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Covid 19 Restaurants
We’re just beginning to understand the public health impact of COVID-19. Many are also dealing with the impact on businesses as well. Hard-working owners, operators, farmers, delivery drivers, staff, and just about everyone in the food business. Restaurants and...
Biden Against Plastic
(Bloomberg/Yahoo) -- Add one more item to Joe Biden’s platform: No more plastic straws. At a town hall in Hudson, New Hampshire, the former vice president was asked by a child about plastic in the oceans. “I don’t think we should be using plastic straws anymore in...
Paper Straw Market Growing
Many thought that the paper straw industry was just a fad. That some of the government and state regulations were being blown out of proportion. However if you’ve read our posts you’d know that we see Paper Straws a bit differently and it appears we aren’t...
Happy Holidays!
Straws Shop would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. We are looking forward to a great year to come and for 2020 to be our best year yet. We couldn’t do it without our amazing customers, so thank you for choosing us!...
Paper Straw Crafts
One of our hottest sellers this past year has been our affordable paper straws. These straws are helping to protect the environment while also help your business stay within new government guidelines. But paper straws can be used for more than just a drinking...
1 Year Later
It’s been a year since StrawsShop.com opened its company and website to the world. Starting a new business can be both challenging and rewarding. No doubt this past year has been both. It has also been an opportunity to learn as well. We got the chance to learn what...
Miami Beach Plans Plastic
It appears that the city of Miami Beach is taking another step in becoming plastic free. Thanks to a unanimous vote by the city commission on Wednesday, CBS Miami reported the ban of single-use plastic straws and stirrers. While some business owners have complained,...
UK McDonald’s Straws
For regular readers of our blog you remember that last month we talked about 2 girls that were trying to make a difference in the plastic straw world. They were worried that plastic toys found in kids meals were impacting the environment just as much as plastic...
Plastic Toy Petition
As a child, one of the best reasons to go to McDonald's or Burger King was for the plastic toy inside. You never knew what you were going to get and once you had the toy you'd spend hours playing with it. But after a few days that toy became just another toy....