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Monday, December 10, 2012

USPS Offers Multiple Options for Holiday Packages

Choose mailing products, services and delivery times at various price points.

The U.S. Postal Service is offering multiple options for mailing holiday packages. Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes come in a variety of sizes, with rates starting at $5.35. Send up to 70 pounds with no weighing or calculating. If it fits, it ships, all at a low flat rate. Shipments arrive in just 2-3 days. Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes are available at no cost at local Post Offices or can be ordered online at shop.usps.com. Need last minute delivery? Express Mail overnight service, starting at $13.25, offers guaranteed overnight service 365 days a year. Global Express Guaranteed ships to 190 countries in 1-3 business days.  Prices start at $35.50. Express Mail International ships to 185 countries in 3-5 business days, with prices starting at…

Friday, May 11, 2012

Leave Food for Letter Carriers to Collect Saturday

National Association of Letter Carriers conducting its 20th annual nationwide 'Stamp Out Hunger!' Food Drive.

Open your pantry and gather up spare cans of tuna, fruits and vegetables, boxes of cereal, macaroni & cheese dinners, jars of peanut butter, and fruit juice. Put the food items in a bag and place it near your mailbox for your letter carrier to pick up Saturday, May 12. This is the day the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its 20th annual nationwide “Stamp Out Hunger!” Food Drive. Be sure to put the bag of non-perishable items out before your letter carrier arrives. “Stamp Out Hunger,” the nation’s largest single-day food drive, has netted more than 1 billion pounds of food since 1993, according to a press release issued by the United States Postal Service. Last year, more than 73 million pounds of food were …

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Save Money on Postage

Main Duluth Post Office site of informational session for small businesses, home offices and entrepreneurs.

  The Main Duluth Post Office at 3470 McClure Bridge Road will be the site of a U.S. Postal Service “Grow Your Business” Day where small businesses, home offices and other entrepreneurs can find out how to save money on postage and use the mail to increase revenue Friday, March 23. The session will begin at 1 p.m. Atlanta USPS representatives will provide information on the new postage rates and ways the new rate structure provides opportunities to reduce mailing costs. They will also show customers how to use Every Door Direct Mail®, an online low-cost service that allows customers to send messages directly to delivery routes without a mailing permit. The Duluth Grow Your Business Day is free and open to the public.

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