1863 | Albertine Frey-Walser (great-great-grandmother) opens a retail business for shirts and trousseaus at Multergrasse 43 in St.Gallen. The business is continued for five generations. |
1992-2000 | Patrick Frey takes over management as the fifth generation in succession. |
1995-1999 | Specialist in sales and retail and member of the Commercial Association training organization working on behalf of the Office for Vocational Education in St.Gallen. As managing director, contact with mystery lifting and shopping for many years as a client. |
2000 | Sale of the business after a successful 136-year family history. |
2000-2010 | Work in various professions and positions, including for the last five years in the social projects of Reverend Ernst Sieber, primarily as a caregiver in a rehabilitation center for addicts. |
2011 | Founding of the company Shopping Tester with its headquarters in St.Gallen, specializing in mystery lifting and mystery shopping. |