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Starting a conversation about how Meridian can help your franchise business is easy. You can contact Jeff Thomas directly at jeff.thomas@meridiancu.ca. Or, give her a call at 905-321-9322.
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Anjum Aziz tells the story of opening a Popeyes franchise in St. Catharines with the help of Meridian.
Anjum:
"My name is Anjum Aziz and I'm a franchisee for Popeyes in the city of St. Catharines, Brantford, Welland and I do own another franchise by the name of Baskin-Robbins ice cream.
When I came to St. Catharines and I started my detailing business, in the back of my mind, I thought that maybe people will not give me business because of my colour. But this city opened up their arms. And that gave me a lot of confidence. And my business started expanding. Within a couple of years, I had eight people working for me. And that kind of gave me satisfaction. Then I thought about Popeyes. Popeyes is another venture where I can create more jobs. Human respect is the most important thing. That's what I have learned. This is the reason today I have the same employees. When I started this business, I treated them like family.
My loan was approved by another financial institution. And when the store was almost ready, he just decided to cancel my loan. So when I went to Meridian, we got the loan approved in a week's time. That's how I fell in love with Meridian. Because of the way they backed me at that hard time. I'm grateful that they have faith in me. And I have come up to their expectations. Today, whatever I am, it's because of the people of St. Catharines and Meridian Credit Union.”
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