Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Lapaco Announces Increase

Lapaco Paper Products, one of our paper suppliers, has announced a price increase of up to 8% on all stock and custom print product, effective August 1, 2011.

We will have further details on how this increase effects our customers on an item-by-item basis as they become available.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Scheduled Price Changes - July and August 2011

There continues to be a lot of instability in the raw materials market and as a result, many of our manufacturers are scheduling price increases over the coming months.

Here is a tentative list, organized alphabetically by supplier with approximate increase listed - we will keep this updated in the right sidebar as the dates approach:

JULY 2011

- Futuri Company +10%
- JetNet Corporation +5-10%
- Marino Mop +2.2%-5%
- Masternet Limited +6.5%
- Pactiv Canada (Plastics and P.E.T.) +8%
- Petro Plastics +8%
- Polar Plastics +10%

AUGUST 2011

- Dart Cup +8%
- Genpak (Foam) +8%

Customer quotations and pricing will be updated when the new costing goes into effect.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact your salesperson or your contact in customer service.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Welcome!

We are excited to officially launch our social media strategy today across four platforms: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Blogger. Soon, our followers across these platforms will have access to exclusive promotions and specials on packaging, disposables and sanitation items.

Most of our social media efforts will be focused on driving traffic to this blog, which will seamlessly tie in with our official website to provide customers with up-to-date information on our company, our policies and everything going on in the industry, including price changes and new product offerings.

We are currently refreshing our website and will be providing regular updates on our progress here and through our other platforms over the next week or so.

Thank you for visiting and make sure to check back often for updates!