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UPS Launches Valet Self-Storage Service in Atlanta – Inside Self Storage

United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), a global package-delivery and supply-chain management firm, has launched Storage on Demand (SOD), a valet self-storage service for the metropolitan Atlanta market. The company uses an online platform that allows customers to schedule item pickup, maintain a visual catalog of stored belongings, and schedule delivery of specific bins to their home or business. The service will initially be available to several Atlanta-area communities, including Alpharetta, Marietta, Roswell and Sand Springs, with expansion to other U.S. cities expected in the future, according to a press release.

Similar to other valet-style storage operators, UPS offers by-the-bin storage targeted at customers who don’t have adequate storage in their home or workplace. Items are stored within the company’s network of warehouses. Pricing runs $5 per bin for a 12-month lease, $6 per bin for six months and $7 per bin for three months. Oversized or bulky items aren’t permitted at this time. All contents must fit within the UPS-provided bins, according to the SOD website. Pricing includes the cost of the bins, storage space and return delivery. Customers own the bins upon terminating their contract.

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The UPS Foundation Commemorates Hispanic Heritage Month, Continues Long-Standing Partnerships To Empower The Hispanic Community

  • The UPS Foundation Named 2019 Corporate Partner of the Year by Hispanic Scholarship Foundation

The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS), today announced continued support for the Hispanic community with a host of grantmaking programs and efforts focused on financial empowerment and education. Additionally, The UPS Foundation has been selected as the Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s (HSF) 2019 Corporate Partner of the Year for longstanding support. The award was presented on October 3rd at HSF’s Alumni Hall of Fame Gala held in New York City.

As the nation’s largest non-profit organization supporting Hispanic American higher education, HSF is focused on empowering Latino students and families with the knowledge and resources needed to successfully complete a higher education. The UPS Foundation has supported the organization since 1981, providing more than $3.2 million toward HSF’s Scholarship Program and Leaders in Education Awards. The scholarship program has helped more than 472 students. The organization is further supported by three UPS management employees who participate on HSF’s Advisory Council, helping to bring strategic insights and business knowledge to the organization.

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Special UPS delivery: The bride – Midland Daily News

One UPS driver had a unique delivery over the weekend: An owner of The UPS Store in Midland.

Ann-Elyse Drzewicki, owner of store No. 0148, stepped into the signature brown UPS truck at her hotel and made the short trip to her wedding at Frankemuth Brewery.

“I love my customers, employees and store, and thought it would be a fun idea,” Drzewicki said of the special delivery.

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UPS Launches On-Demand Self-Storage Service

  • Storage on Demand, a UPS innovation, is now available in metro Atlanta
  • Quick, easy, mobile-friendly, on-demand storage service provides end-to-end pickup and retrieval in a “valet-like” solution
  • The new service offering leverages UPS’s existing logistics infrastructure, including personnel, vehicle assets, technology and storage capacity

UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced today the launch of Storage on Demand, a new UPS innovation that allows customers to request delivery of empty storage bins directly to their home or business using a mobile-friendly website. Customers then fill the bins with their belongings and seal them once packed, then simply schedule a pickup for their items to be driven to a secure, nearby UPS® facility for storage. The “valet storage” concept also enables customers to use the website to retrieve their warehoused items and have them delivered back to their front door with same day service.

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UPS driver ‘hides’ large package under doormat – Fox 13

You can’t say this delivery driver doesn’t follow directions!
Ebony Freeman recently got a decorative doormat from a friend, which reads: “Please hide packages from husband.”
Freeman put the mat outside the front door of her Texas home.
Just days later, she received a large, elongated package in the mail.