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VoyageChicago.com | Posted on July 5, 2017 by VoyageChicago Staff
Kevin, can you briefly walk us through your story ' how you started and how you got to where you are today. Garvey's Office Products was founded in 1926 under the name Schiller & Schmidt. Bernard Garvey (my dad) started working for the company in the early 50's. In the early 70's he purchased the company from the founder and ran it for over 20 years. In 1993 five of his children purchased the company and immediately changed the name to Garvey's Office Products...read more
ChicagoTribune.com | Posted on April 3, 2017 by Community Contributor
Garvey's Office Products is teaming up with Chicago-based organization The Night Ministry to turn recyclables into help for the homeless community in Chicagoland. Both companies are asking Chicago businesses to donate any used toners, flattened cardboard and old electronics they have on hand to Garvey's Office Products' Recycle for a Reason program....read more
24-7pressrelease.com | Posted on April 2, 2017 by Community Contributor
Garvey's Office Products is proud to announce the launch of a new website cover for www.GetGarveys.com just in time for its 91st anniversary. While customers can be assured that the internal workings of the website remain the same for ordering everything they need for the office, the website includes a new look, updated information and an easy-to-navigate interface...read more
PR.com | Posted on February 1, 2017 by Community Contributor
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture in partnership with Garvey's Office Products is pleased to announce the completion of the university's main office space. Located at 6625 Avondale, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60631, the unique facility is finished with sixteen workstations, three private offices, two conference rooms and one kitchen. Tricoci University of Beauty Culture and Garvey's Office Products utilized the character of the space by incorporating elements of the previous businesses, including one installation of a conference room in what used to be a vault...read more
ChicagoTribune.com | Posted on January 13, 2017 by Community Contributor
Garvey's Office Products is pleased to announce its partnership with AgeOptions for its 2017 Recycle for a Reason program. By becoming Garvey's Office Products' 1st quarter recipient, individuals and businesses can donate used toners, flattened cardboard and old electronics to be recycled into monetary donations for AgeOptions...read more
Arlington Heights Trib Local | Posted on March 7, 2016 by Community Contributor
Garvey's Office Products was just an idea between two business associates. In 2016, it has become the largest independently held office supply dealer in Illinois. This March, Garvey's Office Products is proud to announce its 90th anniversary as a family-owned business - laying claim to 90 years of innovation, passion and building relationships in the office supply industry...read more
Arlington Heights Trib Local | Posted on January 26, 2016 by Community Contributor
Garvey's Office Products announced today that City of Hope will be the recipient of all 1st quarter funds raised for the company's Recycle for a Reason Program. Recycle for a Reason is Garvey's Office Products' cardboard and toner recycling program. Each quarter, the company collects flattened cardboard and used toner from its customers. All funds received from the recycled items are then pooled together to raise money for local charitable organizations...read more
WGN Radio | Posted on September 28, 2015 by Yun Tai
Amy Guth fills-in for Steve Bertrand today and kicks off the week with three amazing guests. Dan Garvey of Garvey's Office Products comes in-studio to talk about how small-businesses and startups can compete with much, much, larger ones...listen to full podcast (Dan Garvey 26:13)
Park Ridge & Niles Trib Local | Posted on November 10, 2014 by Joanne Levine
Garvey's Office Products, Illinois' largest independently-owned office supply distributor, was recently named an Illinois Family Business of the Year by The Family Business Center at Loyola University Chicago's Quinlan School of Business...read more
Bloomberg Businessweek | May 28 - June 3, 2012 by Julie Bykowicz and Greg Giroux
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney differ on health care, gay marriage, and how to fix the economy. That's just the start. Their disclosure forms from April 2011 through April 2012 reveal they're also divided on such fundamental questions as how much to spend on pizza and where to go for paper clips...read more
Awards & Recognitions
Pictured above: Three generations of Garvey's.
Garvey's Office Products is the Winner of the 2014 Illinois Family Business of the Year Award
It is with great pride and honor that we would like to announce receiving honors from Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business.
We were the winner for the 2014 Illinois Family Business Award in the medium catergory (50-250 employees). We take pride in accepting this award on behalf of our customers and vendors. As without your support this would not have been possible. For the last 89 years we have treated our employees as part of our extended family and they have taken this philosophy to build strong relationships with our customers and vendors.
For 21 years, the Family Business Center at Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business, has presented the Illinois Family Business of the Year Awards. The Awards honor and recognize family businesses who demonstrate the following qualities:
- A strong commitment to both business and family
- Positive family/business linkage
- Multi-generational family business involvement
- Contributions to industry and community innovative business practices and strategies
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