The cleaning supplies company that our office has used for years has just let us know that they will be going out of business at the end of the month. I guess that since we have lost our food service supplies company too, we should not be surprised. The economy is claiming all sorts of companies, big and small.

It would be nice to find a new company that not only sells the cleaning supplies that we need but also food service supplies, only having one order to place would be great. My friend told me that they switched to an online service last year when it seemed that some of the local suppliers were raising prices to just stay afloat.

I remember our cleaning supplies company raising their prices but I just figured that it was time for their yearly increase that they had been doing for years. Every year, they raised their prices, just a little bit, like one or two percent. I did not see how much they had raised the prices this year, till right before they told us they were going out of business and since I do not pay the bills, I did not know. They had raised their prices by ten percent and we had been paying it all this time. I am glad that we will be looking for a new company either way.