Canada's leading quick-lube provider, Delta, B.C.-based Mr. Lube Canada, recently announced that its board of directors has named Stuart Suls as president and CEO.
Suls joined Mr. Lube Canada in 2008 and has been managing the company since January 2010 as president and chief operating officer.
Suls is credited with developing a "circle of trust" three years ago that vastly improved morale at the 36-year-old company.
As Suls explained to the National Post, "With our one-life philosophy, we recognize and respect that you only have one life, and you can't turn off your home life or your work life artificially according to time slots rather than needs. You only have one life but at different times you have different things to do."
According to Suls, since the program was introduced, 95 per cent of Mr. Lube Canada franchises say they would take on another franchise location.
Founded in 1976, Mr. Lube Canada has 114 franchise locations across Canada. Franchise costs can range from $900,000 to $1,500,000 including development costs. Alternatively, the total cost for a Mr. Lube franchise can be less if the building is an existing quick-lube-style establishment retrofitted to Mr. Lube standards. In these cases, the cost can start from around $500,000.
– Compiled by Kevan O'Brien
from Western Investor January 2012
