COVER STORY: PIERRE PART STORE
By Doug Donaldson
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PIERRE PART STORE IN PIERRE PART, LOUISIANA, HAS SERVED ITS COMMUNITY SINCE 1911. TODAY, FOURTH-GENERATION OWNER GARRETT ST. GERMAIN IS PART OF THE TEAM WHOSE GROCERY MERCHANDISING PRINCIPLES STRENGTHEN THE HARDWARE BUSINESS AT THE COMPANY’S FOUR LOCATIONS.
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ewspapers cover the picnic tables. Cardboard trays are stacked nearby. Pots of seasoned water steam as crawfish are poured in, and the unmistakable aroma of Cajun seasoning fills the air. For Pierre Part Store, a company meeting is now called to order. About 20 to 30 employees gather around a crawfish boil to talk about the business, share ideas and discuss the direction of the company’s four stores. It reflects the ethos that fourth-generation owner Garrett St. Germain says has guided the business since 1911: “Our culture is all about entertaining and having a good time. We get together over a crawfish boil to discuss business.”
Garrett St. Germain represents the fourth generation of family leadership at Pierre Part Store, carrying forward a legacy that has served southern Louisiana for over a century.
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