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St. Pete Shopping Company Stacey Ward As a retired lawyer and the former CEO of CNA Financial in Manhattan, Adrian Tocklin was used to being in charge. But after the death of her husband, Gary, last year and a fall, the resident of Westminster Shores’ independent living community now uses a walker and relies on a lot of help from friends. Luckily, she has found a good one in personal shopper Stacey Ward. Ward, 50, and her daughter, Caylee, 23, created St. Pete Shopping Company in 2022 and have a list of about 100 clients, mostly in south Pinellas County, including St. Petersburg, St. Pete Beach, Gulfport, Treasure Island and Madeira Beach.
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They wear matching hot pink BY KATHY SA T-shirts, deliver UNDERS groceries, meals and prescriptions and help clients with whatever they need.
Ward decided to establish her own business after she and her daughter became frustrated working for other national shopping companies. “Their focus was on churning out the (greatest) number of orders per hour,” she said of the competition. She uses an app through dumpling.us, but customers can call or text her as well at 727-893-8840.