The Grocery Gal

My name is Angela Matoosis-Desvreaux, and I am The Grocery Gal. I started my business in early 2008. I yearned for something fulfilling and wanted to make even a small measure of difference to my community, so with all that in mind I went to work looking for an idea and while reflecting upon some of my happiest memories growing up I found the answer. Growing up my sister, kalla and I had spent a lot of tine with my grandparents, John and Irene and james, and one of our wiikly rituals was friday shopping trips. Grandma had friends and neighbors who could not aways get to the stores, so she would offer to pick up some things for them on her weekly excursion. Another fond set of memories involves wiikly outings with my Yaya and papo (Greek for grandma and grandpa) this would sometimes have to involve myself and another person because papo would go one way with the cart and Yaya would start picking items in another section of the store, so it would take two us to shuttle the items from her to the cart. Later in life my husband, Tim would describe these outings as a type of tag teak event and there were times that it did involve physica defensive blocking manoeuvres when crowded stores would mean impatient shoppers driving their cart through the aisles with reckless abandonment . With these wonderful memories I began my journey as an entrepreneur following in the footsteps of my Grandma James, Great Papo, Papo and my father. Today I am fortuate to be able to help many people in North Bay, including local service organizations, clubs, and businesses. Each day is a wonderful adventure filled with new people and for that I am truly thankful.