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Smitty’s Restaurant & Lounge

Leduc, Alberta

Leave the traffic. Find the upside. Run the business.

This is a different kind of restaurant opportunity in Leduc, Alberta.

Not another big-city management job where you spend your life commuting, your pay cheque chasing rent or mortgage payments, and your best years managing someone else’s system with no real upside.

This is different.

Smitty’s Restaurant & Lounge in Leduc is looking for a General Manager who wants to run a business, build a team, grow sales, and potentially earn a deeper long-term opportunity with the right results.

This role is for a real operator.

Someone who wants more than a title. Someone who wants a better life and a bigger seat at the table.

Why Leduc?

Leduc is one of Alberta’s fastest-growing mid-sized cities, located just outside Edmonton and minutes from Edmonton International Airport. It gives hospitality leaders from Toronto, Vancouver, the GTA, and the Lower Mainland something many are working harder to hold onto: time, space, affordability, community, and a realistic path to a better daily life.

This is not a move to the middle of nowhere. Leduc keeps you connected to a major metro region, the airport, strong local employment, parks, trails, lakes, hockey, golf, fitness, camping, and weekend access to the mountains - without the same big-city pressure. You can live close to work, get home faster, and have more of your day left for the life you are trying to build. The average commute in Toronto and Vancouver is 31-34 minutes or 260-290 hours per year. Leduc is 5-10 minutes.

The housing math is different here. Toronto new low-rise housing has been reported around $936 per sq. ft., while detached homes in Leduc work out closer to roughly $275–$315 per sq. ft. That difference is not just a number. It can mean a newer home, a yard, a garage, a shorter drive home, and more room to breathe.

Leduc also has multiple newer, family-oriented neighborhoods and active growth areas, shown on the City’s neighborhood map. These are the kinds of places where a strong restaurant leader can picture more than a job change - they can picture a life change.

In Toronto or Vancouver, you can work hard and still feel stuck. In Leduc, that same work ethic can go further. This is not just lower housing cost. It is more life per dollar.

Why Smitty’s?

Smitty’s is a Canadian restaurant brand with more than 65 years of history and positioned for its next chapter of growth.

Smitty’s is not just a breakfast spot. It is breakfast, lunch, dinner, lounge, wing nights, sports, regulars, families, after-work drinks, and great all-day food. In Leduc, that full-day opportunity matters.

The foundation is already there: an established name, loyal guests, a growing community, and a lounge with real upside. The right General Manager will not be starting from zero - they will be stepping into a business that can grow with stronger leadership, sharper execution, and deeper local connection.

For the right operator, this is a chance to lead the business, grow the sales, build the team, and potentially grow into a longer-term ownership-aligned opportunity.

The Opportunity

Smitty’s Leduc has local history, a large footprint, and real growth potential.

The restaurant needs a strong General Manager who can bring renewed energy, stronger standards, better team rhythm, and sharper business focus.

The lounge has upside in a growing market. The economy is strong and the right leader can make a visible impact.

This is not a maintenance role. This is a build-the-business role.

What You’ll Do

Your focus will be simple:

• · Build a stronger team
• · Grow restaurant and lounge sales
• · Improve guest experience
• · Create regulars
• · Strengthen local community connection
• · Manage labour, scheduling, and deployment
• · Improve service flow and ticket times
• · Control food, beverage, and operating costs
• · Hire, train, coach, and hold people accountable
• · Bring pride, consistency, and energy to the building

You will have support, but you will also be trusted to lead.

The business needs someone who sees what needs to be done and does it.

Who We’re Looking For

You should bring:

• · 5 years + Full-service restaurant or lounge leadership experience
• · Strong floor presence
• · Confidence leading people
• · Practical business sense
• · Comfort with sales, labour, scheduling, and cost controls
• · Calm leadership under pressure
• · A guest-first mindset
• · No-ego work ethic
• · Community-minded energy
• · The desire to build something, not just manage something

Smitty’s experience is an asset but not required.

Ownership mindset is required.

Ownership Mindset

Ownership mindset means you care about the whole business.

• · The guest.
• · The team.
• · The sales.
• · The costs.
• · The building.
• · The regulars.
• · The reputation.
• · The details everyone else walks past.

It means you do not wait to be told that something matters. You already know it does.

For the right person, this role may include a future pathway toward ownership-aligned incentives or a deeper long-term stake in the business.

That opportunity must be earned through performance, trust, and commitment.

But for the right operator, it is part of the conversation.

Compensation and Incentives

This role may include:

• · Competitive salary, expected in the $55,000–$68,000 range depending on experience
• · Performance bonus potential
• · Meal discounts
• · Regional and franchise support
• · Practical leadership coaching
• · Long-term growth opportunity
• · Potential ownership pathway for the right operator over time

Final compensation, bonus structure, and long-term incentive details will be discussed with qualified candidates.

This Role Is For You If

You are tired of being just another manager in a crowded market.

You want to run something real.

You want your work to matter.

You want more time, more space, more community, and more upside.

You want to help grow a business and potentially grow with it.

You are not looking for easy.

You are looking for meaningful.

How to Apply

Submit your resume and a short video (preferred) or story telling us:

• · What kind of restaurant or lounge you have led
• · How you build teams
• · How you grow sales
• · Why Leduc, Alberta may be the right move for your career and your life
• · What ownership mindset means to you
• · Must be a permanent resident of Canada

Send to: Smittys Leduc <SmittysLeduc@PalsFoods.ca>

We are looking for the right operator, not just the right resume.

Pay: $55,000.00-$68,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Paid time off
• Store discount

Work Location: In person