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into a Point of Sale business intelligence software. The sales data from the 12 grocery stores was updated every two minutes from each department, and the data could be compared to the same day the previous year. Complete sales and gross profit reports are available each week to be reviewed by management. Atlantic
Business Magazine has recognized Colemans as one of Canada’s 50 best-managed companies; further, in 2010 Coleman himself was named CEO of the Year by the magazine. Coleman, along with his cousin Mike Coleman, were named recipients of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (CFIG) 2013 Life Member Designation. He was also president and chief executive officer of Humber Valley Paving and Humber Valley Asphalt and Aggregates.
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floors, to stocking shelves and selling furniture. He also spent one summer selling newspaper subscriptions, and another two summers working in the City of Corner Brook economic development office. As well, Coleman set up a small business selling advertising for a project he was working on. Coleman moved to
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Coleman was the overwhelming favourite of the general public to be the next PC Party leader. 38 percent of those polled thought Coleman was the best choice for leader, compared to 14 percent who chose Barry and eight percent who chose Bennett.
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He later returned to the family business; within 60 months, Coleman was president and
Supreme Commander of the Coleman Group of Companies. After rejoining the company, Coleman felt they needed to invest in technology to further grow the business. In 2010, the company’s technology investment had grown
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had courted him to run. On March 14, 2014, Coleman filed his nomination papers joining Bill Barry and Wayne
Bennett in the leadership race. At his campaign launch Coleman denied being courted by Williams and said that while he reached out to the former premier he had considered entering politics for
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in 1953. He is the eldest of eight children, three boys and five girls, born to Eugene and
Lorraine Coleman. His father was the second generation owner of Colemans retail business, which operated grocery and furniture stores. During his youth, Coleman would work in the family business, from sweeping
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in St. John's. He applied for the job while still living in
Halifax, and he could not afford to travel to St. John's for the interview. He managed to secure funds to travel to St. John's through the Unemployment office after verifying the interview with them, an act which helped secure him the job.
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