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We’re Nationwide 2/27/2012

February 27, 2012

Well, admittedly, 43 of the vehicles are just whirling around Southeast-to-Central Michigan, as usual, but today we’re also tracking one Driver on her way back from Fort Lauderdale, FL, where she delivered an enormous, 2000 lb. engine, and another Driver headed towards Maryland with some other crucial stuff. With our new 2012 rates & services, […]

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Happy Locally-Sourced Fat Tuesday from Metro

February 21, 2012

It’s 3:01 PM and, as a company, we’ve eaten 4.75 dozen of paczkis so far. Mardi Gras beads have also been provided for the more festive drivers. The beads we got from Fantasy Attic, in Depot Town, Ypsilanti- those excellent paczkis are from the sublime Washtenaw Dairy of Ann Arbor. The custard ones always seem […]

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Metro Welcomes #142 to the Fleet

February 20, 2012

Our newest e-250 Van…with the NEW “Serving Southeastern Michigan, 24/7/365” signage on it, so people hopefully understand better just what the heck we’re up to, all over the place at all hours. Click on the photo to see all the gorgeous detail.

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Metro Delivery Receives Toys for Tots Award 2011

January 30, 2012

The Staff of Metro Delivery were honored with an award, and a handsome wall plaque, by Tony Gillum, Program Coordinator for Toys for Tots, who came personally and in full uniform to our warehouse to thank us for our assistance in turning truckloads of toys into Happy Holidays for over 600 local children. Metro donates […]

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This Week’s Metro Delivery Creative Reuse Award

January 12, 2012

Goes to Mr. Kaericher, our Staff Trainer & Lead Compliance Officer for the leftover Gucci Crates that came all the way from Italy to be refashioned into this Elegant Italianate Cat House:

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Rare Metro Delivery Footage

January 3, 2012

Metro Delivery caught by concealed camera! We’ve been seeing a lot of shocking “Candid Camera”-type videos of other delivery companies on the interwebs recently, so we decided to set up some surreptitious surveillance on a delivery by Metro; but we did not expect to see THIS. Metro Delivery Caught by Hidden Camera from Metro […]

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Scenes from a Very Metro Holiday Season

December 16, 2011

…it all started when we spotted the above elf in the warehouse. …the next thing we know, people are wearing penguins on their heads. Throngs of gift baskets and boxes multiply and spread throughout our normally spacious and tidy warehouse and into the conference room. …there’s still eight shopping days left ’til Christmas, and we’ve […]

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Toys for Tots Drive 2011!

December 10, 2011

Click here for Washtenaw County Toys for Tots Donation Centers! Metro Delivery again this year donates all services to the good folks at Toys for Tots, carrying truckloads of toys hither and yon across Southeastern Michigan, for distribution to disadvantaged children in the area. Our friends at W4 Country are sponsoring a Toy Drive, for […]

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Metro Delivery: Victim of Internet Penguin Larceny

December 9, 2011

Presto the Penguin, beloved mascot of Metro Delivery, was briefly kidnapped and taken across state lines for nefarious purposes! Here’s the background: for years, we’ve been fielding the occasional phone call from people around the State of Arizona, regarding a notice of failed delivery left on their door by a “Metro Delivery.” They reach us […]

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