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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 NK Hursts Company The N.K. Hurst Company was established in 1938 by Needham King Hurst as a distributor of coffee, tea and sugar. Mr. Hurst had worked with the C.D. Kenney Company as a sales representative when he decided to go into business on his own. 9 years later, he began packaging dry edible beans into 5 pound packages for the grocery trade. His decision would lay the groundwork for the future of our company. As the years went on, Hurst began packaging dry beans for many retail customers including the A&P Tea Company, Winn-Dixie, and Kroger. The Hurst brand became widely known as a top quality product. In the mid 1960's, Mr. Hurst went to an acquaintance who was a chemist and asked him to create a dry ham flavoring. The result would be a line of seasoned dry bean products under the brand name Hurst's HamBeens?. In 1986, we introduced our HamBeens? 15 Bean Soup? which includes 15 varieties of beans and peas, along with our famous ham seasoning packet. Today, our HamBeens? products are sold in every region of the United States. We are distributed from Maine to California and from Alaska to Florida. Our seasoned dry beans have expanded to nearly 20 items including Cajun 15 Bean Soup?, Spanish-American Black Bean Soup?, Pasta Fagioli, and Confetti Lentil Soupreme?. |
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