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Saturday 4 February 2023
Get it ALL done at Do It Center and Super Do It Center & Groceries
Noord – Sometimes all we need is one place Store still being very successful was ready for The building is divided into several depart-
where we can do all our shopping at once. more growth. ments from home to hardware to groceries.
Well, Do it center and Super Do it Center Gro- Everything under one roof.
ceries has it all. This is the largest, local owned Ricky, Kenneth, Corine and Frans are the fruits Groceries? Visit the fully stocked supermar-
Do it Center in the Caribbean and best of all a of this marriage. Kenneth and Frans however, ket with fresh fruits and vegetables and high
100% locally owned family business. decided to further develop their father’s leg- class meat selections. Highly known products
acy and continued with their mother’s dream and brands are here for you to grab. Every
How it all began to expand the business. An expansion not in week Do It Center Groceries offers its weekly
It was 1938 when Mr. Eric Ponson started his square feet only, but in merchandize as well. special on selected items. Weekly specials
journey at General Store. Ponson did not A great opportunity presented itself when are very popular and a perfect chance for
hesitate and decided to buy General Store. the Ponson family was able to buy a piece of you to buy your favorite products at a re-
Buying a store and thus going from employee property across from the airport. In 2007 the duced price.
to owner of a business with a debt of 11.000 Ponson family moved into their brand new
guilders was not an easy task. and huge building Need a home makeover?
Do not skip the furniture department “Leen-
As the saying goes: “Behind every successful After a successful opening and expansion, bakker”. Here, you will find a divine collec-
man, is a strong woman”. In the case of Pon- Kenneth and Frans who inherited their moth- tion of European furniture, worldwide known
son, this was no different. As General Store ers vision, decided that General Store was for their modern and stylish features for your
progressed and slowly became successful, ready for yet another expansion. With the bedroom, bathroom, living room or kitchen.
Mrs. Irene Ponson, came in to assist her hus- support of Mr. Tom Barfell and management For your garden they have a wide selection
band. Irene Ponson is a visionary, she knew of Do it Best in the States, the construction of of durable furniture specially made for our
exactly where and how to invest and within Do it Center commenced. tropical climate. Take a walk around and
a short amount of time in 1970, General Store Fast forward to today. A Do it Center in Aruba, find some treasures. Find the perfect acces-
moved to a better location at the Steenweg. with more than 50.000 top of the line items for sory for your house, fitted for your personality
This aloud for a lot more merchandize, prod- interior as well exterior use, building materials, and style. Modern, elegant, retro industrial,
ucts and employees. Supply and demand STO products and a top of the line grocery whatever your style is you will definitely find
was as such, that General Store became the store. Perseverance, responsibility, vision and something for your personal taste.
number 1 electrical business. Business kept the courage to invest have made Ponson’s Do it Center Shaba is open from Monday to
going so well that the location at the Steen- General Store as successful as it is today. Saturday from 8AM to 8PM and on Sunday’s
weg became too small and was moved later from 9AM to 6PM.
to Dakota Shopping Paradise and later to Super Do It Center Shaba & Groceries
Pedro Gallego Straat. With this move, an ex- Located in Shaba, Noord. This is the last sib- For more information go to www.doit.aw.q
pansion was decided upon and an electron- ling of the Do It Center family. Here you will
ics store in Savaneta was opened. General be able to find anything you are looking for.
