selling is here to stay and PropertyGuys is leading the way.