By David Van Seters, on August 20th, 2009%
As the recession continues, I increasingly hear about companies, even companies that promote themselves as beinggreen, turning their backs on buying local to cut costs. The most recent example is a large coffee company, which last month ended a 15 year local supplier relationship when it decided to have its muffins made in Toronto and have . . . → Read More: Two new website changes deepen our buy-local commitment
By David Van Seters, on June 27th, 2009%
It is the end of another school year and many kids are getting their report cards. At spud! we just got a report card of our own – one from you, our valued customers. Just last week, we added a new mini-survey on our website asking you how satisfied you were with your last . . . → Read More: We just got our report card and we're pretty happy with it
By David Van Seters, on April 16th, 2009%
I am feeling so proud of my team these days. In every department and location, everyone is working super hard to improve our service and I can literally feel the positive energy when I walk through our office. This is even more impressive given that spud! has been impacted by the economic downturn, just like many . . . → Read More: Website Improvements, Carbon Neutral, Twitter, Oh My!