ServiceMaster Receives Spirit of Success Advertising Award

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — ServiceMaster is a huge company — and yet transparent behind several well-known brands. For its steady growth, service integrity and civic efforts, the company recently received AT&T Advertising & Publishing’s prestigious Spirit of Success Award. AT&T Advertising & Publishing prints and distributes the AT&T Real Yellow Pages.

“We are honored to receive this award,” says Roy Beatty, vice president of the ServiceMaster Yellow Pages Marketing Group. “We work every day to be there for our customers and communities, and this award recognizes our effort to be responsive to customers and the model corporate citizen.”

AT&T Advertising & Publishing selected ServiceMaster and just four other customers out of 750,000 across its regions to receive the Spirit of Success Award this year. Begun in 1998, the honor salutes winners for their industry and community leadership.

“This is our highest customer award, and we are delighted to present it to ServiceMaster,” says Janet Disbrow, vice president-National Sales for AT&T Advertising & Publishing. “The company is a true American success story and a backbone in cities of all sizes. We’re very glad we’ve been able to partner with ServiceMaster along the way.”

Marion Wade founded the company in 1929 in Wheaton, Ill., as a moth-proofing service. Soon came carpet-cleaning, other home services and steady expansion. Today, the company has a network of more than 5,500 company-owned locations and franchised licensees and employs about 40,000 people. Its headquarters is in Memphis.

ServiceMaster serves residential and commercial customers, and core services feature lawn care, landscape maintenance, termite and pest control, home warranties, disaster response and reconstruction, cleaning and disaster restoration, housecleaning, furniture repair and home inspection. Company brands include: TruGreen ChemLawn, TruGreen LandCare, Terminix, American Home Shield, InStar Services Group, ServiceMaster Clean, Merry Maids, Furniture Medic and AmeriSpec.