SMALL TOWN DEALERSHIPS are much more attractive


By Stan Ashbee Southern Alberta Newspapers


a part of the Taber commu- nity for decades. Wallace McDonald


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entered into business as a partner in Walker and Mc- Donald to sell John Deere farm equipment in 1942. The business primarily sold farm machinery until 1947 when Wallace got involved in selling cars. In 1958, Wallace’s son, Ken, obtained a franchise with General Motors to service and sell Chevrolet, Oldsmobile and Chevy trucks. McDonald Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd., as it is known today, moved to its present location on Highway 3 in 1980. Jeff Hope, general manager of the Taber location, said every year General Motors


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strives for their dealers to become the best they can. “Every year, we have an opportunity to try and do better. In 2020, we ended up receiving the President’s Club Award — which goes out to the top 50 dealers in Canada.” Hope, who is new to the store, noted the award is a big win for the dealership. “Not


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every dealer gets to achieve it or gets close to achieving it. It’s based on what you did the year prior, so the improvements we made during the year and our staff digging in caused us to get the results to put us in this position.”


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