Monthly Archives: July 2022

Grainger Maintains Consistent Dividend Payout

By |2024-03-11T15:45:04-05:00July 27, 2022|

W.W. Grainger Inc. has declared a quarterly dividend of US$1.72 per share on the company’s common stock. The dividend―$6.88 annualized with a yield of 1.45%―is payable September 1 to shareholders of record at the close of business August 8. Grainger has paid an increased dividend to shareholders without interruption for 49 consecutive years. About Grainger W.W. Grainger, ...

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Cintas Reveals Finalists for America’s Best Restroom Contest

By |2024-03-11T15:45:04-05:00July 27, 2022|

Cintas Corp. has named the 10 finalists for its 2022 America’s Best Restroom® Contest. The awards program, now in its 21st year, honors nonresidential, publicly accessible restrooms that place hygiene and style at the top of their priority list and recognize the parallel between clean restrooms and customer retention. The public may vote for its top pick at ...

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Organization Offering Complete Workspace Solutions Helps Protect Tenants’ Health & Wellness With the GBAC® STAR Accreditation

By |2024-03-11T15:45:03-05:00July 27, 2022|

Leading office services and flexible workspace provider, Office Space in Town® (OSiT), has achieved GBAC® STAR Facility Accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC), a Division of ISSA, at its five London, England, locations. The accreditation validates that each office location has achieved the gold standard of workspace cleaning and hygiene. The OSiT properties ...

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ISSA Show North America 2022 Opens Registration, Releases Education Program

By |2024-03-11T15:45:03-05:00July 27, 2022|

ISSA Show North America 2022, an annual tradeshow that brings together leaders from the commercial, institutional, and residential cleaning community, is open for registration. The event offers opportunities for networking, education, and product discovery that help industry professionals evolve their businesses and change the way the world views cleaning. Attendees are encouraged to register now ...

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Straight Talk: The State of the BSC Industry

By |2024-01-05T22:22:34-06:00July 27, 2022|

Matt Vonachen says that those involved in the are considered an outsourced labor provider, and the work BSCs do for clients pertain to tasks not part of a client’s core competencies. I like that statement, because it encapsulates a real truth. The cleaning industry is needed. It is critical as part of a building’s operation, ...

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Ecolab Boosts 2nd-Quarter Sales 13%

By |2024-03-11T15:45:02-05:00July 26, 2022|

Ecolab Inc. has reported second-quarter net sales of US$3.26 billion, a rise of 13% from $3.162 billion one year earlier. Ecolab’s second-quarter profit dipped slightly from $310 million, or $1.08 per share, one year ago to $308 million, or $1.08 per share. Sales in the company’s global institutional and specialty division jumped 18% to $1.1 billion ...

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Kimberly-Clark Reports 7% Rise in 2nd-Quarter Sales

By |2024-03-11T15:45:01-05:00July 26, 2022|

Kimberly-Clark Corp., parent company of Kimberly-Clark Professional, reported second-quarter net sales of US$5.1 billion, an increase of 7% from a year ago. Kimberly-Clark also reported a quarterly net income of $441 million, up 8% from $410 million for the same period last year. Net sales in the company’s Kimberly-Clark Professional segment rose 5% from the previous year to $802 ...

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WorkWave 2nd-Quarter Revenue Jumps 148%

By |2024-03-11T15:45:01-05:00July 26, 2022|

WorkWave®, parent company of TEAM Software Inc., reported revenue growth of 148% total year-over-year for its fiscal-second quarter of 2022. The company also posted a software revenue growth of 173% from the equivalent quarter a year ago, with 687% growth in new customers over the same time period and a net retention rate of 122%. WorkWave credited ...

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Sodexo Donates $20K to Indiana Food Bank

By |2024-03-11T15:45:00-05:00July 25, 2022|

Sodexo recently awarded a US$20,000 grant to Manna From Seven, a Terre Haute, Indiana, food pantry. According to a press release, the donation is part of the Feeding Our Future initiative, a summer meal program in which Sodexo partners with hunger relief organizations to provide free meals to children who would otherwise go without. Sodexo’s ...

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Georgia-Pacific Begins Construction of Green Bay Expansion Project

By |2024-03-11T15:45:00-05:00July 25, 2022|

Georgia-Pacific LLC, parent company of GP PRO, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony last week marking commencement of an expansion project at the company’s Broadway mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The company is investing US$500 million to enhance production at the facility, which manufactures paper products including retail consumer tissues and towels. Improvements include a new paper machine using ...

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