Welcomes of the Week: CARSTAR St-Michel
Montréal, Québec — CARSTAR has welcomed a new facility to its network: CARSTAR St-Michel, located at 8677 Boulevard St-Michel, Montreal, Quebec. The facility has been a family collision repair facility, a part of the Laval community for more than 25 years. Brothers Christopher and Kevin Haikal have grown up in their dad’s body shop and […]
Welcomes of the Week: CARSTAR Brossard
Brossard, Quebec — CARSTAR Canada is proud to announce the opening of CARSTAR Brossard, at 761 Boul. Matte, Brossard, Quebec. Owner of CARSTAR Brossard, Maxime Waked, has been a part of the CARSTAR family since 2015 and has since grown his business to now four locations with this newest addition. Waked credits his focus on […]
Welcomes of the Week: CARSTAR Campbellford
Campbellford, Ontario — CARSTAR announced the newest addition to its network earlier this week, with Scott Drummond’s CARSTAR Campbellford joining the franchise’s fold. Drummond has been part of the automotive industry for more than 35 years, and part of the Campbellford, Ontario, community since 1981, said CARSTAR Canada. Drummond purchased the local General Motors dealership […]
Tuesday Ticker: August 31, 2021
Toronto, Ontario — In this week’s Tuesday Ticker, Canada joins Mexico in its request for a formal United-States-Mexico-Canada-agreement (USMCA) consultation, Rivian files a confidential public offering and Driven Brands prepares for its secondary public offering. Parts parlance Canada has joined Mexico in seeking a formal consultation with the United States over USMCA content rules for […]
Coulee Clean-Up: CARSTAR Lethbridge gives back to community
Lethbridge, Alberta — CARSTAR Lethbridge is giving back to its community by participating in the annual Coulee Clean-Up initiative. Coulee Clean-Up is a conservation program designed to preserve and protect Lethbridge’s river valley environment by removing garbage and debris from natural areas. “While community clean-ups are a bit different this year, we still wanted to […]
CARSTAR and the Chocolate Factory: Shops surprise customers with gift cards in chocolate bars
Hamilton, Ontario – Willy Wonka would be proud of CARSTAR’s latest initiative, wherein facilities across North America surprised customers with prizes wrapped inside of chocolate bars. Owners gave away chocolate bars to their customers, vendors, employees, and community supporters, with one special chocolate bar in each community holding a $100 cash gift card inside. Participating locations […]
Ceifets for the Job: Adam Ceifets named vice president of insurance for Driven Brands Canada
Hamilton, Ontario – CARSTAR has announced Adam Ceifets has been appointed vice president of insurance for Driven Brands Canada. Ceifets has over 27 years of industry experience with vehicle rental partners. Although he spent time on both the operations and sales teams, Ceifets spent the last 14 years driving the insurance strategy to enhance the […]
Welcomes of the Week: CARSTAR Spruce Grove Opens in Alberta
Spruce Grove, Alberta – CARSTAR, North America’s largest premier network of independently owned and operated collision repair facilities is proud to announce the opening of CARSTAR Spruce Grove located at 368 Saskatchewan Avenue, Spruce Grove, Alberta. Owner of CARSTAR Spruce Grove, Alex Babrack, opened his first facility in 2016 alongside his brother Ramsey and friend […]
My Man Tony: CARSTAR Canada names Tony Mammone VP of operations
Hamilton, Ontario – CARSTAR Canada is making some big corporate moves with the announcement of Tony Mammone’s promotion to vice-president of operations, according to a press release from Wednesday. Originally joining CARSTAR three years ago as a zone director for Ontario, Mammone quickly rose through the ranks to then become senior director of operations through […]
Organization Achievement: CARSTAR first among collision repair on Entrepreneur mag’s Franchise 500 list
Charlotte, North Carolina — CARSTAR has been ranked first among collision repair companies in the Entrepreneur Magazine 2021 Franchise 500 list–the second franchise award this week for the company. The list is recognized by entrepreneurs and franchisors as a top competitive tool of measurement. The Franchise 500 placed CARSTAR 164th on the list and first […]
