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Goodyear Chooses Florida-based McGee Tire Stores as its November Dealer of the Month
AKRON, Ohio, - The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company recently named McGee Tire Stores as its Commercial Tire Dealer of the Month for November.
The Lakeland, Fla.-based tire dealer was chosen for providing customers outstanding service, while helping them to choose from among the Goodyear, Dunlop and Kelly tire brands. The honor also recognizes McGee Tire for helping customers make full use of Goodyear services, such as fleetHQ and TVTRACK and G-TRACS automated retread tracking system.
"Being chosen by Goodyear as its commercial tire dealer of the month took me by surprise," said Mike McGee, McGee Tire president and a member of the company's second generation of family owners. "I was certainly delighted by the honor.
"I think it's a testament to the hard work and dedication to excellence our employees demonstrate to customers every day," he added. "I feel very blessed in having a great management, sales and service team. Without these dedicated people, McGee Tire would not exist."
McGee Tire began its existence in 1974 when Mike's father, John, founded the company as a two-outlet O.K. Tire store chain. In 1979, the elder McGee transitioned the company into a fully authorized Goodyear dealer. Since then McGee Tire Stores, which is a Truckwise dealer, has grown to include three business divisions - automotive retail sales and service, commercial tire, and wholesale tire. The three divisions operate a network of locations throughout Central Florida. The network is comprised of 13 retail locations, four commercial tire locations including a wholesale tire facility, and a retread plant in Lakeland, all under the leadership of Mike and his brother, Terry.
Mike McGee attributes the dealership's success to the ability of employees to match the right kind of tire to the customer's operation and the customer's needs.
"Whenever we approach potential new customers, first we find out what tires they're using and what issues they have," he said. "Then we try to come up with the Goodyear products and services that can help them lower their tire costs."
Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems offers products and services to the trucking industry, including a full range of original equipment and replacement tires and retreads. In addition, the company offers FleetHQ business solutions to fleets of all sizes. This includes the 24/7 fleetHQ Solution Center, national programs, tire management tools, on-line information access and business problem-solving for tomorrow's trucking fleets. For more information on Goodyear's commercial tire capabilities, go to www.goodyear.com/truck. For more information about McGee Tire, go to www.mcgeetire.com.
