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With the need and demand for hand sanitizer skyrocketing over the course of 2020, Sunburst Laboratories has stepped up to offer a safe, effective, and fair-priced solution for service industries to offer clients and staff. The third-generation family business quickly developed Sani+Pak as a single-use, easy to use alternative to bottled sanitizers. These are offered direct to consumers with no distributor mark-up to keep them priced competitively.
Sani+Pak is a single use hand sanitizer packet with durable, no-leak packaging that makes it ideal for distributing to your customers. This eliminates the need for messy pump bottles that need to be sanitized before each car ride or use between clients. Each Sani+Pak dispenses just an ideal amount of hand sanitizer (1.2 ml) so there is no waste like in bottles or other types of packaging and no sticky residue.
The product’s alcohol-based formula and meets FDA requirements and CDC recommendations and kills 99.99 percent of all germs. Further, it contains orange blossom essential oil for a pleasant scent with no methanol or other harmful chemicals.
As promotional branding is important to luxury ground transportation companies, Sani+Pak is available in custom packets with a minimum order requirement. Simply provide your logo in your company colors. With Sani+Pak made in the United States, shipping is direct from Sunburst’s state-of-the art manufacturing facility. The company is currently offering free samples of the product to potential customers.
Client testimonials
"I keep a box on our counter at work to hand out to our customers. They love them!” Lisa R.
“I've started including these as a complimentary gift to our customers at our AirBnB rental units and have had several nice reviews mentioning them.” Miwon H.
“When our neighborhood restaurant had to go to take-out dining only, I started adding these little packets to the order. Our customers really appreciate the personal touch.” Doug M.
Visit sanipakusa.com for more information.
[10.07.20]
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San Jose-based ground transportation operator, Ecko Worldwide Transportation Group has become one of the first operators in the United States to obtain certification from SafeCleanRide (SCR).
SCR recently announced the launch of its signature training and testing certification program intended to provide consistently safe protocols and sanitation guidelines designed specifically for the ground transportation industry.
The curriculum focuses on the awareness of contagions as well as the best practices for cleaning, and sanitation related to public transportation providers. The new protocols were created by a panel of medical experts to ensure it is scientifically sound and in full alignment with CDC guidelines.
Jim Luff Director of Marketing Ecko Transportation
Ecko Director of Marketing & Affiliate Relations Jim Luff completed the course that teaches the best methods for fighting against pathogens like the coronavirus. The online course is followed by a rigorous certification test. SCR is the world’s only online training certification for this type of curriculum and the SCR Certified Seal-of-Approval has become the transportation industry’s gold standard—a recognized symbol of public assurance that vehicles and drivers have met the highest quality sanitation-training protocols. The program is endorsed by a panel of experts in virology, chemistry, cleaning protocols and transportation.
Harry Dhillon President Ecko Transportation
“This program was an important investment in our efforts to help united the ground transportation industry in our fight to avoid risks of contagious diseases, increase contagion awareness and adopt uniform cleaning and sanitation procedures,” says Ecko President Harry Dhillon.
All Ecko staff members are being educated on the proper procedures for vehicle sterilization between each passenger ride.
“Every company must do their part to curb the COVID-19 virus and we take this as a great responsibility on our part,” added Luff.
Visit eckolimo.com for more information.
[10.06.20]
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LITA President Doug Schwartz
Despite the best efforts of a group of internet pranksters, the joint Zoom meeting between the Long Island Transportation Association (LITA) and the Limousine Association of New Jersey (LANJ) on October 1 brought lots of valuable information and key takeaway for the members and guests taking part. More than 40 members were logged into Zoom for the virtual get-together, which included special guests Edward Kaye of Schickler Kaye and Brian Ludlow from Alternative Claims Management.
LITA President Douglas Schwartz of Executive Ground Transportation and LANJ President Jason Sharenow of Broadway Elite Worldwide served co-moderators for the meeting, which kicked off with a brief state of the industry in the two metro areas. Schwartz was happy to report that LITA is still seeing support from its membership base, largely in thanks to a new, reduced dues structure. While business/corporate work remains largely stagnant—Schwartz says regional rail ridership is at 30 percent—retail work remains busy, with weekend events and getaways very popular with clients.
Regarding his state’s business, Sharenow concurred with Schwartz that retail is currently keeping vehicles moving. Weddings have returned and have provided steady work for operators. As a selling point to his fellow operators and a safety measure for clients, Sharenow suggested that operators limit capacity on their minibuses; this often results in customers booking more than one vehicle for the wedding party.
LANJ President Jason Sharenow
Kaye—well known in the industry from his time with Advantage Lending and Access Capital—was the afternoon’s first guest speaker. He provided much-needed insight into what operators can expect as they approach a third deferral for their loans.
“Banks have some awful choices to make,” said Kaye. “They’re between a rock and a hard place.”
In short, lenders are hesitant to offer further extensions on payments; however, with the used car market stagnant—particularly commercial vehicles—they are not particularly keen on taking back their collateral. Kaye advised operators to be ready to negotiate and be proactive when speaking with their lenders; this includes speaking “up the chain” at your bank and preparing a clear financial story that includes your past, current, and future business outlook.
Ludlow, another familiar face at industry and association meetings, was next on the docket, providing an overview of the services provided by Alternative Claims Management. For the uninitiated, the company covers operators for loss of revenue and diminished value for not-at-fault accident claims. Unfortunately, as Ludlow began his presentation, a group of online hackers crashed the meeting, forcing the hosts to end things early.
In a statement on Facebook the following day, Schwartz said that the hacking was a learning experience, and the associations will plan accordingly in the future (i.e., make Zoom info private) to prevent this from happening again.
Visit lanj.org or facebook.com/groups/531293297293864 for more information.
[10.06.20]