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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 Aspen Hills Tom and Nancy Lundeen, owners, work together to run the daily operations of Aspen Hills. Tom Lundeen, President of Aspen Hills, was one of the first to introduce cookie dough to the fundraising industry. Now after almost 20 years he stays ahead of the industry by introducing new flavors and merging them with a full line of other frozen items. He listens to customer needs and continues to lead the way by introducing color-coding for sorting, UPC bar-coding, customized brochures, new flavors, regional flavors, cookiedough.com, and much more! Large-volume customers depend heavily on Tom's impeccable customer service skills which he has instilled company wide. Our Facility Located in the Heart of the United States, Aspen Hills is ideally positioned for nation-wide distribution. The manufacturing facility in Garner, IA was designed specifically for large-volume cookie dough manufacturing and boasts housing an onsite freezer capable of storing 15 semi-tractor trailer loads of cookie dough! Current daily production capacity is 180,000 lbs of product, allowing Aspen Hills to readily meet the peak season needs of fundraising. |
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