Like so many of us, I found myself a part of this amazing industry of promotional products by sheer happenstance. Before starting my journey with Maple Ridge Farms over 12 years ago, I didn’t understand or acknowledge the existence of an industry that used actual products to promote or market brands, companies, and organizations, or events. Sure, I had received imprinted pens, t-shirts, and the like, but I never gave much thought to where they came from.
I never stopped to think about someone choosing that product, the imprint placement, or the actual impact it was intended to have. What was the “reason” it existed to begin with? Who was their intended recipient? What were they trying to accomplish with it?
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January 22, 2021
Maple Ridge Farms, Inc. struck gold again when it was awarded the 2021 PPAI “Supplier Star Golden Pyramid Award” at the recent PPAI Direct-2-You virtual tradeshow. Maple Ridge Farms has won more Supplier Star Awards than any other food gift company in the history of the industry.
January 21, 2021
2020 taught us a lot about ourselves as individuals, a company, and an industry. Some were hard lessons, while others were uplifting, plumbing depths we didn't know we had. It provided us an opportunity to recognize and overcome challenges both new and old.
May 21, 2020
You’ve educated your clients on the power of promotional products, so they want to use them in their next marketing campaign or promotion. They’re looking for quality products, so you need name brand products. Right? While we love name brand products, we also recognize the quality of brands that may not be widely recognized and other private label products – especially in our industry. Let’s talk about how to fit promotional products (and food gifts) into your client’s budget without sacrificing the quality they want.
October 2, 2019
Jodie Schillinger, Executive Vice President at Maple Ridge Farms, was named one of the best bosses of 2019 in the October edition of PPB Magazine, the magazine published monthly by Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) to serve the promotional products industry.
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