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February 2012 Get a free sanitizer desk caddy or a P-Touch labeller for as low as $28! Check out our sweet-heart savings on our February flyer. Click here for more info January 2012 Enjoy our 2011 prices a little while longer. Our 2012 catalogue is not due out until March. :-) January 2012 Make it a Happy and Productive New Year with a new Stack-N-Shred shredder.  Simply, load your sheets, close and get on with your day - it shreds automatically!!  Now that's productive.  Click here for more info December 2011 Please note we will be closed Monday December 26th to and including Monday January 2, 2012. December 2011 Looking for a great office gift idea this year? How about a heated foot rest for those cold days ahead? Or a new ergonomic Logitech TouchPad or Microsoft Arc Touch mouse? And don't forget to stock up on Hot Chocolate and Cup-a-Soup. All on sale this month in our December flyer. Oh and don't forget we've got Ice Melter on sale too - both 22kg bags and 5kg jugs. Let us do the heavy lifting and deliver it to you. Click here for more info November 2011 Please note we will be observing a minute of silence to recognize Remembrance Day at 11am on November 11th. We apologize in advance if we don't get to your call at that time. November 2011 We've got all your safety supplies on sale this month - everything from safety gloves & glasses to ear-plugs, mats, masks and more. And there are great savings on other products as well.Click here for more info October 2011 Congratulations to Marie from AOC in Guelph, the winner or our Slice gift basket from our September flyer promotion. October 2011 Each day we email thousands of invoice and credit copies to customers automatically for orders processed that day. You can now manage the email address these go to easily in eServ. Simply login and click on email Notifications. From there you can add, delete or change the email address that is set up to receive your credit and/or invoice copies. October 2011 Fall into Savings Big Savings with our October flyer and save on paper, pens, desk accessories and more! And if you're thinking about buying a Dymo Labelwriter now's the time with HUGE savings and mail-in rebates on until the end of October. Use a Dymo Labelwriter to print one off labels and stop wasting sheet of labels Click here for more info September 2011 It's time to get Back to Business and we're here to help. Check out our September flyer for great savings on everything you need. Also, don't forget to get your 2012 diaries and calendars now while they're on sale and in stock! Click here for more info August 2011 Save on hp toner cartridges this month when you buy them in a DUAL pack. Many of the very popular hp toners are available in a DUAL pack - 2 cartridges in one box - which saves you money and save the environment too. Click here for more info July 2011 If you're planning a gold tournament or staff party or picnic, check out our July flyer first for great savings on everything you'll need. Click here for more info June 2011 Thank goodness the warm dry weather is finally here. Check out our Sunny Savings flyer for savings on everything from snacks for your office to insulted fire-rated filing cabinets. Click here for more info. May 2011 BoxTops for education are shipping now. Collect Box Tops from the Boise OX9001 paper we ship and redeem them and donations are made to Canadian schools. See the attached information here. May 2011 Please TAKE NOTE: Our LOCAL telephone and fax numbers are changing. Please update your files. Rather than call our old local telephone number 905.845.2101 please call 905.332.0323 in the future. Likewise, when faxing please dial 905.332.2237 (not our old fax number 905.845.0611). May 2011 Are you in need of some warehouse and shipping supplies - like gloves, glasses or googles? How about a new monitor arm or file box. Check out our Sharp Savings May 2011 flyer for great savings. Click here for more info May 2011 Go GREEN, save time and save our precious trees - get set up to use our Re-Usable Shipping Totes!! Click here for more info April 2011 Are you looking for a way to stop the power drain of your various electronic devices? Have a look at the new Belkin Smart AV. Plug in upto 6 devices and when the main device is turned off, power is automatically shut to the other 5 devices as well. Great for computer workstations! Check it out! Click here for more info March 2011 Our 2011 catalogue is shipping now! Look for your copy to arrive soon or place an order online and it will be automatically added to your order. March 2011 Save an extra 100 bucks on the best new product of 2011 - the Swingline Stack'n'Shred shredder. As first advertised on our February flyer, it's back again in March with a new $100 MIR. Don't miss out on this fantastic offer on a truly fantastic new product. Click here for more info February 2011 We made it! We're into our new location at 1805 Ironstone Drive, Burlington, Ontario, L7L 5T8. However we have noticed that our phone lines are not working as they should. If you get a busy signal or your call just rings and rings please let us know. Simply send us an email (mail@fridandrussell.com) with the number you called and the date and time and hopefully we can get this fixed up as soon as possible. February 2011 Thanks to all of you the tried our phone lines but got a busy signal and kept trying. We believe we have this issue corrected. However, if in the future, you do get a busy signal please let us know - this should not happen. February 2011 Have you ever seen a shredder that feeds itself - so you don't have to sit over it inserting page after page? Check it out! It's on sale this month on our February flyer. The new Swingline Auto-Feed EX100-07. Click here for more info January 2011 Please update your records - we are moving to a much bigger facility to serve you better! As of January 31st, 2011, our new mailing AND shipping address will be 1805 Ironstone Drive, Burlington, Ontario, L7L 5T8. Our telephone and fax numbers remain the same. January 2011 Happy New Year! Check out of New Year specials on file boxes, hand sanitizer, overlay binders and more. Click here for more December 2010 Please Note: We will be closed from December 27th to January 3rd. Orders placed on December 24th will be delivered on January 4th and orders placed from December 27th to January 3rd will be delivered on January 5th. December 2010 Have you been naughty or nice? Check out our December flyer for gift ideas for that someone special on your list. Click here for more November 2010 November Steals & Deals flyer on now - save $25 on a 3 hole punch or $100 on a Dymo labelwriter. And don't forget your ice melter. 20kg bags are on sale now. Don't break your back, order from us and have it delivered. Click here for more October 2010 Congratulations Patty!!1 Our very own, Patty Carkner was selected Kiwanian of the year for the Kiwanis Club of Guelph.  Way to go Patty! September 2010 2011 diaries, calendars and planners are now in stock - use our quick order form attached to our flyer to quickly and easily collect a list of what you need for your office. Click here for more September 2010 Check out our September flyer for great savings on essential office machines - like a GBC Heatseal H320 laminator for $150 off the regular price of $249.99. Also check out Avery's new line-up of Label Pads and Note Tabs. And don't forget to check out our Fall 2010 furniture flyer Click here for more August 2010 Please take note, effective August 1, 2010 all customers will receive their credit notes by way of email the same day they are processed. This will enable all customers to get their credits much faster and therefore apply to take them much sooner as well. As a result, we will no longer be mailing copies of credits out with our monthly statements at the end of the month. If you haven't sent us the email address to send your credit notes too, please send us a quick note to ar@fridanrussell.com. July 2010 HST relief it here. We've lowered over 650 inkjet and toner cartridge prices. Check online or see our online flyer for more details. June 2010 Get a FREE Staple-less stapler and say No More Staples! While supplies last.  Limit one per customer. June 2010 Check out our June flyer for great savings on Staplers, boards, CDs, DVDs, flash drives, paper and more. Click here for more Pass special attention to the selection of QuickFit binders, environmentally friendly bamboo chairmats and SureHook hangling folders. May 2010 You only get one chance to make a new impression. So if you're creating documents for your customers or prospective customers don't put it on regular paper. Put it on better paper and get sharper text and brighter images. Check out our a-May-zing flyer April 2010 We have another winner - Laurie from Rapid Gear, tracked our truck and entered online and won a brand new ergonomic chair. Way to go Laurie. April 2010 Our April Spring Cleaning event is on now. Check out our April flyer for great savings on all your cleaning needs including paper towels, wipes, garbage bags, toilet paper, soap and more! Click here to check it out. March 2010 CONGRATULATIONS CANADA on a great Olympics. We are FRID + Russell are very proud of all our athletes. March 2010 Check out the nice letter we received from the Region of Halton for responding so quickly on specifying, sourcing and setup the furniture and accessories required for them to put together the H1N1 clinics in Halton this past fall. Thanks Gary Carr! Read more here. March 2010 Our 2010 catalogues are ready and shipping now. As in the past we compared all items in our catalogue to our competitors 2010 catalogues to ensure our prices are Sharp. Shop with confidence with us, we compare so you can save! Ask for your free copy with your next order. March 2010 March madness sale on now. Huge mail-in-rebates available, like twelve 3x3 3M Postits for $2 or a free $190 label writer with the purchase of a Dymo Cardscanner. Click here to check it out. February 2010  Congratulations Lynne of Beyond Rewards in Guelph! She referred us to 3 other companies in January by completing our Refer Us form and her name was drawn for our 2nd Free Chair draw. Well done Lynne - enjoy! February 2010 Looking for some sweet specails? Check out our February flyer. January 2010 Congratulations Tracy of Nu-Line Products in Hamilton - our first winner of our Monthly Free Chair Draw. Tracy completed our new customer application online in December and her name was drawn for a free ergonomic chair $300 value. January 2010 We're busy preparing our 2010 catalogue and comparing our prices to our competitor's 2010 catalogues. Enjoy another 2 months of our 2009 prices as our 2010 catalogue is due out in March. January 2010 Happy New Year, we hope you have a healthy, happy and safe 2010. January 2010 Did you miss out on our $10 per carton savings on multi-purpose paper? Don't miss the next great email blast and subscribe today to our email newsletter. January 2010 Are you tired of winter yet? Get your ice melter now and let us do the heavy lifting delivering it to you. Check out our January 2010 flyer  December 09 Welcome to our new website.  We hope you like it.  Let us know what you think.  Thanks.  December 09 Check out our December flyer for some great gift ideas, including privacy film for the Blackberry user on your list.  Great item for only $10. November 09 Have you ever tried KoRecType toner cartridges?  If not, give them a try today.  KoRecType toners are 20 to 50% less than OEM cartridges and every single component on the cartridge is brand new except the plastic shell!  KoRecType is 100% guaranteed, ISO9001  and Canadian government certified and will give you the same yield and quality as OEM cartriges.  Give them a try, you'll be happy you did! November 09 Jackson Keenan represented Canada at the Kickboxing World Championships in Dublin Ireland.  Jackson has been an Canadian National Champion in his weight category and competed internationally for many years.  Check out his FRID + Russell hoodie! October 09 Please note we have changed our internet service provider.  For most computers this change will happen automatically and seamlessly.  However for some computers you may need to update your DNS settings.  The old IP address for our website was 209.202.106.230.  Our new IP address is 69.20.239.62.  To see if your computer has been updated, open up a DOS window and type in "ping www.fridandrussell.com".  If you computer displays the new IP address then you're up-to-date. October 09 Chris Vollum, our sales rep for the past 5-1/2 years has decided to move on and explore a new business venture – educating kids, parents, schools and other organizations on the risks of using Facebook. We certainly wish Chris the best for the future. October 09  October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and we’re doing our part. For every “pink” item purchased from our October flyer, we’re matching the contribution to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation with an equal contribution – effectively this is doubling the contributions to CBCF! October 09 we’re giving out our FREE 2010 tent calendars and vacation planners again. Contact us if you’d like one. September 09  FRID + Russell launches it’s our new logo and tagline, Real. Sharp. Now! After more than 20 years with the existing logo it was time to freshen our image and provide a vibrant concise brand that is more representative of who we are. The underlying company remains the same but the new tagline “Real. Sharp. Now!” clearly symbolizes exactly who we are: Real caring people, providing exceptionally Sharp prices and knowledge, Now! – from the answering of our phones, to the response for special questions, to our deliveries or installation. It’s without hesitation, it’s Now! September 09  2010 dated products – calendars, diaries and daytimers are now instock and on sale. Order early! September 09  FRID + Russell exhibits at the Inspiring Women: The Experience conference in Waterloo. The conference is for today’s professional women, entrepreneurs and community leaders and featured 4 great speakers including Erin Brockovich, Environmental Activist. The conference was attended by over 600 women and was a huge success. Congrats to Barb from Marvel Beauty School winner of our business card draw. August 09 Check out our new Clearance Centre in eServ - over 400 items at up to 85% off!!! July 09 Thank you all for completing our June questionnaire, as in the past we had an overwhelming response which has provided some interesting results. Did you know that 1/3 of our customers are currently buying pop for the office and virtually all of them would consider F&R if we supplied it. And the winner of the $75 draw prize was Vivian from Brose & Co, Chartered Accountants. Congrats Vivian! July 09  We have added some valuable new enhancements to our online system eServ.  Now you can search by keyword and if there are more than 25 results, you can drill these items down by Mfg, Price or category.  Also, you can now search your history by keyword.  So if you're looking for a specific item you've ordered in the past but don't know the item number, you can find it easily! The new office, seating, guest seating, reception and meeting room furniture is installed at Halton Hills Power Generating Station in Milton/Halton Hills. The 6 month project comes to fruition and gets installed without a hitch.  July 09 Please note we have noticed an error that occurs sometimes when you log out of eServ by closing the page (or tab).  The next time you try and log in you may get a "Page can not be displayed error".  If this occurs, close your browser down entirely and restart it.  We are working to correct this error, however to prevent this from happening, please use the "Logout" link in the top right corner of eServ. July 09 The new office, seating, guest seating, reception and meeting room furniture is installed at Halton Hills Power Generating Station in Milton/Halton Hills. The 6 month project comes to fruition and gets installed without a hitch. June 09  Be sure to get your name in our draw for $75 cash and complete our short 2-page questionnaire. Contact us for more details. Contest ends June 30, 2009 June 09  Congratulations for Arc Industries of Guelph who won the free solar powered lawn mower from Linamar in our April flyer. May 09  FRID + Russell wins the tender for new furniture for the brand new Halton Hills Power Generating Station in Milton/Halton Hills. Furniture including office & guest seating, general office, reception and meeting room furniture. Total project includes site and space planning and CAD design. April 09  Win a free solar powered lawnmower – check out our April flyer for more details.