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The Tip is 'Don't procrastinate' For years I've been buying ink jet cartridges from a big box office supply store. These cartridges were made overseas and labeled with the well-known brand of a large American printer company. One I remembered a local store that advertised quality cartridges. I had traveled by this local store hundreds of times but never stopped. This time I stopped at the local store. To my surprise I discovered that they carried the cartridge I needed and it was a Made in USA cartridge. Made in Chicago, to be precise, and it was half the price of the imported ones I had been buying for years. The quality is exceptional and they last longer too. Who knew? After that experience, I make a point to stop at every store I can. By doing so, I've been finding more and more Made in America products. Occasionally the clerks don't know the country of origin; this can be discouraging but finding the origin information yourself isn't difficult I've come to realize. Believe it not, there are actually a number of computers made in the US including laptops made in the USA. When the label is not visibly displayed I use the other Made in America buying tips to help me find Made in US. If the store doesn't carry what you are looking for, use Made in America Secrets to find it and tell the manager about your experience at their store. If enough people are asking for Made in America products stores will begin to carry them. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Boudreaux Butt Paste It all started back in the late 1970s. I was a pharmacist in Covington, Louisiana. Back then, the local pharmacist was like your local doctor. Folks would tell me what was wrong, and I could usually give them what they needed. Since I had four kids myself, diaper rash was something I dealt with every day, either at home or at the pharmacy, usually both. I never thought the stuff on the shelves worked as well as it should, so I kept working on different formulas on my own. And I guess the stubborn Cajun in me wouldn't let it rest until I had something. I finally landed on one that worked pretty darn good. Soon, word spread about some ?magic diaper cream.' One day, somebody came in and said, ?Give me some of that butt paste,' and the name stuck. By the late ?90s, it had gone from my drugstore to the biggest stores in the country. It's the bright yellow box with the funny-looking baby on it. We call him Booty, short for Boudreaux in Cajun Country. I think the name kinda suits, don't you? |
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