San Jacinto Grand Opening BBQ
On Wednesday, May 25, we had the official Grand Opening of our San Jacinto location!! The event was a tremendous success with over 300 vendors, customers, city officials, local business leaders and Rebel staff in attendance. They mayor of San Jacinto, Chris Carlson-Buydos, was our guest of honor during the ribbon-cutting ceremony. She gave a short speech, welcoming Rebel to the growing San Jacinto community, and wishing us success in our new location. She was followed by our CEO, Rick Clauss, and then the ceremonial ribbon-cutting.
Once the ceremonies concluded it was time to eat! The line stretched all the way from the tent to inside of the warehouse. The event was catered by Mr. Fennie's Mobile BBQ and the food was enjoyed by all.
Special thank you's go out to the following Rebel employees who helped make this event not only possible, but a success: Harry Coffman, Charles Dawes, Anthony Romero and everyone else at Store 19, Sue Hope, Cheryl Lindsley, Judy Houston, Denise Vaughn and the rest of the Corporate staff, Tom Gilroy, Jim Rufing, Denis Bonneau, Dan James, Tony Cunningham, Rick Knepper, Peggy Megrdichian and the rest of the Rebel sales staff. Everyone's help was greatly appreciated! See below for some pictures from the event!
Harry Coffman cuts the ceremonial ribbon at the San Jacinto Grand Opening. (photo by Cheryl Lindsley)
San Jacinto mayor, Chris Carlson-Buydos, welcomes Rebel Rents. (photo by Dana Mitry)
Everyone enjoyed the BBQ lunch. (photo by Cheryl Lindsley)
The line for food stretched all the way into the warehouse. (photo by Dana Mitry)
Red Dye Diesel
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made an unexpected stop at our El Cajon location last Thursday. What were they checking for? To be sure that we were in compliance with our use of red dye diesel fuel. We are very pleased to announce that we passed with flying colors! Additionally, the Fuel Compliance Officer was impressed with Rebel Rents' policies in place to ensure the proper use of red dye fuel. Congratulations to Mike Brown and everyone else at El Cajon for a job well done!
Sales Blitz!!
In preparation for our Grand Opening in San Jacinto next week, our sales staff went out on a sales blitz yesterday. They blanketed San Jacinto and the surrounding areas to invite prospective customers to experience our new store at our Grand Opening celebration on May 25th. So far we are expecting well over 200 people to attend the event!
Thank you to the following salespeople who participated in the sales blitz: Denis Bonneau, Tony Cunningham, Tom Gilroy, Dan James, Rick Knepper, Peggy Megrdichian and Jim Rufing. A special congratulations to Jim Rufing, who not only visited the most jobsites, but also was able to book a rental during the day!
San Jacinto Grand Opening!
On Wednesday, May 25, we will have our official Grand Opening celebration at our new San Jacinto location!
The festivities will kick off at 11:30 with the ribbon cutting ceremony. Our guest of honor will be the mayor of San Jacinto, Chris Carlson-Buydos. After that, we will be hosting a BBQ from 12-3. We will be serving tri-tip and chicken, BBQ spaghetti, chilled potato salad, ranch beans, sweet rolls and assorted desserts.
All Rebel employees who will be attending should wear their Rebel Rental Team shirts and be prepared to welcome all our guests including vendors, customers and city officials.
Santa Ana Passes BIT Inspection with Flying Colors
Today Santa Ana had their BIT (Biennial Inspection of Terminals) renewal inspection. This renewal inspection, which occurs every 2 years, involves a full terminal inspection of all trucks and trailers covered by the BIT program. We are pleased to report that they passed with a "satisfactory" rating, the highest mark in the rating system. Congratulations to everyone at Store 28 on a job well done!
The Launch of Rebelrents.com
We are pleased to announce that our website,
www.rebelrents.com, is now up and running!
We have completed Phase I in terms of development of the site. We will soon be embarking on Phase II, which will incorporate new features such as a place to post job opportunities with Rebel Rents, and an area where we can advertise new or featured equipment. Our customers will also soon be able to e-mail in equipment requests. And this is only the beginning! As Rebel continues to grow and advance, so will our website.
At your convenience, please log on to rebelrents.com and take a look around. We want to know what you think!
On a sidenote, this is the initial entry into the Rebel Rents BLOG. We hope to be able to keep everyone updated through postings on this BLOG, as well as receive your feedback.
