Spring has sprung .. too busy to blog

Hello Blogees

We are extremely busy with the Spring rush and far too busy for frequent blog posts. But I do have a few things to bring to your attention.

We have recently added a new sales channel, Costco in Canada. You can now (or anyday now) visit Costco's Canadian website to purchase specific Rittenhouse gardening products. I am not sure how many items we are offering at this point but we expect this to be a successful sales channel for Rittenhouse.

Aeroplan!!!

Rittenhouse is now offering Aeroplan miles for all purchases. Obviously you will need to have an Aeroplan card to participate. We are busy working to add a new box to the Rittenhouse website check out process to make it easy to earn your miles. It will likely be another week until we finish setting it up. But for the time being we can take your number over the phone or the front counter.

For some silly reason the decision was made to cut the air time this bloggers favourite podcast, the Rick Emerson Show from Portland Oregon. They have added music to the Best Show Ever and cut out nearly an hour of talk time. To read all about this travesty you can visit this blog, Save RES. They have added more Rick and removed some of the music as this week progressed .. so there is hope.

Hey, did you notice that we sell Garden Tools????

Anyways, back to filling orders!

Peace Out Y'all!

The Product Comparison Website & Bring Back Tim Riley

Well, it sure is getting close to X-Mas and here at Rittenhouse we are past the peak of the Christmas rush. It has been busy lately but we certainly can feel the impact of the economic downturn south of the border ... more on that later in todays post.

Our crack IT team in the IT nerve center, known locally as the "West Wing", has unveiled yet another website. Expanding our web presence and providing even more information to help our customers decide which product best suits their needs. The reason we have had to take these measures and go to the effort to build another complex custom made website is that we have added multiple new product lines. In the past Rittenhouse would normally chose one brand in each product line. This was usually done so that we can focus on providing expertise and parts support without filling our warehouse with similar products. We have since moved past that strategy and are now offering competing product lines.

Here is an example, we are now offering a handful of backpack sprayers. To see the results, click here: Backpack Sprayers

To see the entire website and all the options available you can visit http://www.rittenhousecomparison.com/

Now, on a sadder note. This blogger is distressed that his favourite podcast is now only 2/3 of the fun and entertainment it used to be. Due to the miserable economic circumstances CBS radio in Portland Oregon has been forced to lay-off Tim Riley from the Rick Emerson show on AM 970, the podcast can be found here: www.970.am. Tim is a first class newsman, an humourist, snappy dresser and an all around good guy. He has the classic radio voice and a unique style of news delivery, if you have ever heard his newscast more than a few times you will completely understand what I am talking about here. I will miss his contributions to Rick's show and will continue to be a loyal listener. To keep up to date with Tim's lay-off and his take on the days news you can go to his website:

Tim Riley

I will miss you Tim, hang tough and hurry back.