Classic Stone Design, Plantsville, Conn.
“I recently said to Glenn, ‘If we’re doing this well now, what’s going to happen when things get better,’ Barbuito says. “The only answer was, ‘We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.’ But, if there’s a need to expand, that’s what we’ll have to do.”
Currently, Classic Stone Design is averaging five or six kitchens a week, and Barbuito says he’d be happy if that number could grow to about 10 kitchens per week, although the company would probably need to add one or two employees.
“If we were at that point, I could still keep my fingers on the pulse of everything, and it would be more than enough for me,” he says.
That may be a fairly modest goal for some shops, but when asked what the company’s greatest success has been, Barbuito has a two-word answer: our reputation.
He’s quick to add, “We take a very simple approach to things, but I think I can speak for both of us when I say we simply love what we do.”
This article first appeared in the January 2011 print edition of Stone Business magazine. ©2011 Western Business Media Inc.
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