Best Savings Programs for Office Supplies
Keeping an office running smoothly takes time and is surprisingly expensive to many. From paper, toner and printer cartridges to printing and small electronics, there are a myriad of details to provide so employees can do their jobs.
The smartest companies we talk to make sure they keep the office fully stocked with the office necessities while making sure they save time and money in the process.
We’ll have a future blog post on pro tips for doing this, but Spoiler Alert—the lion’s share of the time and expense savings can be accomplished through the unadvertised group discount programs at our pick for best office supply vendor, Office Depot.
Our Pick:
1) Office Depot
Tapping into the national group buying rates through CoAction, allows businesses to set up an Office Depot Business account that provides:
- Discounts on the most commonly used items of up to 80%..
- Free shipping with modest minimums
- Ability to buy online or in a store
- Access to the Office Depot Business web site with several configuration options to customize for your internal team and field offices.
- The plan assures you’ll get good pricing every day on the thousands of items Office Depot sells while providing tremendous savings on the most commonly used items.
Join CoAction for free to start saving at Office Depot.
2) Staples
Staples Advantage is their business web site focused on the needs of companies large and small. Most don’t realize there are different pricing tiers based on volume. Our suggestion here is to join CoAction for free to access the national group rates that provide dramatic savings over the ordinary Staples Advantage plan and even more over the retail plan available in store or through Staples.com.