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SUMMARY:Mayor's Breakfast - Jeff York\, co-CEO\, Farm Boy
DESCRIPTION:Join Mayor Jim Watson at this high-profile breakfast series\, where issues vital to Ottawa's prosperity and quality of life are presented. Focusing on issues such as economic development\, transportation and the environment\, this breakfast series provides an opportunity to network and stay informed.\n\nPresented nine times annually\, the Mayor's Breakfast Series is a popular event\, where guest speakers include high-profile political\, business and community leaders. Mayor Jim Watson also updates attendees on recent City Hall issues and initiatives. \n\n\n\nGuest Speaker: Jeff York\, co-CEO\, Farm Boy\n\n\n\nBorn and raised in Ottawa\, Jeff received an honours degree in Economics from Princeton University and achieved his Chartered Accountant Designation\, while holding a position with Ward Mallette Chartered Accountants. Making the leap to retail\, Jeff joined Giant Tiger Stores\, where after a number of years in operational and management roles\, assumed the presidency. In this capacity\, Jeff helped grow the business from a regional discount chain with 250 million in sales\, to 1.4 billion in sales nationally as the third largest discount chain in Canada. In 2009\, Jeff joined Farm Boy with a mandate to expand the business. Under his leadership\, the company has grown from a nine store chain in the Ottawa region to now 26 stores in Ottawa\, Kingston\, the GTA and Southwestern Ontatio with further expansion plans underway including a new Toronto and Oakville location opening in the winter of 2018. \n\n\n\nEvent Sponsors:
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\nJoin Mayor Jim Watson at this high-profile breakfast series\, where issues vital to Ottawa'\;s prosperity and quality of life are presented. Focusing on issues such as economic development\, transportation and the environment\, this breakfast series provides an opportunity to network and stay informed.
\n\nPresented nine times annually\, the Mayor'\;s Breakfast Series is a popular event\, where guest speakers include high-profile political\, business and community leaders. Mayor Jim Watson also updates attendees on recent City Hall issues and initiatives. \;
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\nGuest Speaker: Jeff York\, co-CEO\, Farm Boy
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\nBorn and raised in Ottawa\, Jeff received an honours degree in Economics from Princeton University and achieved his Chartered Accountant Designation\, while holding a position with Ward Mallette Chartered Accountants. Making the leap to retail\, Jeff joined Giant Tiger Stores\, where after a number of years in operational and management roles\, assumed the presidency. In this capacity\, Jeff \;helped grow the business from a regional discount chain with 250 million in sales\, to 1.4 billion in sales nationally as the third largest discount chain in Canada. In 2009\, Jeff joined Farm Boy with a mandate to expand the business. Under his leadership\, the company has grown from a nine store chain in the Ottawa region to now 26 stores in Ottawa\, Kingston\, the GTA and Southwestern Ontatio with further expansion plans underway including a new Toronto and Oakville location opening in the winter of 2018.
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LOCATION:Ottawa City Hall 110 Laurier Avenue W Ottawa\, Ontario K1P 1J1
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URL:https://business.ottawabot.ca/events/details/mayor-s-breakfast-jeff-york-co-ceo-farm-boy-223
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