Business View Magazine | April/May 2022

108 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 4 new inventory, it’s hard to just say we want to expand. It’s going to be a gradual thing. We can do a lot of retail expansion under that same roof, we don’t need to do a ton to the facility itself to grow. Physically, it can handle a lot more business than we’re doing right now.” Between the two stores, Monaco Ford has 115 staff members and takes pride in having generational employees. Many have over 30 years of tenure; they’ve seen Mike and Chrissy raised in the business and the siblings find comfort in that. At the same time, the company is always recruiting. According to Chrissy, “The shop is younger than it’s ever been. The technicians must be Ford Certified but we believe teaching inhouse has numerous benefits as well. There is always room for advancement for new employees.” When COVID hit, Monaco Ford already had a lot of technology ready, they just had to put it in place to make things easier, more convenient,