Canada Cabinet
Building a winery comes with a thousand challenges, all adding up to one monumental job. From planting the vines to building the winery itself, hiring staff and marketing in a crowded sector, it all takes time and an incredible amount of effort.
Fortunately, one company in West Kelowna can help take one headache off your hands. Canada Cabinet is an Okanagan-based company that distributes high-end cabinetry across Western Canada.
Unlike the vast majority of suppliers, Canada Cabinet has a large inventory of higher quality cabinetry in their West Kelowna warehouse, so your building contractors won’t hit a snag as they schedule tradespeople during the build.
“That’s one of our big selling points this year, both in residential and commercial,” says CEO Tom Bohna. “Because of what’s happening in the world today with shipping bottlenecks, we’re doing everything we can to solve them to help our customers.
“The biggest thing is we’re carrying large inventories of higher quality cabinetry, which no one else in the Okanagan is doing right now, aside from the more entry level stuff from big box stores and places like that.”
Commercial facilities like wineries typically need tougher cabinetry that’s going to look good in the long term, and Canada Cabinet essentially specializes in providing higher quality, at a lower price.
“That’s essentially our secret sauce,” said Bohna. “It’s all made from the best three-quarter inch plywood, and the boxes are finished inside and out with a painted finish, while the doors themselves are all lacquer, so they’re not like a cheaper thermofoil door, which is still in our price bracket. It’s the same with the soft closes, the hardware, the doors and the drawers, which all feature dovetail joinery.
“So basically we’re providing some better quality, but staying competitive on price even with competing cabinets of a lower quality, which we achieve through volume.”
For example, Canada Cabinet sells between 50 to 100 kitchen sets out of its store in West Kelowna, but the company also sells 300 kitchens monthly throughout Western Canada.
Despite the high volume, however, Bohna says the company has managed to maintain high levels of inventory, which is critical when you’re dealing with projects on a tight time schedule.
“This is the narrative, the reality, we live with right now,” Bohna notes. “There are shortages of everything these days, but we’ve maintained a tight supply chain and we’ve kept high levels of inventory on stock.
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Canada Cabinet Kitchen Island
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Canada Cabinet New Kitchen
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“For new wineries or wineries that are renovating, that’s a big deal because everyone is fighting the same issues we are, of being able to get supplies on time for the build. That’s not always easy, and everyone knows long delays also can cost a lot of money.”
Canada Cabinet has not specifically gone after the winery market in the past, but Bohna says the lack of supply has brought wineries to him. This month the company is working with a new winery in Summerland, supplying all the cabinetry for the new wineshop.
“To give you an idea, we’re seeing lead times from two months to six months, and we’re taking that down to the point where it’s basically cash and carry out the front door,” Bohna says. “Most wineries may not be in a huge time crunch, I don’t know, but when you are, it’s good to know you can get what you need with no delays.”
Cabinets in Stock
Like homeowners, wineries also seem to like the idea that a large distributor of quality cabinetry is based right in the Okanagan. Canada Cabinet also has its own contractors on hand for those who need that service, but is just as happy to sell cabinets to be installed by the winery’s construction team.
That local presence also helps because the showroom is in West Kelowna, located at 18A-1515 Westgate Road, and buyers can drop in to see examples of cabinetry first hand.
To learn more, go to canadacabinet.com info@canadacabinet.com
