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Article: SELL STUFF, HAVE FUN, BE NICE; JOHN MACDOUGALL BUILDS CONVENIENCE STORE BUSINESS BY TAKING LIFE NICE N EASY; SALES TAX ISSUE GETS UNDER MACDOUGALL'S SKIN.(Business)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- February 23, 2003
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Byline: Debra J. Groom Staff writer
How many companies would incorporate on Feb. 29 and open their first shop on April 1?
Probably only a corporation owned by John MacDougall.
"Yeh, we run a funky organization here," said Fran Duskiewicz, vice president of operations for Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes in Canastota.
MacDougall is a man who is serious about business and serious about fun. He doesn't see why the two can't coexist.
He has grown his Nice N Easy business from one tidy little store in Franklin Springs, Oneida County, to a chain of more than 80 outlets in 17 counties, including Onondaga, Cayuga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, ...