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Business News October 1984 iaui LEATHER SUEDE car coats Canadian Made in sixes 3348 the olde Hide House Built in 1839 with half a million bricks and massive wood beams our 1 acre store houses a current collection of over 10000 garments Natural products are featured Mens and Ladies Leather Suede Sheepskin Fur and Woollen fashions and accessories Over 95 of our ise is made in Canada You save 1530 Our low overhead and enor volume over 350000 shoppers annually allow us to offer you genuine savings Everyday Genuine Leather Briefcases OPEN DAYS A WEEK Eastern Ave ACTON 519 8531031 Chuck E Cheese food and arcade Chuck Ftnley is capitalizing on a good idea and if his investment works there is plenty of room for expansion opened the newest Chuck Cheese restaurant and arcade last week in the Clarence St Mall Brampton and if the enormous success enjoyed by the franchise in the northern US and Canada is any in dication has made a sound invest Catering to families especially children the Chuck E Cheese marketing scheme provides top notch food animated entertainment video and arcade style games and theatre As well costumed Chuck Cheeses and assorted characters are also on hand to delight children and adults alike The food Isnt the traditional fare expected as they boast superb salad bar a wide selection of pizzas and soft drinks The Brampton franchise is the sixth Chuck E Cheese established in Canada preceded by establishments In British Columbia two in Toronto and one in Burlington The biggest plus for the new concept in eating and en tcrtainment is the tremendous appeal for large groups wishing entertain youngsters having a birthday or even a hockey team looking for a successful year end party said Bramptons Chuck Cheese owner Chuck the first name is a coin cidence said he intends to introduce new and varied entertainment to his store every few months to avoid sterility In the business and in the to see Chuck Cheese go on the road Organ has Woodchip on his shoulder A person has to really listen to other people to learn about their business ac cording to Greg Organ who used that belief to expand Manufacturing from a house basement to a Georgetown factory on Armstrong Ave Organ began listening as a young boy His father is a cabinet maker and his grandfather is a Nova Scot ion boat builder My Dad taught me a lot and a lot I learned on my own Organ says You have to really listen to people and other crafts people then you can really learn a lot Organ says he looks at other peoples furniture designs and then changes it to suit his own artistic eye But one bed he calls the King Eddy is so original Organ will not allow photographs to be taken of it It is proudly on display in his Armstrong Ave showroom There Organ has a small retail shop which he can sell beds tables or chairs to people who wish lo make a savings buying direct from him Manufacturing however primarily a wholesale furniture making company But it did not start that way Until five years ago Organ was not even building furniture He was a customs of ficer for the civil service But Organ says he was more Interested in furniture making If this is what you want to do get into it his wife Debra told him But even then Organ only built furniture to display in craft shows which he travel led around for a year Then he decided to get into manufacturing Since then Woodchip Manufacturing has expanded almost every year From his basement he moved to a building beside Burger King then to Erin Mills where he hired two assistants But Organ found more retail stores wanting his furniture so he was forced lo move to the Georgetown location for larger space and closer loca tion to Toronto Along the way four more people were hired and the plant became automated Organ says he used to build by hand nine beds in three weeks and now he can build in hours Consumers are demanding more high quality wood furniture of traditional design He uses Eastern White pine or Canadian oak to make the most durable furniture Currently Organs production is geared towards beds tables and choirs but he said he will soon be making more household items Three attend chamber annual Bill Ward Margaret Vint and Bruce Mclntyre the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce attended various events at the Canadian Chambers annual convention It was the general consensus of these that the convention was well worth attending The Canadian Chamber is basically a lobbying group and a watchdog on the federal government All Chambers of Commerce can send recommendations of a national nature lo the Canadian Chamber These recommendations are reviewed by a policy committee set up each year and if passed on the floor then they are put to the Government Specific recommendations can also be made to the Ontario Chamber of Commerce but only on provincial issues This year the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce made two to the Ontario Chamber on the Issue of waste management and both were adopted Halton Hills