The Five Rules Of Sourcing Offshore

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Perry

The allure of buying goods from low-cost, offshore suppliers is powerful and fraught with risk. Perry Bedard, Director of Atlantic’s Supply Chain division—which sources everything from mushroom trays to reusable shopping bags overseas—has firsthand experience in the Continue reading →

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Walking In Your Customer’s Shoes Yields

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Perry

We can do that. Those four simple words and the attitude behind them have often spelled sales success for Perry Bedard, General Manager of Atlantic’s Supply Chain division. Continue reading →

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Seals of Approval for Sales Success

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Mike Dzus

A box is a box is a box, right? Wrong. Especially if you’re a supplier of consumer food packaging and your customers demand the best in food safety. That’s exactly the discussion Atlantic sales representative Mike Dzus had with customer Grant Ferguson of Continue reading →

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Three Milestone Events in the Making of the Atlantic Group: The Move to Recycled Fibre

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Roger

In a three-part series, long-time Atlantic employee Roger Keeley, the firm’s Corporate Director of Marketing, says three business decisions charted the course of today’s Atlantic Group.  Part one focuses on Phil and Irving Granovsky’s move into recycled packaging in 1968. Continue reading →

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Managing Change for Profit

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Perry

Perry Bedard’s first day of work at Atlantic Packaging was December 8, 1980, the day John Lennon was shot. The date sticks in Perry’s memory for it was the start of a new job, the end of a music era and his introduction to managing change. For not one month into Continue reading →

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