Gayla and Erick Jones continue to
maintain family ownership and values in the business her father started
more than forty years ago. Chuck Strabley opened a small vacuum cleaner
service center in 1963. The shop soon outgrew it's modest size and
offerings and expanded to a larger store on Meadowbridge Road near the
fairgrounds. This allowed All Brands to begin selling vacuums and
sewing machines.

Shortly
after her second child was born and the burden of being a full-time
working executive/mother became too heavy, Chuck's daughter, Gayla,
decided to leave the hotel industry and work in her father's store,
part-time. This decision paid off. Not only was Gayla welcomed by more
time with her family (her siblings even joined the team for several
years), but her passion for sewing was rekindled and a fascination for
new sewing technologies was born. With Gayla's influence, All Brands
began selling Pfaff and Babylock machines, teaching sewing classes, and
expanded into two more stores. Operating three stores eventually became
inefficient, with the retirement of her father and sister, Gayla
claimed full ownership and compacted the business into the West Broad
Street location, where All Brands currently resides.
Today All Brands Servicenter offers a wide range of classes, regularly
showcases industry leading speakers and instructors, coordinates bus
trips to eclectic fabric and craft shops, and hosts national seminars
on new sewing techniques, machines and software. Top-of-the-line
vacuums and sewing machines are still proudly sold and serviced. As
members of the Vacuum and Sewing Dealers Trade Association and the
American Sewing Guild, they are dedicated to service and education.
They provide their customers with an on-site service and repair
department staffed with knowledgeable and experienced service
technicians and are passionate about giving customers the best service,
quality products and product information available.
Although the company has seen much success through several moves,
expansion of services, and it's embrace of the sewing technology wave,
All Brands Servicenter has proudly maintained family values and
ownership and the same commitment to superior customer service it was
founded on more than half a decade ago.