The SRS Way

While the SRS story began 20 years ago, our company’s history of family business is much greater. When we give tours to clients, we begin in front of murals of past Jones family businesses and share stories of the values we remember them for. We still debate the details of the origin of the Powell Candy Company 100 years ago, the result of a bad investment in sugar. Through it, Powell’s grandfather and Christopher’s great grandfather, WJ Powell, modeled what it means to honor your commitments first, and to have faith there is always a solution.

We remember Powell’s father (Christopher’s grandfather), Harry Jones, for his honesty and generosity of spirit. He shared these values with his sons at the WJ Powell Company while trading truckloads of produce with farmers across the country. We end our tours in the conference room dedicated to the women of the Jones family who have “made significant contributions to the family businesses and their communities…[by] reaching out, lifting up, and bringing together.”

Seven businesses and over 100 years later, the “family business” isn’t defined by shares in a company, or revenue by service type, but by the values passed down between generations.  And what better vehicle to do that with than a business? Industries change and businesses come and go – we imagine that will continue to be true.  But the values remain the same. They are passed down through actions that become stories and accumulate to create a legacy that lives on long after the people who built it are gone. 

We’re thankful for the legacy we’ve inherited at SRS and humbled by the opportunity to shape it through the platform that is our business. We hope you’ll experience those same values in action today – honesty, integrity, innovation, problem solving, faith, generosity – and for many generations to come.

Our purpose is greater than scanning, shredding, and storing paper – although we do all of those things. Our mission is to improve the lives of others, and no matter what business we’re in, that is The SRS Way.