Ideal Bite

Do you remember when the internet first took off and not long after everyone was saying, "Soon we will have paperless offices!" In fact, the opposite happened.

I think it did for two reasons:

1) we are sending a TON more information around, so much information that people can't keep up with all the emails so they need to print them off for weekend or subway reading.

2) we don't trust e-data yet...we might lose it to cyberspace or something so we hit "print."

So are we paperless at Ideal Bite?  Absolutely not.  However, here's what we are able to do:

• Reuse paper by sending it back through on the other side when it is not sensitive info.
• Use the edit mode in Word like nobody's business. As just one example, our tips go through about 5 rounds of edits...imagine if we printed each of our 260+ tips a year at least 5 times. 
• Ask that businesses send any info they want to get to us in e-form, so: "Instead of a brochure, just point us to your e-brochure," etc.
• And in the Bozeman office, we lug our paper that's been used on both sides up to the recycling center about once a month. In SF I think they have curb-side...
• We also use recycled paper for our printers and corporate materials. If anyone is interested in business printing services that are green and affordable, go to www.printingforless.com, and use the code for $25 off your first order: RP1SZY4SR.

-Jen... off to edit a week's worth of tips in Edit Mode...considering I just got back from a killer cattle drive I won't complain so much working a bit today.

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