If you need propane gas for your Rochester- or Buffalo-area home, it could be tempting to buy it from a big-name national chain – after all, they tend to be the easiest, most visible option available (mostly because they spend their money on advertising rather than improving your experience as a customer…if you’ve gotten propane from one of the big-name chains, you probably know what we mean).
But remember, when you buy from a national propane supplier, you’re not just buying propane – more than likely, you’re also buying is a new yacht for some executive who lives nowhere near you.
When you choose a local propane supplier like Irish Propane, on the other hand, you get much more than a good product at a fair and honest price. Consider these 10 benefits of shopping locally:
- You’ll keep money local. When you buy from an independent, locally-owned business rather than a nationally chain, your money is much more likely to stay close to home and spent with other local businesses.
- You’ll reduce strain on the environment. By supporting local businesses, you reduce the need or transportation and the emissions that come from it, along with sprawl, congestion, habitat loss and pollution.
- You’ll be supporting local non-profits. Non-profit organizations receive an average 250 percent more support from smaller business owners than they do from large businesses.
- You’ll keep the community unique. One-of-a-kind local businesses are an integral part of the community’s unique character.
- You’ll help create more jobs. Considered as a group, small local businesses typically provide more total jobs to community residents.
- You’ll get better service. Local businesses tend to take more time to get to know you as a customer, which means you’ll get better service.
- You’ll be investing in your community. Business owners who live locally tend to be more invested in the community’s future than national chains.
- You’ll be putting your taxes to good use. Local businesses are usually more willing to contribute to the local tax base and less demanding of tax incentives than national chains.
- You’ll encourage future investment. Entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more likely to settle in communities that have a distinctive character.
- You’ll create more competition. A range of small, hungry businesses is more likely to generate the kind of healthy competition that benefits a community.
As you can see, there are many reasons to shop locally – and just as many to choose Irish Propane for your local propane deliveries. To learn more reasons to become an Irish Propane customer, contact us today!
