When it comes to food, many are faced with endless possibilities. Choosing might mean deciding between one recipe or another. Tacos or salad? Or one restaurant or another. Chinese or Italian? However, for millions of people in America, a daily meal isn’t a choice between different dishes. It’s a choice between food and other crucial needs—like medicine, electricity, or childcare….
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supply chain update: Product availability and prices in flux
The disposable gloves, aprons, and bags categories are experiencing 3 very challenging market conditions simultaneously, creating volatility in both pricing and product availability: 1) Increasing Ocean Freight Rates Already unprecedented ocean freight rates continue to increase, adding to the costs of products shipping from Asia to the U.S. The incremental cost for a case of gloves, aprons, or bags can…
Choose to Fight Hunger This September
Do you ever talk through endless dinner options with your family? You could make pasta, but everybody wants a different type of sauce. You could eat out, but you can’t find a place that everyone in your family will enjoy. Finally, you each prepare something different to eat because you can’t agree on one dish. Many of us have choices…
How to avoid costly nitrile glove buying mistakes
This is not the time to let your guard down when purchasing nitrile gloves. Last month, the FBI arrested an individual alleged to have taken victims for nearly $3 million in upfront deposits for nitrile gloves said to be in a Los Angeles warehouse, instead using the money for lavish personal purchases. The gloves were never delivered. https://bit.ly/FBINitrileGloveArrest Even when…
FRAUD ALERT – COUNTERFEIT ELARA GLOVES
Elara is aware of schemes to sell counterfeit Elara brand disposable gloves by foreign agents and unaffiliated brokers in the United States. Common signs of fraudulent activity include offers for large quantities of gloves, the use of fake or unauthorized documents, and suspiciously low prices when compared to actual Elara products. Elara brand products are only sold directly by Elara…
We Have Provided 4 Million Meals Thanks to Customers
Elara Brands is pleased to announce that we have helped provide more than 4 million meals to people facing hunger to date through our partnership with Feeding America. That’s enough food to give a meal to everyone in Chicago and Dallas combined! This incredible milestone was made possible by our caring customers. Their commitment to fighting hunger is bringing us…
Glove Market Outlook and Buying Alternatives in 2021
Since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March 2020, it has affected nearly every aspect of our lives. It has changed how we work, how we play and how we run our companies. Businesses and institutions need personal protective equipment (PPE) – including disposable gloves – to protect their customers, employees and patients as they contend with many new…
LET’S HELP OUR NEIGHBORS DURING THE HOLIDAYS
Temperatures are dropping, fireplaces are crackling, and cooks are serving comfort food. As Thanksgiving approaches, Elara Brands is celebrating this season by thanking customers like you. After all, through our One Case • One Meal program, our customers help provide a meal to a person in need whenever they purchase a case of our products. However, this is not only…
COVID-19 IS INTENSIFYING HUNGER. YOU CAN HELP DURING HUNGER ACTION MONTH
September is Hunger Action Month! This special time of the year was created to motivate people to take action and raise awareness of the immense problem of hunger in America. There’s never been a more important time to stand up against hunger. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended so much of daily life—jobs, schools, celebrations, and more. Many people are facing…
AVOID FAKE GLOVES TO SAFEGUARD YOUR BUSINESS
We are in the midst of disposable glove shortages due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Glove usage around the world has skyrocketed, and there is not enough capacity to fulfill the demand. In addition to supply disruptions, prices are increasing dramatically due to the imbalance between supply and demand. Unfortunately, we are seeing an increase in fraudulent activity and counterfeiting…
