Why Buy Local
According to research from Independent We Stand, a new organization designed to promote sustainable economic growth, when you spend $100 at an independent business, $68 returns to the local community. Spend that same amount at a national chain and it drops to $43.
Other benefits derived from shopping local include:
Small business accounts for 75% of all new jobs.
Locally owned businesses reinvest in the local economy at a 60% higher rate than chains and internet retailers.
Small businesses create more than half the non-farm private gross domestic product.
Locally owned and operated businesses create higher-paying jobs for you and your neighbors.
More of your tax dollars are reinvested in your community to fund local schools, hire more police officers and improve roads.
Lappan's, as a family owned and operated business, has reinvested and continued to grow since establishing in 1976.
