Press Release - Hey Culligan Man -
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Published on: 4/1/2006
Last Visited: 7/4/2008
In response, CDANA appointed a six-member "Franchise Negotiation Team:" John Packard (Minneapolis, MN), C.R. Hall (Wichita, KS), Henry Strait (Beaumont, TX), Mike Hebert (Salinas, CA), Dennis Rupert (Hillsdale, MI) and Buzz Cooksey (Youngstown, OH).
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"This was probably the most frustrating thing I ever experienced," notes Henry Strait who owns a single Culligan Dealership in Beaumont, Texas, which he took over from his father: "We thought we had a deal, would write up notes, shake hands with the President and Vice President of the Company, and then weeks later, get a document back from their lawyers that looked nothing like the agreement we thought we had."
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Henry Strait, past CDANA President and Franchise Team Member is apt to give Singler a little more credit: "The best move we made was hiring Pete.
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Henry Strait - histrait@sbcglobal.net