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<div id="pastingspan1" style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Roughly two years ago, Erin Graszat, a <a href="http://pitapit.ca/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=pita-pit-canada-employee-gets-franchise-as-prize-2574" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pita Pit Canada</a> employee, participated in the "Be the Boss" Canada reality show competition. Hoping to land a role with Pita Pit as a regional manager, the Hamilton Mountain, Ontario, resident was awarded much more.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Her performance on the show impressed the franchise brand's corporate representatives so much that they decided to give her a franchise of her very own. Graszat credits her work ethic for winning the show.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div><span style="">&#8220;My ability to work with anyone and get along with anyone, I think that had an impact,&#8221; she told <em>Hamilton Community News</em>. With no formal training, Graszat said she is looking forward to being her own boss and that her appearance on the show has helped mold her into a better leader and business administrator.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">"It&#8217;s made me into the best that I can be,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It helps me grow as a leader and a business owner. I feel I&#8217;m very prepared."</span></div><div style="font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Pita Pit Canada President Kevin Pressburger said Graszat handled herself with great poise during the competition. &#8220;For somebody who was that young, she was just really wise beyond her years,&#8221; he said. &#8220;She has all the intangibles we were looking for in terms of what Pita Pit stands for.&#8221;</span>&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Eager to become a franchisee, Graszat isn't going to wait until construction finish finishes on her prize, which is slated for completion in September 2016<span style="115%; Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;minor-latin; Calibri;minor-latin;minor-latin;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;minor-bidi;EN-US;EN-US;AR-SA">&#8212;</span>she is currently preparing to open a Concession Street location in Hamilton,</span></div><div style="font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">"We bring a healthy option to Concession, where they don&#8217;t have something like that on the street yet,&#8221; she said.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Click <a href="http://www.hamiltonnews.com/news-story/5929103-be-the-boss-canada-winner-erin-graszat-looks-to-open-winona-pita-pit-franchise/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=pita-pit-canada-employee-gets-franchise-as-prize-2574" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to read the original story.</span></div>

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