Monarch Floors Inc.

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Back Row (l to r): Sheri Robinson, Shawn Brown, Peter Scarrow, Jacquie Cormier, Brian Kratzenberg, Adam Lewandowski, Noori Oad, Keith Tilley, Doug Farquharson, Teri Beland, Suzanne Loney, Kim Tumak and Kasia Kabat. Front Row (l to r): Peter Johnston, Joe Beland, Sandra Quinn-Boyes, James Brown and Derik Whitfield.

One Big, Happy Family

By Mark Kandborg

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any of us have had this experience. Maybe when we were younger, visiting a friend’s house, or maybe as an adult, accepting a kind dinner invitation from a hospitable stranger in a foreign land. We walked in and were met with warm smiles. Our hosts were honestly happy to welcome us, to spend time with us, to get to know us. We felt like we’d found a second family. It’s a good feeling. It’s like that when you walk through the doors of Monarch Floors (1953) Ltd. The folks here, from president Brian Kratzenberg to the admin staff to the installers, are honestly happy to welcome you, to spend time with you, and to get to know you. You’ll feel like you’ve found a second family, because you have.

“It really is a big family,” Brian says. “One that’s evolved over the years. This is a group of really great, dedicated people that have a common vision. Lots of people have been here a long time. When I bring someone on, I say to them, ‘We want to grow old with you,’ and I really mean it.” If these values seem from another time, far from today’s infamous revolving doors of employment, maybe they are. Monarch Floors was founded by Brian’s father, Werner, at a time when these values didn’t seem so foreign, especially to a hardworking family man from Germany. “My father immigrated here in 1951 and started working right away as a brick layer’s helper,” Brian says. This couldn’t have been easy, as Werner didn’t speak the language, but his wife did. So right

Monarch Floors (1953) Ltd • 60 Years


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