Yes, We Are Open! 🍁

Yes, Spin-IT Records and Video Is Open This week Al is in Moncton, New Brunswick visiting Patrick Parise, owner of Spin-IT Records and Video. From file sharing to streaming, Patrick has seen a lot of disruption in his chosen industry over the past 20 years. In spite of this, Patrick was able to persevere and build a successful company. So would the pandemic just be another disruption that Patrick...

Yes, Brooks Pepperfire Foods Inc. Is Open Al’s next stop in season 4 of the podcast is Rigaud, Quebec to visit Greg and Tina Brooks from Brooks Pepperfire Foods Inc. Pepperfire Foods are more than just hot sauces. They specialize in co-packing and private-labelling fresh food products for many specialty food companies. But BOY are their hot sauces HOT! How did they survive the pandemic? More impor...

In the season 4 premier of ‘Yes, We Are Open’ Al heads east to New Brunswick. His first stop is the Sackville Curling Club. At 128 years old, it’s the oldest business Al has featured on the podcast—by a lot—but that doesn’t mean they’re impervious to struggle. With lockdowns and severe capacity restrictions, the pandemic posed the club’s greatest threat in literally a century! How did they survive...

‘Yes, We Are Open’ Season 4 Teaser Season 4 of the award-winning 'Yes, We Are Open' podcast starts April 3rd, 2023! Here is a little teaser for the upcoming season. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts to hear them as they publish each week! Subscribe now! If you're the owner of a small business in Canada and you'd like us to help tell your story, email us at podcast@moneris.com . Yes, We...

Bear Cave Silent Booths On the season 3 finale of ‘Yes, We Are Open’ Al visits Trevor and Andrea from Bear Cave Silent booths. Learn how they turned a one-off job into a manufacturing business. While the pandemic may have actually helped them get new customers, the resulting shortage of building material threatened to shut them down before they even started. Couple that with their inexperience in...

Kidsworld Pediatric Dentistry Dr. Priya Kothari studied and specialized in pediatric dentistry in the United States, before returning to Canada to be closer to family and to open her own practice 12 years ago. Today Kidsworld Pediatric Dentistry in Aurora, Ontario is a busy practice, treating children from all over Southern Ontario. But what happens when staffing shortages and the pandemic hit? Ho...

Impact Kitchen Personal trainer and nutrition expert Josh Broun had a vision for a restaurant focused on providing simple meals with real, wholesome ingredients to ”provide energy to take on the day with purpose and optimism”. In 2015, he teamed up with Frank Toskan, co-founder of MAC Cosmetics to open Impact Kitchen despite neither of them having previous restaurant experience. Since then, Impact...

Downunder Travel This week Al goes downunder in downtown Toronto when he visits with Jason Webb from Downunder Travel. Jason and his team have been helping travelers get from Canada to Australia and the South Pacific and back since 2004. Business got off to a strong start for Jason and his team, but the travel industry can be quite a turbulent one…so to speak. Pilot strikes, airline closures, terr...

Stylephotos This week Al is in Concord, Ontario visiting twin brothers Khasan and Husan, the owners of Stylephotos, the #1 eCommerce photography service in Canada. Khasan and Husan started out looking for ways to improve the quality of the photography for their family’s eCommerce fashion store and ended up building a fully automated in-house production studio boasting some pretty impressive client...

Lakeside Dog Biscuits This week Al is in Kingston, Ontario to meet Laurie Hannah, the owner of Lakeside Dog Biscuits. 20 years ago, Laurie’s Golden retriever became ill from eating commercial dog food, so Laurie set out to create natural, healthy treats for her pets and thus created Lakeside Dog Biscuits Today Laurie is retired from her career as a social worker and running her dog biscuit busines...

Matriarch In this episode Al goes to Kitchener, Ontario to visit Ankush Raina, owner of Matriarch. Ankush moved to Canada from India in 2018. His ultimate goal was to start his own business, something he’s been dreaming about since he was a teenager. Everything he’s done since arriving in Canada was with that goal in mind. He turned that intense focus into Matriarch, an online activewear brand. Th...

In the Season 3 premier of ‘Yes, We Are Open’ Al goes to Port Sydney, Ontario to visit Heather Huff-Bogart, Owner of The Green Bouquet Cannabis Inc. Heather opened her dream business in the middle of the pandemic lockdown. In addition, she had to navigate the restrictive and ever-changing regulations in Ontario’s cannabis industry, overcome objections from her own family and friends and even some...

‘Yes, We Are Open’ Season 3 Teaser Season 3 of 'Yes, We Are Open' starts October 3rd, 2022! Here is a little teaser for the upcoming season. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts to hear them as they publish each week! Subscribe now! If you're the owner of a small business in Canada and you'd like us to help tell your story, email us at podcast@moneris.com . Yes, We Are Open is a Moneris p...

You can learn more about Parry Sound Friendship Centre at psfc.ca . Credits: Duri Alajrami - Leadership Amy Maraone - Leadership Rick Stephan - Leadership Mat Belanger – Moneris Ad Voiceover Kelly Servos – Merchant Liaison Caleigh Ellis – Graphic Artist Jameson Di Nucci – Webmaster Mallory McWhirther – Social Media Tanya Nagi – Social Media Kelly Foss - Promotion Consultant Emma Swan – Internal Co...

You can learn more about Studio Brewing at studiobrewing.ca . Subscribe now! If you're the owner of a small business in Canada and you'd like us to help tell your story, email us at podcast@moneris.com . Yes, We Are Open is a Moneris p odcast production hosted by Al Grego.

You can learn more about Power Yoga Canada at poweryogacanada.com .   Subscribe now! If you're the owner of a small business in Canada and you'd like us to help tell your story, email us at podcast@moneris.com . Yes, We Are Open is a Moneris p odcast production hosted by Al Grego.

You can learn more about Meraki Beauty Bar at merakibeautybar.ca . Subscribe now! If you're the owner of a small business in Canada and you'd like us to help tell your story, email us at podcast@moneris.com . Yes, We Are Open is a Moneris p odcast production hosted by Al Grego.

You can learn more about SuperKick Karate at granicsensei.com . Subscribe now! If you're the owner of a small business in Canada and you'd like us to help tell your story, email us at podcast@moneris.com . Yes, We Are Open is a Moneris p odcast production hosted by Al Grego.

You can learn more about Jess’ Restaurant and Bar at jessrestaurant.ca . Subscribe now! If you're the owner of a small business in Canada and you'd like us to help tell your story, email us at podcast@moneris.com . Yes, We Are Open is a Moneris p odcast production hosted by Al Grego.

You can learn more about Bitehaus Toronto Dental Clinic at bitehaus.ca . Subscribe now! If you're the owner of a small business in Canada and you'd like us to help tell your story, email us at podcast@moneris.com . Yes, We Are Open is a Moneris p odcast production hosted by Al Grego.

You can learn more about Climb Base5 at climbbase5.com . Subscribe now! If you're the owner of a small business in Canada and you'd like us to help tell your story, email us at podcast@moneris.com . Yes, We Are Open is a Moneris p odcast production hosted by Al Grego.

This is the 'Yes, We Are Open' Season 2 trailer. In this season, Al heads to B.C. in search of new stories about small Canadian businesses and their perseverance. Subscribe now! If you're the owner of a small business in Canada and you'd like us to help tell your story, email us at podcast@moneris.com. Yes, We Are Open is a Moneris podcast production hosted by Al Grego.

You can learn more about Ontario Blue Jays at objbaseball.com . Credits: Amy Maraone - Leadership Rick Stephan - Leadership Mat Belanger – Moneris Ad Voiceover Kelly Servos – Merchant Liaison Caleigh Ellis – Graphic Artist Jameson Di Nucci – Webmaster Beverly Wooding – Organic Social Anita Matte Heshmatzadeh – Paid Social Emma Swan – Internal Communications Sasha Abrams – PM Kathleen Kennedy – Cop...

You can learn more about PBR Auctions at pbrauctions.com . Subscribe now! If you're the owner of a small business in Canada and you'd like us to help tell your story, email us at podcast@moneris.com . Yes, We Are Open is a Moneris p odcast production hosted by Al Grego.

You can learn more about Valley Online at valleyonline.ca . Subscribe now! If you're the owner of a small business in Canada and you'd like us to help tell your story, email us at podcast@moneris.com . Yes, We Are Open is a Moneris p odcast production hosted by Al Grego.