Business

Snooty Patootie is on the move

Excitement is in the air as Snooty Patootie Boutique’s team prepares to move into its new location next week.

“We’re so excited,” Snooty Patootie owner Kay McGinnis said about moving from the store’s present location at 11110 Kingston Pike, near Sam & Andy’s, to 11134 Kingston Pike, located beside Wendy’s. “We’re pretty much doubling our space (from 2,400 square feet to 4,722 square feet).”

She said the store will open Monday, July 21, with a grand opening Friday and Saturday, July 25-26. A ribbon-cutting, sponsored by Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, is slated for 11 a.m., Thursday, July 24.

“(The grand opening) is going to be a lot of fun,” McGinnis said. “We’re going to have food trucks, all kinds of giveaways, door prizes. It will be a big event.”

With the new location, “we’ll be in a stand-alone building, so that alone is amazing,” she said. “We’ve got a lot more parking; we’re right on Kingston Pike,

as far as road appeal — a bigger presence there — so yes, we’re very excited.

“We feel we’ll get a lot more customers who probably didn’t know we existed (in its current location),” McGinnis added.

About why she is moving, “we wanted to grow in Farragut,” McGinnis said. “There’s a need there. We love our customers; we love Farragut, and we just need more space.”

In its 10th year at 11110 Kingston Pike — the store opened in 2015 and expanded in 2018 — the owner observed the store has outgrown the space.

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40-year celebration is bittersweet for McDuffie

For Superior Carpet & Rug Cleaning owner Kerry McDuffie, celebrating 40 years in business was bittersweet and tearful.

That milestone was celebrated with a Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce-sponsored ribbon cutting at the business, 114 Sherlake Lane.

“This is a ribbon cutting we don’t get to do a whole lot,” FWKCC president/CEO Julie Blaylock said. “This is what I call, in baseball terms, a triple-header.

“The main reason we’re here is Superior Carpet & Rug Cleaning has been in business for 40 years,” Blaylock added. “I started working at the Chamber way back in 2011 … Kerry was one of the first people I met when I was a baby Chamber person and he was always extremely kind and courteous and professional. It’s amazing to have walked at least that much of your business with you, and I’m honored for that.”

McDuffie had more news: “I’m retiring … I’m passing the torch to two great guys who have been in the industry for a while,” he said. “They know their stuff.”

McDuffie expressed confidence in new owners, Robin Shelton and Ted Kotulski, who are not new to the rug cleaning business.

Shelton, who has been in the industry for 10 years, is WoolSafe certified — and is the only WoolSafe technician in East Tennessee.

Additionally, “I am a proud member of Association of Rug Cleaning Specialists” and is International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium-certified as well, Sheldon said.

“I love it,” Kotulski said about being a new co-owner. “It’s a wild ride. “

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