In Loving Memory of Shannel "Best" Rogers When you are part of a team, after a while your team becomes close. After more than a decade, that team is most definitely your family. When one family member goes through a tragic loss - the rest of...
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! You may not know this, but our CEO, Charlena Radic (pictured on the left) is one of those badass boss women - the kind that envisions what she wants and goes after it. I (pictured on the right) have been working for...
Compliance Mystery Shops, whether it be for alcohol, tobacco or cannabis, are completed to make sure that establishments are being responsible, following the liquor, tobacco and cannabis laws and making sure that underage minors are not buying these products. The government does their own program,...
Sting Compliance Programs The Minors as Agents Program (“MAP”) is one of the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch's (now British Columbia Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch - BCLCRB) most powerful tools to achieve compliance. It was first introduced as a new compliance check project whereby “youthful-appearing...
Available in your app store for both Android and iphone Sting Mystery Shopping just got easier. Shopmetrics Mobile is changing the way our shoppers fill out their surveys. You can get everything started as soon as you are out of site of the location. WIFI not...
Fingerprint Tuesdays - it is a thingFingerprint Tuesdays started about 10 years ago in our Victoria Sting office. We are a mobile service, so I (Lori) would (at the time) whip around on my scooter to fingerprint whoever needed it for a variety of reasons. Immigration...
After you have completed your Alberta Basic Security Training (ABST) and passed your provincial exam, you may now apply for your security licence. It takes about 3-4 weeks to receive your licence in the mail. There are two ways to apply for your licence - at a registry...
So, randomly, earlier in June, a potentially amazing client had inquired about our Robbery Prevention training for front line workers. We decided to update it, which went from a simple refresh (update the slides) to "ok, let's revamp this ENTIRE Robbery Prevention training" kind of...
Ok, here we go – you have read over your survey already, so you know of any restrictions and requirements (sometimes our clients want the store shopped after management goes home, or they want you to ask for assistance, etc.). ...
Doing a mystery shop for Sting can seem awkward until you know what you are doing. Usually by your 2nd shop – you know what’s going on. Once you get going though? It is a quick and easy way to make some extra money. Let’s...