Enniskillen General Store Opens Fifth Location
Enniskillen General Store recently opened its fifth Ontario location at 1414 King Street East in Courtice. Family-owned and operated since 1840, Enniskillen General Store is also located in Enniskillen, Bowmanville, Oshawa and Peterborough.
“We’re excited to open our fifth store in Courtice thanks to the incredible support of our local community,” says Thomas Sheehan, who took over the Enniskillen General Store business in 2014. “We are proud to be family owned and operated.”
The general store is well known for its large ice cream cones and ice cream is an attraction that keeps customers coming back again and again.
“Several years ago, we started our Ice Cream Club, which is a loyalty program in which our customers earn points to redeem for free ice cream cones,” says Sheehan. “Customers can choose up to 51 flavours of Kawartha Dairy Ice Cream. We now have over 20,000 members on our Ice Cream Club and have given away over 2,000 ice cream cones.”
The new Courtice store, like the other Enniskillen locations, also has other Kawartha Dairy Milk products for sale, as well as a huge assortment of candy and other treats.
“We also have a hot sauce wall with 57 sauces and growing,” says Sheehan. “We also have many local products, such as maple syrup, honey, coffee, barbecue sauces, and more.”
This has been a busy time for Sheehan. As well as opening the new store in Courtice, the Bowmanville store is moving to 46 King Street West, a building that is over 100 years old and is located in historic downtown Bowmanville.
“The reason for the move in Bowmanville was that our previous location was too big and the landlord was raising the rent,” explains Sheehan. “We were at that location for five years but we’re excited to move into downtown Bowmanville because there are so many events down here and we’re excited to be a part of that.”
Sheehan says the success of Enniskillen General Store comes from several areas, including “amazing staff who are like family, amazing customers who support us everywhere we go, and our determination to grow.”
