聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Two 25-year-old men, who are probably among the community鈥檚 youngest entrepreneurs, are the new owners of the Kamsack Subway restaurant.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Nirav Patel and Mitul Kakadiya, who are currently living in Yorkton, purchased the Subway from Dan Davidson at the end of November. Davidson had opened the 1,400-square foot restaurant on May 27.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Patel and Kakadiya, who had previously bought a Subway outlet in Tisdale, also purchased Davidson鈥檚 Subway restaurant in Langenburg. The two men, along with another partner, own the Dollar Store with More in North Battleford and with another partner own and operate a gas station and liquor store in 小蓝视频 Carolina.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e are currently in negotiations to purchase another Subway in this area,鈥� Kakadiya said on Friday when he and his partner talked about their Kamsack acquisition.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Both men are originally from West India and came to Canada as foreign students in 2009 to study at Centennial College in Toronto. Patel was enrolled in business accounting, and Kakadiya, in mechanical engineering.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Still unknown to one another, the men moved to Regina in 2011 and found employment in their chosen fields, but each was interested in going into business for himself. They obtained their permanent residency status, they met and each one had said to the other that he was looking for a business to buy and if the other heard of one to let him know.
In June 2014, together they were able to purchase the Tisdale Subland.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲hen we were looking for a business we discovered that Subway would be a good investment,鈥� Kakadiya said. 鈥淢y dream was to not work for others.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚n Subway, management is easy,鈥� Patel said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Subway system is good in that an owner need not be on the premises all the time, Kakadiya said, adding that they still must spend time visiting each of their businesses.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Kamsack Subway, which employs four full-time and six part-time persons, has the same hours of operation as it had previously and the partners agree that among their plans is to become more involved with the community.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Kamsack was familiar to Kakadiya prior to their purchase because he had previously been to Duck Mountain Provincial Park, while Patel had made his first visit to the community during the purchase.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Both men are children of business families in India. Although farming was the Patel family business, the family also had interests in an ice industry, while Kakadiya鈥檚 family was involved in construction.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Regarding their non-work interests, Patel, whose wife Rina expects to give birth to their first child in June, said they enjoy spending time with friends, especially playing pool or watching movies.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Still single, Kakadiya will be taking a six-week trip home to India at the end of the year.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e look for community support and we will try to help in the community in any way we can,鈥� Kakakiya said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The partners agreed to have a grand re-opening of the Kamsack Subway in March or April.
