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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 Ash Grove A longtime leader in the cement manufacturing industry, Ash Grove Cement Company, headquartered in Overland Park, Kan., operates cement plants in eight states across the country. The Ash Grove Cement Company has a strong and longstanding tradition of service, reliability, and quality that reaches back more than 132 years. A pioneer of the lime and cement industries, the Company was incorporated in Missouri in 1882 as the Ash Grove White Lime Association. The eight cement plants operating in the Ash Grove system are some of the most efficient and best maintained in the country and have an annual production capacity of nearly 9 million tons of cement. Ash Grove is the sixth largest cement manufacturer in the United States. The quality portland and masonry cements produced at these plants are used in the construction of highways, bridges, commercial and industrial complexes, single and multi-family homes, and a myriad of other structures fundamental to America's economic vitality and quality of life. In addition to our cement manufacturing facilities, the Company operates two deep water import terminals west of the Mississippi, extensive ready-mix operations in the Midwest, and packaging operations throughout the Midwest and West. Ash Grove's marketing and operations departments are located in Portland, Ore., for the Western division, Houston, Texas, for the Texas division, and at the company's headquarters in Overland Park, Kan., for the Midwest division. White Lime |
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