The History of our Business

Errands for All was started June 7, 2002, by Jeff and Mindy Kammerdiener. The first time that the idea of starting a personal delivery business occurred to Jeff was seven years earlier, in 1995.

While trying to develop business ideas, Jeff began to do some preliminary work on the idea of personal shopping, same-day delivery, and courier services for the East Texas area. Jeff had already decided that the business name would be Errands for All. One month later, Joan Hallmark of KLTV News 7, did an expose on a new business based somewhere near Tyler, Texas. While watching this expose, Jeff found that this business also specialized in running errands.  It was called Errands for You. Disappointed that he was once again too late with a good idea, he put it on the back burner for seven years.

In the aftermath of September 11th, and due to an ever-decreasing business clientele in Jeff's own business, Jeff's Professional Services (Jeff's Professional Gutter & Roof Cleaning Service, Sunshine-Clean Window Cleaners, and Jeff's Christmas Lights) and the slow establishment of his insurance sales career as a pre-need salesman, Jeff and Mindy began to look at past ideas for business start-ups. Remembering his seven-year-old idea of Errands for All, Jeff and Mindy began to develop and market their idea in the Longview, Texas, area.  Jeff looked for the other company in Tyler and found their assumed name still on the books at the county courthouse, but he could not find them in business anywhere in the East Texas area. It seemed that now Jeff and Mindy could begin their business with little or no competition in the market place.

The idea became a reality after several months of planning, marketing, and advertising. Jeff and Mindy invested all of their savings into the business. Slowly the customers began to call.  Errands for All had hoped to have many customers who would use them weekly.  This was not the case. Although many people supported this as a great idea, few people were interested  in letting a delivery service take care of their personal errands.  The occasional calls were not enough to keep Errands for All in business.  Sometimes Jeff and Mindy would be surprised by a call for an unusual request.   Their first customer asked them to pick up a box full of cats and take them to the pound. 

One and a half  years went by with hardly any good responses.  Then, in January of 2004, Jeff and Mindy received a call from a major airline looking for a new luggage delivery service for their local airport.  Three weeks later they were awarded the service agreement for the airline.   Then it started to happen.  Calls for errands began to come in from all over the country for document deliveries and the like. Debt collection firms called to have notices hand delivered.

Quickly Jeff and Mindy acquired the help of a well-known professor from the University of Louisiana in Monroe, Dr. Troy Kammerdiener,  Ph.D., who assisted them in getting their website up and running on the web.  His assistance was invaluable!  Soon the Errands for All website will grow to enable companies from all over the country or further to take advantage of the services of Errands for All. 
 
Just think of it.  Errands for All is a professional business that will do all your grocery and personal shopping; pick-up your dry cleaning and drop it off at your door;  pick-up your prescriptions; buy a gift at the last minute; deliver or pick-up legal documents or packages; and make hot-shot deliveries in East Texas and Louisiana, all in the same day!

Whether you are an individual seeking a little help for your time-consuming errands, or a large corporation needing full-time courier services, Errands for All welcomes your business and plans to fill all your delivery needs in a way that will bring total customer satisfaction.

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