Since 1989, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? has been featured in over 700 media stories. As we build the 'FedEx of JunkRemoval', TV, radio, newspapers, magazines and websites keep telling our 'trashy' story. Our story gets more and more exciting with each new story that is released. Here are samples of just a few.
The Wall Street Journal
A junk-removal service with global aspirations, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? is taking its business to cyberspace.
-November 2003
Fortune
By picking up what your garbage man won't, 1-800-Got-Junk? has become one of the fastest-growing franchises in America.
-October 2003
The New York Times
Mr. Lewis, a Franchise Support Manager for 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, a junk-removal company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, is happy to save his company money by traveling on the cheap.
-February 2003
USA Today
”People seem to be creating space for themselves,” says Brian Scudamore, CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, a Canadian company whose franchises have sprouted in more than two dozen U.S. cities in the past year.
- Feb 2003
CallCenter
It’s more rare to come across a company that’s spearheading standards in an industry not known for customer service.
- June 2003
THe Dallas Morning News
They’re standing on a busy Dallas intersection holding up placards as bait for packrats. They call it the Blue Wig Wave.
- Mar 2003
Entrepreneur Magazine
Furniture, appliances and other reusable items in good condition are donated to organizations like the Salvation Army.
- April 2003
The Boston Globe
They’re not garbage men. Call them junk busters.
- May 2003
San Francisco Chronicle
“Ocean Beach gets really dirty. We want to make this beach, a treasure of San Francisco, clean and pristine,” explains Tom Rypma.
- May 2003
AP
Founder calls it "The next great North American brand — in the mold of Starbucks and FedEx."
-December 2002
Fortune
Brian Scudamore knows that one man's trash is another man's treasure. His to be precise.
- September 2002
Fast Company
Since 1989, Brian has developed a network of franchisees and embraced the Web, (with an e-commerce system called JunkNet) to keep his fast-growing operation free of clutter.
- Feb 2003
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The stock trader gave up on Wall Street to buy a 1-800-GOT-JUNK? franchise.
- July 2002