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43 YEARS!
BILL TRUFANT
Date of Hire: 10/13/1981
Home Department: Buyer and co-owner. He usually works in the back office; however, you couldn’t keep him off the sales floor if you tried! He knows every department, but most would agree Saltwater is his homeland. Bill is also on the Board of Directors of the World Pet Association, America’s oldest pet industry trade association. |
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33 YEARS!
SALLY ADAMS TRUFANT
Date of Hire: 02/18/1991
Home Department: General Manager and co-owner. In charge of hiring, firing, training, merchandising, marketing and all promotional events (I’m sure I’m leaving something out)
Also trained in: Dog & Cat, Small Animals, and Register |
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30 YEARS!
MARY TRUFANT
Date of Hire: 06/22/1994
Home Department: Operations Manager and co-owner. Mary not only handles anything to do with money (paying invoices, payroll, balancing the bank statement, etc) but she’s funny and knowledgeable out on the sales floor.
Also trained in: Dog & Cat and Register
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21 YEARS!
JPK
Date of Hire: 01/16/2003
Home Department: Office Manager
Also trained in: Register, Bird/Reptile/Small Animal, Animal Care, Dog & Cat, Freshwater, Aquatic Supplies, and Stock |
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19 YEARS!
JAMES
Date of Hire: 08/18/2005
Home Department: Supervisor [Saltwater]
Also trained in: Freshwater, Aquarium Maintenance, Aquatic Supplies, and Register |
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19 YEARS!
JESSICA
Date of Hire: 09/21/2005
Home Department: Supervisor [Dog & Cat]
Also trained in: Register, Aquatic Supplies, Freshwater, and Saltwater |
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19 YEARS!
SUSIE
Date of Hire: 09/27/2005
Home Department: Supervisor [Stock]
Also trained in: Freshwater, Saltwater, Aquatic Supplies, Register, Dog & Cat, Bird/ Reptile/ Small Animal, Animal Care, Aquarium Maintenance, and Office (Other than Bill, Susie is the ONLY Krewe-member who is trained in EVERY department in the store!) |
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18 YEARS!
BRIAN
Date of Hire: 10/13/2006
Home Department: Supervisor [Register]
Also trained in: Dog & Cat, Stock, and Office |
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16 YEARS!
JULIA
Date of Hire: 03/28/2008
Home Department: Register
Also trained in: Dog & Cat |
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16 YEARS!
NICOLE
Date of Hire: 08/12/2008
Home Department: Supervisor [at Large]
Also trained in: Freshwater, Saltwater, and Aquatic Supplies |
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11 YEARS!
LAUREN
Date of Hire: 05/13/13
Home Department: Freshwater
Also trained in: Aquatic Supplies, Saltwater, Dog & Cat, Bird/Reptile/Small Animal, and Animal Care
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10 YEARS!
DAVID
Date of Hire: 07/02/2014
Home Department: Second-in-Command [Saltwater] |
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8 YEARS!
CODY
Date of Hire: 05/06/2016
Home Department: Supervisor [Freshwater]
Also trained in: Aquatic Supplies |
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8 YEARS! (back)
LENNY
Date of Hire: 07/07/2016 (Also 2007 and circa 2000)
Home Department: Supervisor [Aquarium Maintenance]
Also trained in: Freshwater, Saltwater, and Aquatic Supplies |
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6 YEARS!
BEN
Date of Hire: 05/03/2018
Home Department: Freshwater
Also trained in: Aquatic Supplies and Saltwater |
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5 YEARS!
CONNER
Date of Hire: 12/28/2018
Home Department: Second-in-Command [Register]
Also trained in: Freshwater, Saltwater, and Aquatic Supplies |
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5 YEARS!
KERA
Date of Hire: 06/29/19
Home Department: Register
Also trained in: Dog & Cat, Bird/Reptile/Small Animal, and Animal Care |
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5 YEARS!
ETHYN
Date of Hire: 10/25/2019
Home Department: Supervisor [Animal Care]
Also trained in: Bird/Reptile/Small Animal |
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4 YEARS!
WILSON
Date of Hire: 09/07/20
Home Department: Register
Also trained in: Dog & Cat
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2 YEARS! (Back)
SHANNON
Date of Hire: 01/17/22
Home Department: Freshwater
Also trained in: Saltwater |
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2 YEARS!
BRYANNA
Date of Hire: 05/16/22
Home Department: Animal Care
Also trained in: Bird/Reptile/Small Animal |
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2 YEARS!
DONOVAN
Date of Hire: 05/31/22
Home Department: Bird/Reptile/Small Animal
Also trained in: Animal Care and Freshwater |
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1 YEAR!
SEBASTIAN
Date of Hire: 09/05/22
Home Department: Register
Also trained in: Freshwater |
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1 YEAR!
TREY
Date of Hire: 01/26/23
Home Department: Freshwater |
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IN LOVING MEMORY
CILL
Date of Hire: 01/28/94
Home Department(s): Freshwater, Saltwater, and Aquatic Supplies
In April 2024, B&B Pet Stop lost – and the Universe gained- a very bright and shining star.
Cill Malik passed away from a variety of health issues, many of which she kept private so that her friends and even some family members wouldn’t worry about her; which is just so CILL.
Cill joined the B&B Pet Stop Krewe THIRTY YEARS ago as a salesperson in the freshwater department. Her happy, fun-loving, energetic personality – along with an extraordinary knowledge of fish – propelled her up our ranks over the years to Freshwater Supervisor for many years and Saltwater Supervisor for many more years.
She helped thousands of you set up freshwater and saltwater aquariums. She tested your water and helped thousands of you troubleshoot any issues you may have had in your tank. She was a mamma-bear mentor to hundreds of young and eager newly hired B&B Pet Stop employees- whether they worked in aquatics or not.
Though she stepped back and worked fewer and fewer shifts as she privately dealt with her declining health, the loss of Cill as a member of our Krewe is keenly felt.
Cill raised a strong, loving son who cared for her and literally doted on her these last few years. Side note – we know Joey well – he worked in our stock room for several years as a young man!
Of course all of us here have more nutty memories of Cill than there is space to share – but I remember about 25 years ago after a particularly challenging Stock Supervisor situation, I was joking with Cill that what I needed was a retired military guy who wanted to work part time and whip this stock Krewe into shape – and in true Cill fashion, she says, That sounds like my Uncle Jimmy! Within a week Cill’s uncle, Big Jim Pate, joined the Krewe as a larger-than-life pirate of a Stock Supervisor and stayed 16 years!
This is so Cill! She was an enthusiastic problem-solver and so beautifully loyal to us, the Trufant family, and her entire B&B Pet Stop family. We will never be the same.
Cill – you were a tiny, slim, spitfire – but you left behind enormous shoes to fill. I picture you in a wide-brimmed hat – swimming in a beautiful pool – chatting with your hundreds of friends all over the country.
You are MISSED. |
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