Good/Bad Neighbors
Have you ever received some value from Angie's List or Yelp or the reviews on Google or Amazon? Of course. It's important to know about the company you're supporting and how they do business. Toward that end, we feel that it's important to urge companies to do the right thing - that means looking at all their product streams and finding places where they can donate excess or seconds, recycle leftovers or donate to worthy causes.
All that said, we recognize the dangers of "Cancel Culture" and we're not wanting to hurt people or businesses. But there must be a way to find out who is a good neighbor and support them - and find out whose NOT being a good neighbor and encourage them to try harder. Understand, we're not expecting them to give a certain percentage or sacrifice exorbitantly. We're just looking for folks who actively looking at their waste streams and where it could be handled more responsibly or go to those in need.
We are happy to offer our services to any business in the Northland to take a look at their process, their piles, their closets and see where their might be resources that could fill tummies or be composted or be recycled or otherwise used instead of dumped into the groundwater or landfill.
So we want to start with this:
GOOD NEIGHBORS
BARGAIN ZONE - owner Rita Hagen
1719 W. Jesse James Rd., Excelsior Springs, MO 64024
www.bargainzonestore.com - (816) 900-1885
Review: Bargain Zone does a lot of charitable work, including supporting CitySaver Thrift with donated food and support for the annual Thanksgiving dinner.
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Laura's Pizza Buffet - owner Laura
1727 W. Jesse James, Rd., Excelsior Springs, MO 64024
www.lauraspizzabuffet.com - (816) 629-1063
Review: Laura's Pizza Buffet donates leftover pizza, breadsticks, cinnamon rolls and more to CitySaver Thrift's food pantry for years now.
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Hy-Vee Grocery Stores
various locations
www.hy-vee.com
Review: We have been harvesting leftovers from many departments at various Hy-Vee grocery stores in the Northland for several years.
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BAD NEIGHBORS
We sure don't want to put anybody into this category. To land here they would have to had a bunch of chances and still insist on not making efforts to care for the local community.