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 March 11, 2010
Salem, OR - Sunshine Grounds Care®/Grounds Guys™ is pleased to announce the opening of a new franchise in Salem, Oregon. The Salem franchise will be owned and operated by Isaak Stapleton and Keith Martin. The franchise will provide summer and winter grounds care services for both commercial and residential clients throughout the Marion, Polk and Clackamas Counties of Western Oregon.
Isaak Stapleton is familiar with the grounds care industry. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Horticulture from Oregon State University. He brings extensive knowledge of plant health to the table. "I want to be able to support my family in the dreams we share," he says of the new franchise. "I feel that with Sunshine's® family values and proven business model...I can make [my] dreams a reality."
Keith Martin has worked as a landscaper for most of his life, and brings a wealth of practical knowledge to the partnership. He worked with the Sunshine® Orangeville franchise this past summer to get some valuable hands-on experience as an Operations Manager. He mentions: "I've always loved to work in landscaping since I was a kid."
"We are excited about the addition of Isaak and Keith to the Sunshine®/Grounds Guys™ franchise family," says Peter van Stralen, CEO of Sunshine® Brands. "Together they bring a passion for horticulture and an obsession with customer care that will help them provide industry leading landscape maintenance services in the Salem and surrounding areas."
About Sunshine Grounds Care®:
Sunshine Grounds Care® was founded by Tim van Stralen, the oldest of ten brothers, in the town of Caledon in 1987. Since then, Sunshine Grounds Care® has expanded rapidly across Ontario and even to other parts of North America. As the company has grown, so have the other nine
van Stralen brothers, who today all play a part in making Sunshine® a business that operates on family values of respect, effort and a mutual interest in the well being of the group. For more information about Sunshine Grounds Care®, visit www.SunshineGroundsCare.com
The Sunshine Grounds Care® Code of Values (CARE):
We show that we care by: Always putting the needs of our
Customers first, by always having a helpful and positive
Attitude, and by treating everything and everyone with
Respect. By living our code of values we
Enjoy life in the process.
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