While the christmas flowers usa shopping season is coming to a head, one local merchant is giving people a reason to spend their money on goods made in the United States of America.
Jeff Gales, owner of the Old General Store with locations on Route 31 in Donegal and the Countryside Plaza in Mt. Pleasant, is holding its first Made in the USA Sale. Today, Saturday and Sunday customers can save 20 percent off select items Made in the USA at both locations.
"I am trying to promote locally-made products as well as items Made in the USA. I feel that any support we can give to American and local companies helps to support our economy," Gales said.
All items including toys, candles and gifts from Burts Bees of North Carolina, Village Candles of Maine, Swan Creek Candles and Gooseberry Patch Books of Ohio, Ann Clark Cookie Cutters of Vermont, Palmer Manufacturing of West Newton and Channel Craft Toys of Charleroi are on sale.
Dean Helfer, president and founder of Channel Craft Toys in Charleroi, said events like this one at the Old General Store help consumers focus on the value and the quality of what they are buying.
"It means that the customers are being made aware of the quality of products that he has there, of our products and of what is being made right here," Helfer said.
The Channel Craft Toys has been making authentic American toys, games and puzzles for over 28 years. The company was recently featured on ABC World News' "The Great Made In America Christmas" series, which reported that if every American purchased just $64 in American-made products this Christmas it would create 200,000 jobs in the United States.
"We have seen the affects of buying American and it is picking our economy right back up," Helfer said.
Kathy Willis, manager of the Old General Store's Mt. Pleasant location, said it is not uncommon for people to come in seeking products made in the USA.
"It's happening more and more often and not just American-made. They want to buy local so we mark them with signs that say Pennsylvania-made or locally-made," she said christmas flowers usa blogs .
Some of the other locally-made products the store carries that are not part of the sale include honey and maple syrup from Somerset, mustards from Ohiopyle, herbs from Irwin, Sand Hill Berry products from Mt. Pleasant, Old Linn Run coffee from Rector, just to name a few.
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