New location for D. & D. Quality Care

While most residents were enjoying the last long weekend of the summer, businesswoman Cher Duckworth-Hajósi was preparing to hold a grand-reopening of her store in a new location. Duckworth-Hajósi and her employees at D. & D. Quality Care spent nearly every waking hour packing up and moving to their new location at 428 Main Street North, toso as to be ready for customers on Sept. 3.

Free cookies, coffee and tea were offered during the grand re-opening, but many special offers will continue until the end of September.

“It has been a long…weekend,” chuckled Duckworth-Hajósi, noting they went from 460 square feet to 4,000 square feet. “I don’t know how my store fit in that (other) store. It baffles us,” she added. “So it was time to move.” Duckworth-Hajósi loves the new brighter location. She pointed out it’s now possible to move more than four feet in any direction. It also allows the business to display most of its products. Duckworth-Hajósi has been looking for a bigger suitable location for the last eight years until finally she came across the location on Main Street, which she thought “felt real and felt right.”

The store is located right next door to QuilTricia Hunt, Cassie Duckworth and Cher Duckworth-Hajósi celebrate the grand re-opening of their business, D. & D. Quality Care on Sept. 3. Owner Duckworth-Hajósi moved the business to 428 Main Street from 11 Hochelaga Street. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

ter’s Haven and allows Duckworth-Hajósi to offer a larger variety of products with better prices and the opportunity to display more.

With 60 different vendors displayed through their merchandise, the staff at D. & D. Quality Care can track down almost everything to meet customers’ needs. “I’m really excited. I’m really looking forward to what the future brings,” she continued.

One new product line Duckworth-Hajósi would like to carry focuses on sensory issues, particularly for people with autism spectrum disorder. She pointed out this

disorder is being diagnosed more often, while it’s nearly impossible to acquire sensory products anywhere in Canada except for online. Duckworth-Hajósi started the business in 2003 with a desire to support people and continues to help others and give back to the community.

What separates D. & D. Quality Care from other businesses in Moose Jaw that also carry scooters, lift chairs and walkers, is the store’s supply of daily living aids, such as mastectomy products, compression garments, or sport and support braces. “…and excellent customer service,” she said with a smile.

The business also offers pediatric equipment, such as children’s crutches, casting boots, insoles, and wrist and knee braces. Duckworth-Hajósi noted no other store in Moose Jaw offers this type of pediatric equipment that is difficult to acquire in Canada and costs more when acquired online.

Cher Duckworth- Hajósi and Daughter Cassie run the business; therefore the name D. & D. Quality Care.