Wednesday, June 11, 2014

John Deere now available at Landscape Supply

ORLANDO, Florida (June 11, 2014) – Landscape Supply is Orlando's newest John Deere dealer! John Deere is the world's premier Lawn and Tractor company and Landscape Supply is thrilled to be an Authorized John Deere Dealer. Landscape Supply sells John Deere Zero Turn lawn mowers - both consumer and commercial - as well as riding lawn mowers, lawn tractors and specialized front & wide area mowers. Landscape Supply sells all models of John Deere's Gator utility vehicles. If you need a tractor for farm or large property work, Landscape Supply now sells Tractors up to 90 horsepower. Our service department can repair any piece of John Deere equipment we are authorized to sell. We also sell parts, if you do repairs or maintenance yourself. Visit our website at www.landscapesupplyco.com/john-deere to see our full range of equipment. You can also visit our dedicated website at www.orlando-john-deere.com Give us a call at 407-240-1023 or stop in today to see our beautiful showroom full of new John Deere equipment!
Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) is a world leader in providing advanced products and services and is committed to the success of customers whose work is linked to the land - those who cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich and build upon the land to meet the world's dramatically increasing need for food, fuel, shelter and infrastructure. Since 1837, John Deere has delivered innovative products of superior quality built on a tradition of integrity. For more information, visit John Deere at its worldwide website at JohnDeere.com.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Stihl Chainsaw Seminar Announced - April 5th

Stihl authorized reps will be here with chainsaw gear for our Chainsaw Safety Seminar!

This event is FREE and includes hands-on demos.  It will begin with a short classroom setting, then venture outside for interactive demonstrations.  Starting at 9am, the seminar will last 30-45 minutes.

We have 40 spots available this time, so give us a call and we'll save you a spot.
407-240-1023

Empire Zoysia Turf Seminar Declared a Success!

Our March 2nd Empire Turf Seminar was a huge success!  We had 35 people attend and our conference room was packed.  Check out a few photos from the event:



















See our FaceBook page for more photos.


Thanks to everyone who attended our first Seminar for making it such a success.

- The Landscape Supply Staff

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Swipe fees take a big bite (repost from Orlando Sentinel)

December 07, 2010

For small-business owners, particularly merchants like me, every dollar matters, whether it's a dollar taken in or a dollar paid out. As I make plans now for my 2011 season, I find myself once again focused on how little control I have over one of my biggest expenses, one most consumers have never heard of — credit and debit card-swipe fees.
I recently read that on the day after Thanksgiving, known to retailers as Black Friday, consumers spent roughly $11.4 billion in stores around the country. I bet most of those people shopping that day had no idea that for every purchase they made using a credit or debit card, 1 percent to 3 percent of that purchase total was diverted to whatever bank issued that card. Those fees add up to more than $48 billion every year for big card-issuing banks, most of it in the form of pure profit.
Last year my business paid $24,000 in swipe fees. That may not seem like a lot compared with $48 billion collected nationwide, but compared with other costs I face, it's remarkable. These fees have been on the rise for years, more than tripling in the past decade. I am committed to serving my customers as best and most cost-effectively as I can, but these fees have forced me to increase prices and have prevented me from further expanding my business.
Earlier this year, Congress passed reforms to make swipe fees on debit transactions more fair and transparent. Specifically, Congress demanded that debit swipe fees be "reasonable and proportional" to the cost of actual debit transactions. That's great for my business and my customers because prices paid at my registers are a reflection of my costs.
But we're not in the clear yet. The swipe-fee-reform law left a number of technical issues to the Federal Reserve to settle. The Federal Reserve website shows that banks have its ear, and, not surprisingly, the banks are working hard to reduce the law's intended effect. Despite what the new law says, the devil is in the details, and the banks are trying to keep swipe fees unfair and largely under cover.
I don't mind banks and card networks making a profit; after all, they're in business for a reason, just like I am. What I have a problem with is their gouging honest businesses that are trying to survive in an unsteady economy.
Congress agrees and took action accordingly. Now, the Federal Reserve has the obligation to fix the broken market that the credit-card networks have created for themselves — a marketplace that works for credit-card networks and their big-bank customers, but works against everyone else.
Jim Lashley is president of Landscape Supply Co. in Orlando.

The original article appeared in the Orlando Sentinel on December 7, 2010.
See it on their website here:

Friday, February 18, 2011

Landscape Supply at the Central Florida Home & Garden Show

Landscape Supply Co will have the biggest, most incredible booth at the 2011 Central Florida Home & Garden Show.
Our theme this year is "The Backyard Barbeque."

We will have more details coming soon about all the fun and useful things you can do at our booth.

Visit our website to stay up to date!  www.landscapesupplyco.com

Friday, February 4, 2011

Empire Zoysia Turf Seminar - March 2nd

On March second we will be hosting our first of many Seminars for Landscapers.


Topic:         Empire Zoysia Turf
Time:          9am - 9:45am
Length:       45 minutes
Price:          $5

• Breakfast included
• Three speakers
• History of Empire Zoysia
• Maintenance & chemical treatments
• Free giveaways!
• Huge ONE day discounts.


Only 30 spots available - sign up before we are full!


Our next seminar will be sometime in April with a focus on Stihl Chainsaw Safety.

We hope to see you in March!


www.landscapesupplyco.com

Landscape Supply Staff, Empire Turf Experts

Just last week we had a seminar teaching our staff about Empire Turf.  It went very well - lasting over 2 hours!
We learned all the benefits that Sod Solutions & Empire Turf have to offer.  It was hosted by Erin and Joel of Sod Solutions, who will be back in March as guest speakers for our first seminar.  We greatly appreciate the time and effort they put into their presentation!

We are now extremely prepared to teach our first seminar on March 2 from 9am-9:45am.  As you already know, Erin and Joel will be attending as guest speakers.  We also have a third speaker coming - the manager of the sod farm itself.


There will be plenty of information, giveaways and discounts.
Look for our blog posting on march 3rd for photos and a run down of how it all went.

www.landscapesupplyco.com