Justin and Jayme Lamoureux take over St. Marys Canadian Tire

Jayme and Justin Lamoureux are happy to be in St. Marys and said the team at Canadian Tire has been very welcoming.

By Wendy Lamond

A change has taken place at our local Canadian Tire store.

Previous associate dealers Angie and Matt Miskuski have moved on to the Paris Ontario location, opening a spot for new dealers to take over. Justin and Jayme Lamoreux, the store’s new dealers, recently made the move to St. Marys. Justin Lamoureux is a third-generation Canadian Tire dealer with many other family members involved. He worked at the Garden Centre during school and then became store manager.

Jayme Lamoreux met her future husband at the Dundas store after high school. She went to school for urban planning and he attended Sheridan College and Ryerson University.

When they discussed their future, they decided to go the Canadian Tire route together. Their first store was in Dundas and then they moved on to Stouffville. After that, they decided to head west where they worked at the Drayton Valley Alta., store and then spent three years in Terrace, B.C.

Justin Lamoureux applied to become an owner, got accepted and, after training for a year, they ended up in Drumheller, Alta. The opportunity to come back to Ontario, closer to friends and family, became available with the chance to run the Exeter location.

The Lamoureuxs, who currently reside in Exeter with their two children, are running both the Exeter and St. Marys stores. It is a good fit as the two stores can share inventory. Already within the first five days of starting in St. Marys, they were already able to do six inventory transfers between the two stores.

The pair believe they have a great team in St. Marys and are not planning on any changes, only to build on what has been working.

Everyone has been very welcoming and they are looking forward to checking out more of the town. They have already investigated some shops and love having the store close to downtown, allowing for more foot traffic.

“We are very appreciative for the chance to be a part of the community, and I don’t ever want them to feel like they can’t come and ask for something,” Justin Lamoureux said. “If there is anything that they see that needs changed or improved, we are all ears and happy to help. We are big supporters of small towns and we don’t take that lightly.”