Press Clippings
In The San Francisco Chronicle:
Allen King and Steven Levine are trying to change the food service industry, one Spudware spoon at a time.
Excellent Packaging & Supply, a small Richmond company started by King and Levine, is carving out a niche as a distributor of compostable and biodegradable food service products…
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In North-Bay Biz:
What is trash? When we’re stuck with a handful of it, the answer seems obvious: Just about anything. Ask yourself what’s recyclable, and the answer seems even more clear. But according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2005 report, we recycle less than 34 percent of plastics, 50 percent of paper and 45 percent of aluminum cans each year.
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In Inc. Magazine:
At Excellent Packaging & Supply, it almost seems as if the plates and tableware themselves are the menu. This small distributor, based on Richmond, California, provides a vital link between the manufacturers of compostable and biodegradeable utensils and food packaging, many of them scattered overseas, and a growing number of corporate and institutional customers—including the Gap, Yahoo, and the University of California, Berkeley—that are demanding greater sustainability in their food service operations.
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