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"Our mission is to be your store of choice."
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Nature of Business
What is Giant Tiger?
A truly Canadian franchised family discount store chain.A place of employment for over 4,500
people.An outlet for products of over 2,000 suppliers.A progressive, value-oriented, no-nonsense approach to retailing.
Giant Tiger is a family discount retailer offering recognizable basic products at low everyday prices.
Giant Tiger is a grassroots, human, non-traditional organization that has buying power, great people and constant improvements to make things better for its people and its customers.
Our decisions and direction have always been focused on driving
down our costs and improving our efficiency, so that we can continue to offer our customers the lowest possible retail prices, and still make a modest profit.
Today, almost all stores are franchised. The owners work in the store, serving customers
from the local community and surrounding areas.
Giant Tiger has great value at everyday low prices to satisfy all the basic family/household needs within a narrow assortment that is in stock and readily available for a quick and rewarding shopping
experience.
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Year Established
On Saturday, May 13th, 1961, Gordon Reid, Founder, Chairman and CEO opened his first store in Ottawa, the Nation's Capital. The business was launched with
a $15,000 investment and first year sales were $139,781. The business was started with a very simple idea - keep the cost of operation low and sell a large volume of merchandise at everyday low prices.
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Number of Employees
Over 4,500 people
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Benefits of working for company
With 121 stores in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and New Brunswick, and many more to come, Giant Tiger offers a great variety of challenges and career
opportunities, for individuals interested in working hard and winning!
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Types of Jobs/Work
Store opportunities include entry sales, cashier, and stock associate positions, supervisory and management challenges, right on up to the chance to be a
franchise store owner!
Exciting opportunities also exist in all aspects of business management in our Head Office in Ottawa or our Clothing Buying Office in Montreal: Information Systems programmers and development experts, accounting,
administration, human resources, training, store operations, buying, merchandising and advertising and warehouse personnel.
For more information, browse the opportunities listed, and contact us for other positions by sending your resume and
objectives using Contact Us or our career section.
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