Latest news: 2001
Shutting-down Credit Card Fraud
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Fraud involving debit cards and credit cards is a serious, growing problem in the retail petroleum market,” said Brian Kitchen, Vice President of Retail Operations.
Brian organized a workshop and pre...
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Understanding Gas Prices
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Fluctuating gas prices cause confusion among consumers. Breaking down the price-per-litre is a good way of illustrating what the total price is comprised of.
For Pioneer Petroleums, as an independen...
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Gala Days Promote New Sites
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Pioneer is running its Gala Days program again this summer, with nine new Snack Express sites getting the Gala treatment.
“In the past, Pioneer and other companies would do a one-day Grand Opening or...
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On the Road with PharmaPlus
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Pioneer has partnered with PharmaPlus drug marts in a sponsorship that targets Pioneer’s ideal customers. Pioneer is one of six major sponsors and the official fuel sponsor of three community event ve...
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Pioneer's New Bonus Buck Schedule
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Pioneer’s latest Bonus Buck schedule has been distributed, showing our customers how they get more bang for their bucks.
We are giving double Bonus Bucks on Gold mid-grade, triple Bonus Bucks on Magn...
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Profile: Sue Badour, Napanee
Following the Systems to Success
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Excellence in customer service, merchandising and station appearance are all a matter of routine for Eastern Ontario Retailer Sue Badour.
Sue has been the Retailer at the Napanee site for eight years...
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Customer Loyalty
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Getting to know your customers means developing one-to-one relationships so you earn their loyalty. You can achieve this by empowering your staff to effectively solve customer needs and wants.
Empowe...
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Flying High
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Pioneer was a proud sponsor of two spectacular air shows in Southwestern Ontario this June. Crowds at the Hamilton International Air Show on June 16 and 17 couldn’t miss Pioneer's signature balloon an...
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New 50¢ Bonus Buck
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Our new 50¢ Bonus Buck, the highest denomination ever, hit the streets in April. The new note was created to accommodate our new Bonus Bucks schedule, offering customers even greater reward levels. Th...
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Ernie's Full Service
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abridged from the original Hamilton Spectator article of March 9, 2001.
He was bustling about, serving four customers at once. Yet his smile was happy and engaging. He was pumping gas at Fennell and ...
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Under 19? Forget It!
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Retailers have a $50,000 motivation to ensure that their stations and staff comply with the province’s tobacco compliance law.
That’s the fine Retailers and/or atten-dants could face if government in...
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The buck stops here
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
We’re whipping up a storm of excitement at special events right across Ontario this summer with our new Bonus Buck Blizzard machine.
A new addition to Pioneer’s community events marketing strategy, t...
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Dust off your Clubs!
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
The second annual golf tournament for Retailers in the Niagara, Hamilton and Kitchener-Waterloo areas will be held August 28 at Scenic Woods Golf Course.
Fred Misheal, who spearheaded the tournament ...
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Competition boosts donations to hospitals
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
A little friendly competition helped Pioneer raise $35,000 for the Children’s Hospital at Hamilton
Health Sciences Corporation (formerly Chedoke-McMaster Hospital) this spring – an increase of $15,00...
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Our Customers Speak Up
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Pursuing our goal of superior customer service requires listening carefully to what our customers have to say. We need to understand how their good and bad experiences with our service affect everyone...
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Pioneer is a hit 'Down South'
8/14/2001 12:00:00 AM
Pioneer’s bright new stores, Bonus Bucks and competitive pricing are winning customers and unnerving the competition south of the border.
Nine of eighteen former Bay Petroleum sites in Michigan have ...
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Service commitment turns to platinum for top Pioneer operators
1/7/2001 12:00:00 AM
Pioneer Retailers are assessed monthly to ensure that Pioneer customers enjoy the same high service standards across Ontario.
At year-end, the results are tabulated and the top performers in each cat...
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Pioneer President's Club
1/7/2001 12:00:00 AM
Pioneer sites have done it again by exceeding perfection. Below is a list of the stations that joined the ranks of Pioneer’s President’s Club in 2000. To be eligible for the President’s Club, a site m...
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Thi Means Business!
1/7/2001 12:00:00 AM
Thi Pham’s skills in business bring business to her Pioneer site.
After graduating in business administration from Algonquin College, Thi went immediately into the retail industry, starting out in a ...
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Pioneer Petroleums Provides $15,000 Annual Scholarship to McMaster Students
1/7/2001 12:00:00 AM
Pioneer has been a long time supporter of McMaster University through scholarship funds of different kinds.
Currently, Pioneer Petroleums is donating scholarships of $15,000 for students in Science a...
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Fundraiser for Baby Nicolas
1/7/2001 12:00:00 AM
Retailer Tom Hadala made a big difference in a small child’s life with his bingo calling over the Labour Day weekend.
Tom is a regular bingo caller at the Bingo Connection in Burlington. However, wh...
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Tree of Hope
1/7/2001 12:00:00 AM
Pioneer got into the spirit of giving once again with CHML/Y95’s Christmas Tree of Hope.
On December 20, 37 stations in the Greater-Hamilton area donated a penny per litre sold on regular, midgrade,...
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Look for us in Michigan
1/7/2001 12:00:00 AM
The Pioneer service standards and Bonus Bucks are a hit in the U.S.!
Since Pioneer’s expansion into Lansing, Michigan this summer as part of a joint venture with Bay Petroleum, seven locations have b...
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Pioneer Petroleums Named One Of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies
1/7/2001 12:00:00 AM
Pioneer Petroleums has been recognized as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Private Companies.
Canada’s 50 Best Managed Program, sponsored by Arthur Andersen, CIBC and National Post, was established in...
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Pioneer Founder Honoured
1/7/2001 12:00:00 AM
Pioneer Executive Chairman Murray Hogarth was recently honoured by the Hamilton Community Foundation for his years of dedication and support to our local community.
Murray has been on the Board of D...
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