Opinion We’re heading closer the 2023 Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday, when factories shut down and tens of millions of workers who reside in factory dorms travel the country to be with their families. While the official CNY date is January 22, 2023, many factories will start closing two weeks prior and will not resume production until early February, when…
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Elara’s meal giving partner Feeding America claims #1 spot on Forbes’ 2022 list of ‘America’s Top Charities’
Elara’s Meal Giving Partner Feeding America claims #1 spot on Forbes’ 2022 list of ‘America’s Top Charities’ Through Elara’s One Case • One Meal program, for each case of an Elara product you purchase, we donate a meal to a person struggling with hunger through our meal giving partner – Feeding America – and its network of 200 member food…
Elara donates 5 millionth meal to people struggling with hunger in America
We did it- Elara’s Drive for 5 campaign was a success! We exceeded our goal of donating our five millionth meal for people struggling with hunger in America. And we could not have done it without our valued customers. Through Elara’s One Case · One Meal program, for every case a customer buys, Elara donates a meal to a local…
Elara CEO Dan Grinberg shares his 2022 Disposable Glove Market Outlook with Total Food Service
Total Food Service magazine interviewed Elara Brands’ CEO, Dan Grinberg, for his outlook on the 2022 disposable glove market in its May edition. With 30-plus years of industry experience, Dan is a trusted resource for those looking for guidance about this essential product category. After two years of extreme price and supply chain volatility and with restaurant traffic picking up,…
Join Elara’s Drive for Five…Million Meals!
Elara’s Drive for Five continues! Five million meals, that is. Filling empty plates, one case at a time. Fighting hunger is something that Elara Brands has focused on ever since we opened for business. Through our One Case • One Meal program, we donate a meal to Feeding America for each case of product purchased. Thanks to you, Elara…
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…
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…