February 12, 2009
The busy holiday season is past and Freeway Lanes is thankful to all its customers’ for the patronage this year. We are also thankful of the hard work of all the employees’ that helped us have a successful holiday season. Even though we had many company events cancel or not book at all, we did have full support of our league bowler’s and open play customers. I don’t think there are too many companies that can look back on 2008 and claim a great year, but we are thankful for what we had and look forward to building the most out of 2009.
Generally speaking Americans’ have to learn to do more with less. Freeway Lanes is no different than anyone else. We are asking our management and salaried employees for that extra shift a week to make ends meet. We want to keep as many as our valued employees as we can, and make sure the productive ones still have opportunity within the organization. The main corporate objective is to keep our company healthy so everyone can continue to have employment by us. The only way we do this is through service to our customers. Please always keep the customer first!
Even though times are tough, Freeway Lanes is happy to announce a larger match on its 401k for employees. I know 401k balances are hard to swallow right now, but remember, that means your purchasing power has been radically increased. Now is the time to up your contributions to retirements and make up for buying stocks at all time highs with purchasing at all time lows! A turn around is imminent, and the more you stash away now the bigger you will win in the long term.
Yesterday was the Anniversary of my Father and our founder’s death, Robert W. Gable. It is a time to remember him for the person he was. He knew everyone at Solon and was a friend of everyone. He taught us to respect everyone, enjoy life and most of all be honest to others and yourself! In his memorial we will have the first annual Robert W. Gable Tournament on Sunday, March 29th at 11 a.m. Watch the web site for details and come help our company honor this wonderful person.
Please never hesitate to contact us at Freeway Lanes. Just the other day I found out through an internet blog site that we had a pricing error over the Martin Luther King Holiday. No one ever contacted me or the management of Freeway Lanes. We welcome and would love any input you ever have. I hope to make my blog postings every month. Thank you for all the traffic whenever I post.
Sincerely,
Glenn E. Gable
CEO
Freeway Lanes Bowling Group
