Sunday, June 16, 1991 - North Shore News ~ 44

| IViega-stores
creating

challenge

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“Lf enjoy coming to work every
day and working with all) my
employecs. My biggest job is
managing people, and | can say
that we co-exist amicably with our
two unions.

“My favorite part of the job is
getting into the stores and talking
to the customers and the staff. |
like to Bet an ‘up’ feeling going in
the stores.”’

But Rossum has his challenges.
The recession has caused con-
sumers to go fess often to restau-
rants and eal more at home, but
“they are buying more basics and
less convenience foods, and ingre-
dients rather than ready mixes.”*

Health trends must be respond-
ed to, but customers must still be f
served with basics in meat and
S| produce. And cross-border shopp-
NEWS photo ike Waketiet3 ing ‘thas affected the whole in-

STONG’S PRESIDENT and general manager Bill Rossum takes a break from preparations for his food company’s 66th anniversary dustry. ~

celebrations this week. Here he is seen in his Lynn Valley store, one of three on the North Shore. But the mega-stores have

Bul Rossum - in his own words

compete on prices only. Fortu-
nately, this is settling down and
Who has really influenced you man and great io work with, used to say dat every pound the Charlottes each June for

customers are coming back
because they value our better
quality of goads and the more
neighborhood-based, friendly ser-
vice. In eastern Canada. the

and impressed you in your life who still impresses me no we've ever sold hus i6 ounces the spring salmon. And my vow have come and
and work? end.” in it. Honor all the deals you wife and | have a cabin in the B Staying smalt and local remains
make. And listen to your cus- Cariboo, where we retreat as Rossum’s aim for the future
“*My wife Karen. Her father What is the most important tomers and your staff — yot often as we can. This is the _ , .
Ralph. My parents Barney and lesson you've learned in your learn a lot that way."’ family headquarters for the
Marion Rossum, who live in 2 years at Stong’s? hunting and fishing activities. “We've had great support in
Langley. Some of my teachers aN by father-in-law's advice: What do you do to retax? And [ like to read stuff like Dundarave and Lynn Valley and
at John Oliver Secondary, at honesty and integrity are the “f like to play golf and I'm Ludtum, something that Dollarton and we don’t wart to
dist and Fraser. Vancouver city ultimaies in any business, ana an avid hunter and fisherman. doesn’t tax my brain too lose that closeness. We also can’t

engineer Bill Curtis, a brilliant afford any wrang moves because

this will come back to you. He Some triends and { ga up to much." ;
we are just too small a company."’

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and elegant. eyewear

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