Mike Georgi From Fairbury Auto Value Parts Store Recognized With 2015 ‘Service Is The Difference’ Award

Mike Georgi From Fairbury Auto Value Parts Store Recognized With 2015 ‘Service Is The Difference’ Award

Georgi received the award for exemplary effort going above and beyond the norm in customer service and satisfaction.

Mike Georgi copyArnold Motor Supply, headquartered in Spencer, Iowa, recently recognized the 2015 top performers for the Retail Store Division of The Arnold Group of Companies, at the company’s manager’s meeting held Jan. 12 in Ankeny, Iowa.  The Top 5 Awards recognize the top producers company-wide in both sales and the percentage increase of sales.

Mike Georgi, manager of the Auto Value Parts Store in Fairbury, Nebraska, received the company’s coveted “Service is the Difference” award. Georgi received the award for exemplary effort going above and beyond the norm in customer service and satisfaction.

“Service is one of the pillars of our company and Mike Georgi, manager of the Auto Value Parts Store in Fairbury, Nebraska, is a firm believer that service really does make a difference. Mike is one of the first to volunteer to help stores in his region with open houses, and with new store changeovers. He also manages another store during a manager search. He does a great job of helping customers and creating that ‘Service is the Difference’ attitude with his store team,” the company stated in announcing the award.

Arnold Motor Supply was started in Spencer, Iowa, in 1927 by E.P. Arnold and is one of the largest partnerships in the United States with stores in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Missouri. The Arnold Group of Companies is comprised of five divisions, two distribution centers covering stores in five states, serving 60 company stores and 35 independent Auto Value and non-aligned jobbers.  Twenty-one company retail stores have complete machine shops.

 

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