Priority development :
Countries/Regions already covered : North America

The Service Store Concept developed as a direct result of the company's analysis of traffic count studies and its identification and emphasis on the daily needs of a diverse variety of shoppers. The merchandise mix is formulated specifically to cater to the everyday needs and impulse sales of today's busy consumers. The ongoing refinement of the company's merchandise mix is an important part of the company's business service ethic.

Gateway Newsstand have created an important retail marketing niche. The simultaneous presentation of snacks, beverages, candy, cards, tobacco, reading material and lottery tickets capitalizes on the customer traffic generated by each entity, creating impulse sales in areas other than represented by the customers original shopping purpose.

Gateway Newstands is an integral part of any prime commercial retail project. No other retail service tenant satisfies as a wide a spectrum of consumers' service and convenience requirements.

Gateway Newstands are specialists; their only business is to serve the daily merchandise needs of premiers commercial, retail and transit developments. Gateway Newstands has established itself as the leading national tobacco/news store specialist. The principals of the company have an aggregate sum of 43 years of experience in the industry.

Basically, Gateway is a convenience store operating out of kiosks, and in-line stores in large office buildings, shopping centres, and transit locations, selling tobacco and related products, lottery tickets, confectionery, newspapers, magazines, pocket books, cards, gifts, hot & cold beverages, snack foods, food products and other related needs.

TRAINING
- At franchisee's location: 2 days to 1 week

ONGOING SUPPORT
- Newsletter
- Toll-free phone line
- Grand opening
- Internet
- Security/safety procedures
- Field operations/evaluations
- Purchasing cooperatives
- Other marketing support: Head office and field support

Business Experience: General business experience

Gateway Cigar Store/Newstands
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9555 Yonge St., #400 - ON L4C 9M5 - Richmond Hill - United States