OAKLAND, CA — Monday, August 16, 2010, marks a first in a business partnership that benefits both business supplies and shipping services customers. Bay-Valley postal district customers can now go to an Office Depot store near them to have their shipping services provided.
U.S. Postal Service shipping and mailing products now are available at 16 Office Depot stores across Bay-Valley. Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes and envelopes, Priority Mail service, Express Mail service, Parcel Post, stamps, Delivery Confirmation and Signature Confirmation now are available at these Office Depot stores:
ANTIOCH 5885 LONE TREE WAY
BERKELEY 1025 GILMAN STREET
DUBLIN 6440 DUBLIN COURT
EMERYVILLE 3535 HOLLIS STREET
FREMONT 43742 CHRISTY STREET
HAYWARD 23882 HESPERIAN BLVD.
LOS GATOS 15166 LOS GATOS BLVD.
NAPA 211 SOSCOL AVENUE
PLEASANT HILL 3250 BUSKIRK AVENUE
SALINAS 1516 N. MAIN STREET
SAN JOSE 2926 ABORN SQUARE
SAN JOSE 932 BLOSSOM HILL ROAD
SAN JOSE 615 COLEMAN AVENUE
SAN JOSE 4360 STEVENS CREEK BLVD.
SAN LEANDRO 1933 DAVIS ST. SUITE 105
SAN RAMON 3111 FOSTORIA WAY
Priority Mail Flat Rate shipping is one of the best options for small businesses and consumers alike. With Flat Rate Boxes, customers pay one, low rate to any state without worrying about weighing the package — and there are no surcharges when using Postal Service shipping products.
“We’re extremely pleased to bring our best shipping solutions to Office Depot customers directly where they shop,” said Bay-Valley District Manager Kim Fernandez. “The Postal Service and Office Depot share the same goal – to help our respective customers with their business needs. Office Depot offers some of the best business supplies, and we offer the best in shipping products at competitive and affordable prices, including tracking and tracing. Now customers can get the best of both in one location.”
The partnership with Office Depot is one more example of how the Postal Service is adjusting products and services to better fit the changing needs of its customers, while finding creative solutions to generate much needed revenue.
As an Approved Postal Provider, Office Depot is the first national retailer to offer Postal Service shipping products and services.
“Office Depot is all about helping our customers take care of business, and by providing smart mailing services through the Postal Service in our stores, customers can enjoy the convenience of shipping while they shop,” said Kevin Peters, president, North American Retail for Office Depot.
Office Depot and the Postal Service worked together to ensure Office Depot employees could answer any customer concern or question on Postal products. Customer convenience and service are important to both companies.
Expanding access to products and services is one of the key components of “Delivering the Future,” the Postal Service’s action plan for the future. That plan also identifies shipping as one of the key growth opportunities for increased financial stability.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no direct support from taxpayers. With 36,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, the Postal Service relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses. Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $68 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 28th in the 2009 Fortune 500.
