Image: Facebook / Smoking Gun Coffee / Yale Road roasters Smoking Gun Coffee won a Small Business B.C. E-Commerce award for their unique website that sells beans and swag.

By Don Mitchell

Business award

Chilliwack’s Smoking Gun Coffee wins Small Business BC E-commerce award

Nov 3, 2024 | 9:36 AM

CHILLIWACK – A Chilliwack coffee shop’s online platform has won a Small Business BC (SBBC) Award.

Smoking Gun Coffee on Yale Road, known for locally roasted, ethically sourced, small-batch coffee, picked up the SBBC’s E-Commerce Experience Award not only for bean sales but also for providing a “fun and unique” online experience.

In an online summary, the awards committee pointed to “appealing visuals” and “interesting information and recipes” as key elements that won them over, including Smoking Gun’s annual virtual blind coffee tasting, which they say maintains “a personal connection with their customers.”

Close to 400 businesses across the province made submissions in multiple categories that recognize excellence in entrepreneurship.

Smoking Gun’s brick-and-mortar location is in Chilliwack’s historic District 1881 downtown and has been open since 2020, offering coffee to suit all tastes and preferences.

Body cameras

Abbotsford Police Dept. to roll out body-worn cameras next month

14m ago

Chilliwack soccer clubs to merge

Chilliwack soccer clubs announce historic merger

57m ago

Chilliwack City Council

Chilliwack councillors OK demolition of Young Road home that city bought for nearly $1 million in 2024

1h ago

The SBBC award follows accolades from Chilliwack’s Chamber of Commerce earlier in 2024, in which Smoking Gun nabbed the Best New Business Award.

The 21st Annual Small Business BC Awards were revealed Friday at the Vancouver Convention Centre, with over $20,000 in prizes across four award categories.

Competitors in this year’s E-Commerce category included the French-inspired Atome Bakery, which delivers bread across B.C., Alberta, and Washington State, as well as Vancouver’s Sapiens Child Design Inc., which manufactures child-sized furniture.