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The Wallpaper Centre la "the only, complete, discount wallpaper store li Durham Region," according to ifs owner Dave Bloom. Bloom and bis wlfe, "Mac" first started up the company six years ago at 138 Suncoe Street South, Oshawa and now boasts two more stores i Ajax (1313 Harwood Avenue North) and Scarborougb (553 Mark- ham Road). The family business bas flot only grown wifh more stores but with store-expansions - espe- cially at their Oshawa location. Bloom says that he first got the idea for their store from the variety of discount -car- pet'and furniture stores. "Wben if came to buy- ing wallpaper,* you bad to pay full price or take a -chance on catching .a sale," be says. Bloom buys discon- tinued ,lines, manu- facturera' overruns and, on occasion,< stock fromn a bankrupt store, and soUs them at a discount. The racks at bis Oshawa stor e, for example, bas racks upon racks of wallpaper in varlous pat terns, colors and styles. The place is similar to a supermarket. "When people corne into a wallpaper store and see.something they Wallpaper Centre flourishes wi.th, discount pricmg WHITBY FREE-PRESS PROGRESS EDITION, WEDNESDAY MAY, 1982, PAGE5 Stokely's provides food for" Most of North America like, tbey don't want to walti a week or more for delivery - they want to take it home wlth tbem," Bloom says ex- plaining bis large inven- tory. Healso empbasizes the personal touch. 1"How of ten have you gone into a. department store and you can't even find a clerk, t phlmasks, "I like my customers to know that we' are ready to give advlce if they want it. A customer* does need help occasion- ally and we'can direct tbem to wbat is rlgbt for their needs." Bloom also elaims that some of bis mer- chandise 18 offered at discounts 0 f Uptf75 per cent off the suggested retail price.,, The nexttime one gets the re-decorating bug, it may ha- worth one's- while to investigate the wallpaper supermarket known as the Wallpaper Centre. based food processor's gross annual sales rep- meent. close tW $52 million and are growing every year. The Whitby plant lai one of the company's two facililties in Canada, the other halng locafed in' Berwick, Nova Scotia. The Brock Street Nor- th plants employa 100 people year round with that, number rislng to 220 during the summer montha. 1Not only are the. Pro ducta processed and canned here but Most of the raw materials are purchased from local farmers.* "'Almost 90 per cent of it la grown locally," Paterson said' adding that moat of Stokely's farmer-suppliers are located on -the area stretching f rom Picker- ing to Bowmanville and north to Brooklln. Most of the farmers that supply the plant are independents. 1The company's tradi- tional marketing area is from Victoria, British Columbia, to Sf. Jobns, Newfoundland, how- ever, thisplant ls pro- ducing ýgoodsAfor the European market. The- Wbitbyoperafion started producing goods for European markets i 1976 -wben $115,000 worfb were sold.1 Paterson. said that in 1960 this figure rose, to $750,000 and this year is expected. to reach $1 million.< According ,f0 Pater- son, tbe future potential of the 'company looks good lni Wbitby espe- clally witb the increased prçspect of European markets, moat nofably i the United Klngdom and West Germany. WI Maie Progress Leveél Two pro vides micro com puters for -business, Wif h co mputera on the market cosfing under $1,000, many bu sineases are assuming com- puters are inevifable for them and jumping in to their firat com- puter purchase. This could cost a lot more than the price 0of the, computer, warns David Hamilton, president of Level Two Computera Ltd., of Oshawa. If you're in business, you can probably bene- fit from a computer, ex- plains Hamilton, but you need to ha aware of your expectations hafore you buy. Ask youraelf some simple questions. Firat, says Hamilton, you should ask "Why is it inevitable for me to automate?" If you stand back far enough, you should see hanefits that apply f0, you. Then you can choose a system that doos what's right for you, snd not what's efficient for someone else. Computera don't save mnoney! Neyer let a computer salesperson tell you the computer will save you money, says 'Hamilton. You have to pay for it. What it will do, how- ever, is give you the in- formation and the time you need to ha more productive, SO choosing the right system again becomes crifical. Take your time. It's a simple fact that computers take a long time to implement. Be prepared to bave your patience tesfed. You simply cannot instal one overmigbt. Know wben f0 quit. the average con- sumer *can .educate him/her self shortly witb enougb information to select a television or a car. Buta computer is a much. more complex purchase. "Lt takes up to seven. years to ha- corne a systems analyst",, >says Hamilton. "IA systema analyst's job 18 to select the right computer for the job. How can.you duplicate that skill in a couple of weoks, or even a year? " The answer is know- ing enough about your own needs to trust the vendor to choose the best system for.you. 0f course, you must choose a reliable vendor with enough resources to solve your problem. "lLevel Two Com- putera camres fouir vast- ly different product lines with many modela in each,"' says Harnil- ton. "One model is just not best for everyone. " "And on top of that," he continues, "we found it necessary f0 provide full information semi- nara to potential buyera to give them enough background information to make a safe deci- sion.,, Level Two Computera began in Oshawa in 1978, "at the dawn of the micro industry," as Hamilton puts it, with a staff 0f one. They bave now expanded to a staff of ten, sud cater to in- ternational clients. Still, according to« f ounder Hamilton, they are "... geared tf0'support the user tbat's automat- ing for tbe first time. It's wbatwe do best."l It certainly ougbf W t ha an imteresfing. décade. In order to exist, Dm must eat. This obvious fact bas been'the cor- nerstone of one of the greateat industrial con- cerns known to agricul- ture. Wltb the development of bigb technology in the 2Mt century the agricul- ture induatry bas bran- ched ouf.- In fact, food proceslng bas reflected these changes. Since 1940, Wbitby bas been the home 0 f Sfokely Van Camp, a company wbose canned vegetables and fruits can ha purcbased at almost every super- market in North Ameérica. According to"the com- pany's Canadian vice- president. Andy Pater- son,' the United States 'I I i