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It’s Time to Look at Eco-Friendly Breakroom Supplies Again

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It's Time to Look at Eco-Friendly Breakroom Supplies AgainEvery industry takes time to reach a point of maturity. This was true when styrofoam was introduced as a material for disposable coffee cups, plates, etc. It was also true when environmentally conscious manufacturers started looking for materials to replace styrofoam. Years later, it is now time to look at eco-friendly breakroom supplies again. The industry has reached maturity.

Styrofoam had long been the material of choice for disposable coffee cups because of its insulating properties. Subsequently, paper cups have become more popular. That said, new eco-friendly coffee cups lined with PLA material offer the same insulating power but in a cup that is biodegradable and very much eco-friendly.

On the other hand is styrofoam’s eco-unfriendliness. Styrofoam is a petroleum-based product that takes hundreds of years to biodegrade in a landfill. Depending on the composition of a particular foam product, it may never completely biodegrade while buried underground and without exposure to light, water, and air.

The PLA Revolution

PLA (polylactic acid) is a bioplastic material derived from renewable sources like sugarcane, corn starch, and cassava. It is rigid enough to support everything from coffee cups to water bottles to medical devices, yet still biodegradable and compostable. In terms of worldwide consumption of bioplastics, PLA is among the leaders. It is used around the world to replace less environmentally friendly plastics.

The use of PLA material in breakroom supplies is truly putting the friendliness back into eco-friendly coffee cups, bowls, plates, and flatware. It is helping to make the breakroom more environmentally friendly by replacing non-biodegradable plastics and foams with a material that can either be composted or sent to the landfill with confidence that it will biodegrade.

Eco-Friendly Pricing

We are happy to say that price is becoming less of an issue for eco-friendly breakroom supplies. Costs have come down enough over the last 12 months to make eco-friendly products very competitive. For example, you can purchase high quality eco-friendly coffee cups from Galaxie Coffee for between $.07 and $.10 per cup, depending on size. That’s about $.01 more per cup when compared with paper cup pricing. Only recently, this difference was more than $.05!

Prices on our other eco-friendly products are equally competitive. From bowls and plates to forks, knives, and spoons, price should no longer be a prohibitive factor in going eco-friendly.

Galaxie Coffee wants to encourage our customers to start thinking eco-friendly for their breakroom supplies. Going eco-friendly is good for the environment because it means fewer non-biodegradable plastics and foams end up in our landfills. It means less energy being used to produce non-eco-friendly materials as well.

If you are not yet a Galaxie Coffee customer, we would like the opportunity to change that. We are one of the leading coffee service providers in the greater New York area. We can supply your office, warehouse, store, or industrial facility with the finest hot and cold beverages and breakroom supplies. Our inventory of coffee and water equipment includes all the latest technologies to ensure every breakroom experience is a positive one.

3 Reasons Coffee Should Come from a Coffee Service Provider

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3 Reasons Coffee Should Come from a Coffee Service ProviderThe tri-state area is large enough to support office supply companies that want to dabble in coffee and breakroom supplies. In fact, a lot of office supply companies do just that. Yet there are also coffee service providers like Galaxie Coffee offering a full line of beverages along with coffee equipment and breakroom supplies. The question for business owners is which way to go.

It is our firm belief that your coffee should come from a coffee service provider rather than an office supply company. We do not sell printer paper or pens. We do not service copy machines or computers. And if we did, you would probably not trust us to provide what you would consider a tertiary service on our part. So why buy your office coffee and breakroom supplies from a company that specializes in copy paper, pens, and printer ink?

We believe there are many reasons that your office coffee and breakroom supplies should come from a specialist provider like Galaxie Coffee. Here are the top three:

1. Larger Product Selection

Did you know Galaxie Coffee’s product list includes hundreds of different items? We carry one of the most complete selections of beverage and breakroom supplies in the tri-state area, covering everything from coffee and tea to ‘green’ breakroom supplies. You will never find such an extensive inventory at an office supply company.

Office supply companies typically don’t offer the same depth of coffee and breakroom products as office coffee service companies do. More importantly, if you have product questions, you can easily speak to a knowledgeable customer service representative with a single phone call. You won’t spend ten minutes on hold and then find out your question will be answered within 48 hours.

2. Superior Service

A dedicated coffee service provider like Galaxie Coffee offers customers superior service in everything from product delivery to machine maintenance. All it takes is one phone call to our offices to get the beverages and breakroom supplies you need as quickly as possible. And if your coffee machine or water cooler ever breaks down, we will be there quickly to fix or replace it. We can do that because we have a staff of trained technicians and an inventory of replacement equipment just waiting to go.

3. It is All We Do

Finally, office beverages and breakroom supplies are all we do. Companies like Galaxie Coffee are not looking to branch out into a dozen different industries in order to do a lot of things adequately. We don’t like adequate. What we want is to be the best in the business. Office coffee service is what we do, and we do it well.

Here at Galaxie Coffee, we do not dabble in office supplies like paper clips and envelopes. We will never try to fix your broken thermal printer while dropping off a case of coffee and a couple of bottles of water. By the same token, don’t rely on your office supply company to handle your office coffee and breakroom supply requirements.