Simplicity Car Care’s second Growth Conference deemed climate positive
Story, photos by ALLISON ROGERS
Simplicity Car Care recently hosted its second annual Growth Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario, where the franchise network cinched a “climate positive” event certification for the second time.
The process of becoming climate positive certified means the Simplicity team had to verify how many kilometres each attendee had to travel to reach the conference—as well as the method of travel—to offset all emissions produced. Prochilo also delivered an overview of company operations, where he said cycle times across the network currently sit at 14.3 days—“in line with market rises,” he said.
He also said 27 Simplicity stores have adopted the company’s net-zero journey strategy, compared to 10 on the beta version of the program last year. Speaker presentations ranged in topic, from recruitment and retention tactics from Sharon Romahlo, former exec of McDonald’s Canada to deep collision KPI talks with industry consultant Steve Trapp. Simplicity’s own corporate staff also took the stage to deliver updates on company strategy.
A trade show closed out day one, but the energy moved into Saturday with further speaker presentations and networking opportunities before finally closing out with a lavish Gala, complete with Duelling Pianos and the delightful singing voices of our industry.
Check out our photos from the event!
