Rockford Mattress to close after 80 years

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After almost 80 years of manufacturing and selling mattresses and bedding products, Rockford Mattress Co.’s owners have decided to close.  The company has stopped manufacturing mattresses and now is liquidating its inventory.

The Powell family, which owns the business at 212 Seventh St., is not sure when it will close its doors for good. Sales have fluctuated over the past five years, and the Powells knew by December that they’d need to close. Several factors led to the decision, they said: industry changes, rising costs of materials, and the overall economy.

You can read the full story, “Needs outweigh wants: Rockford Mattress to close,” at BusinessRockford.com here.

The UPS Store sponsors year-round Toys for Tots Literacy Program

Add comment April 1st, 2008

Not a coming or going, more like a doing:

Locations of The UPS Store around the country, including the one at 7431 E. State St. in Rockford, are teaming up with the Marine Toys For Tots Foundation for its first-ever year-round Toys for Tots Literacy Program.

Through the month of April, The UPS Store will be selling $1 donation cards. For every dollar donated, a book will be given to a local economically disadvantaged child, courtesy of Scholastic, Inc.

The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. network is the exclusive sponsor of the Toys for Tots Literacy Program. Since 2005 it also has been a national sponsor of Toys for Tots.
You can find more information at www.ToysforTotsLiteracy.org.