CSR: Dealers

01 September 2008

After working together in the office supply industry for years, Sean Marx and Mike Hannigan decided to use their personal savings to found a company based on Paul Newman's Own food products model, a firm that sells quality products and gives the profits back to the community. Give Something Back (GSB) began in Hannigan's living room in Oakland, California, but soon outgrew those digs, moving into larger and larger quarters. Within a few years, GSB became the West Coast's largest independent office supplier, with corporate offices in three cities, serving businesses throughout the US from 40 distribution centres....



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