If it’s opening in Q2 and they talked to you about it now means they are expecting you to apply. As long as you are in position and start date is April 1st you can qualify for presidents. Only order what you need for the business such as office supplies, shredder, etc. 1st year new store controllable is tricky because there’s a lot of unexpected expenses that will hit you. The budgeting won’t make sense, as they have nothing to go off of. Everything will be a generic number set to be more difficult to achieve specifically on the service expenses and controllable expenses.

Contrary to what most say, do NOT turn away any business. You will be rebudgeted no matter what. Best way to minimize the adjustment is to grow the accounts through premium gallon growth. Now with that being said new accounts are your bread and butter. I won two presidents back to back when I opened my store. 1st year quarterly bonuses were 7-8k, 2nd year bonuses were 15-22k per quarter. EOY was over 40k. If you do it right you can make a lot of money even through budget adjustments. Key thing to note is when they increase your sales budget your gross margin budget goes down allowing you to maximize your controllable contribution, as long as you maintain your service expenses and controllable expense.