WHERE DID B&N COME FROM? 

We are a locally owned, third generation family operated company. We have exclusively served the Fairport community and its immediate surrounding areas since 1977. This company was built upon the backs of a father and son who wanted to make a better way of life for themselves and their families.

Our company started with our Grandparents Butch and Noreen Kuhn. That is how we got our name. Butch and his son Michael started the company by servicing a handful of friends and neighbors using their own pickup trucks and dumping everything by hand. Noreen took care of the office side of the company using their home phone for customer contact and the company "database" was kept on a Rolodex up until the early 1990's."

As the company grew they were able to purchase their first garbage truck. You can imagine what that first truck meant to them, the relief from the abuse their bodies took every day from the hard physical labor. Butch and Noreen eventually passed the "torch" onto their oldest son Michael. Michael and his young son John worked very hard to overcome the many struggles of owning their own business.  John gave up his teenage summers to help his dad with the business. It wasn't easy, it didn't matter if it was the middle of the night or 10 degrees below freezing, they only had two trucks and if one of them broke down they stayed up all night to fix it to make sure every customer was picked up on time the next day. We still hold that belief today. We do whatever it takes to make sure everyone one of our customers receives the best service we can provide.

Mike drove one of his trucks for the company for many years, B&N was his life and legacy to his family. He worked right up until his death in 2013. After his passing Mikes son John  and His Wife Wendy purchased the company from the family to continue the legacy.

     Half of the companys employees are family, and the other half is considered family. When we took over ownership we added many current day amenities which most comapnies already offered. A website, B&N entered Social Media ( which we are still a little shy about), added email billing, offered auto pay, began accepting credit card payments and offerd online account management.

OUr Story is still continuing, in the last few years our business has faced some learning curves with the restructuring for recyclling in perinton, staying open during covid, being deemed essential, staffing, and some family health issues. We have worked diligently through these kinks and We have been able to keep our trucks on the road with the help of our pretty darn loyal employees that have stuck with us through it all. Wendy got her Class A CDL and not only manages the business but also fills in as a driver when needed. Our small family business struggles to stay open with todays unfriendly economic envirorement that makes  survival hard for small business's to compete against the global sized conglomerates . However it is our personal goal to outmatch our competition with providing excellent service to our customers. With the help of our Loyal Customers, It is our hope our legacy continues to be able to welcome in the fourth generation that has already begun learning the "ropes" and allowing  us as avid animal lovers to spend more time with  our Horses, dogs, cats, ducks and chickens! 

This is not a job for us this is our life.