that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message sleep country canada industry retail headquarters toronto ontario canada key people stephen k. gunn christine magee david friesma products mattresses bed frames headboards bed linens pillows number of employees 674 1 website www.sleepcountry.ca sleep country canada is a major mattress retailer in canada with over 140 stores operating in british columbia alberta saskatchewan manitoba ontario quebec new brunswick and nova scotia . the company was ranked one of the top 50 companies to work for in canada by the globe and mail . it is best known for its radio jingle why buy a mattress anywhere else ding sleep country usa an unaffiliated company uses the same jingle . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 community service 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1994 the three partners christine magee stephen k. gunn and gordon lownds launched the first four sleep country locations in vancouver . by 1996 the chain had expanded to toronto with 19 new stores . growth continued at quick rate . by 2001 the company had 72 stores in six regional markets and an estimated 40 % of the market in regions where it operated . in 2003 sleep country converted into an income trust . this raised nearly 130 million c in an initial public offering . in 2006 the company made two acquisitions . in january it purchased dormez vous sleep centres inc. with five stores in montreal . in march it added 32 stores in the us through the completion of an acquisition of sleep america inc. the leading mattress retailer in arizona . on august 14 2008 the canadian press reported that two toronto based investment firms birch hill equity partners management inc. and westerkirk capital inc. made a friendly takeover offer worth 356 million cad for all the units of the sleep country canada income fund the parent company of sleep country canada . 2 awards edit 1997 1998 ranked as one of the top 50 best managed companies based on a survey conducted by international consulting firm hewitt associates and co sponsored by the globe and mail newspaper 2004 2005 2006 ranked amongst the 50 best employers in canada by international consulting firm hewitt associates and co sponsored by the globe and mail newspaper . 2006 christine magee and stephen gunn were awarded the henry singer award by the canadian institute of retailing and services ciras . community service edit sleep country supports numerous charities and community initiatives across canada . some of the programs in which they are involved include donated bed program as part of their delivery service sleep country canada provides the removal of an old mattress . these mattresses are when possible donated to those in need however not all mattresses can be reused so sleep country also has a large number of mattresses that are disposed of in an environmentally friendly way . due to the high costs of recycling sleep country now charges 15.75 for the recycling fee to all customers who request their old mattress to be removed . give a kid a coat program sleep country canada accepts donated coats and assists in distributing them . backpack for kids aid the calgary police association in providing school supplies for underprivileged children . citizens of calgary dropped off backpacks full of school supplies at local sleep country locations . sponsor of 2010 winter olympics supporter of schoolbox http www.schoolbox.ca references edit company profile for sleep country canada income fund ca ; z.un . retrieved 2008 10 16 . sleep country canada gets 356 million friendly takeover offer . canadian press . august 14 2008 . retrieved on august 14 2008 . archived september 13 2008 at the wayback machine . mentor program wilfrid laurier university news live and learn christine magee uwo alumni gazette completes the acquisition of sleep america ex mattress king enjoying new challenge sleep country canada income fund annual report 2004 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to sleep country canada . sleep country website bio from the learning partnership retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sleep country canada & oldid 744092431 categories 1994 establishments in ontariocompanies established in 1994companies based in torontoretail companies of canadahidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles with a promotional tone from january 2009all articles with a promotional tonecommons category template with no category setcommons category without a link on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 02 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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