TOYS FOR TOTS RECEIVES BARRETT CONTRIBUTIONS

The Toys for Tots program received 165 toys, gifts and gift cards for infants, children and teens through items and money contributed by Barrett Minneapolis-St. Paul associates.

"We think that is incredible, and are very appreciative of everyone who contributed," says Jackie Kubinski, member of the organizing group. Kubinski and fellow volunteers Judy O'Malley, Lanette Grenke, and Loretta Benedict put together the program, ran a bingo contest that raised cash for donation, and arranged for a Barrett crew to deliver the toys to a drop-off spot.

BARRETT RECEIVES FIFTH CUSTOMER CHOICE AWARD
Barrett Moving & Storage honored with Customer Choice, Safety & Loss Prevention Awards

Barrett Moving & Storage is proud to announce that they have been awarded the United Van Lines Customer Choice Award for the fifth time in six years. Barrett also received the First Place Fleet Safety Award, and the IMPACT Leader Award at United's annual convention in Colorado Springs, CO on October 24th.

In addition to these awards, Barrett was recognized with Second Place Hauling Awards in the Electronic & High Value and the Exhibit & Display categories. Allegiant Move Management presented Barrett with its Partner Award at the same ceremony.

Barrett Chicago Helps Local Students Discover America

Barrett's Chicago office brought geography, mathematics, and travel to the fifth grade classroom of Marie Dohnke at O'Plaine Elementary School in Gurnee, Illinois. Students met Driver Dave and were introduced to what life on the road is like for a professional van operator.

As the year progresses, Ms. Dohnke's class will get postcards from Driver Dave as he moves around the United States, loading and delivering shipments for our customers. Some of the postcards will require the students to figure out, from clues he provides, where in the United States Driver Dave is working. They will also receive other materials periodically, introducing mathematical and geographics concepts in a fun and entertaining way.

Van Operator of the Month Carl Cole

Barrett Van Operator Carl Cole has been named Van Operator of the Month by United Van Lines of Fenton, Missouri. Cole is a long-time van operator for Barrett's Minneapolis agency location. He specializes in household goods relocations for individuals and employee transfers. Cole is the fifth Barrett Van Operator to be so honored this year.

Up up and away - over the st. croix river

Barrett hosted the United Van Lines hot air balloon in mid-August. After taking off from the balloon port in Lakeland, Minnesota pilot and passengers flew over the St. Croix River and made a safe landing near Hudson, Wisconsin. Nearby residents were surprised to see the hot air balloon descending into their neighborhood, and it came as a colorful moment for several students about to head off for fall registration at their school.

Pilot Roy Caton and passengers crossing the St. Croix River between
Minnesota and Wisconsin on a perfect ballooning day in August. Click to enlarge

Mark Davis Named august Van Operator of the Month - second time in 2006

Minneapolis-St. Paul Mark Davis has been named Van Operator of the Month by United Van Lines for August, his second award in 2006. Davis was named Van Operator of the Month in April this year. He is a long-time Barrett van operator and specializes in product transportation, including new products, trade show displays, and extremely high value products.

PLUS RELOCATION AWARDS BARRETT "sERVICE eXCELLENCE aWARD"

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Pictured here are Stacey Myhro of Plus Relocation with Tamee Seidling of Barrett and members of the Barrett team.

Barrett Moving & Storage is proud to announce that Plus Relocation of Minneapolis has awarded Barrett its Service Excellence Award. The award recognizes Barrett for receiving the highest ratings for quality service and outstanding performance to Plus Relocation's clients and their relocating employees.

The award is based on performance by the move coordinator, van operators, packers, and move crews, and recognizes outstanding achievement in loss prevention.

Nelson Celebrates 50 Years in the Moving Industry

Tom Nelson was joined by Barrett Moving & Storage and Boulevard Moving & Storage associates from the Kenosha and Gurnee area as he celebrated a half century in the moving industry. Organizers Jeff Zastoupil, George Follensbee, and Sue Follensbee managed to keep the event a secret from Nelson until he arrived at the Barrett/Otto Nelson offices. To his surprise, he found he wasn't going to the Milwaukee Brewers game with just a few family members and friends. Instead over 50 people and a tour-size bus were awaiting him in the parking lot. A good time was had by all - even though the Brewers lost.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BARRETT ACQUIRES FIVE STAR MOVING & STORAGE
Barrett Acquires Mayflower Representation in Twin Cities Market

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, May 30, 2006 – Barrett Moving & Storage announces today that they have acquired Five Star Moving & Storage, of Golden Valley, Minnesota, a Mayflower Transit agent. Through its Boulevard Mayflower brand, Barrett now has locations in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago and Kenosha, Wisconsin. Barrett and Boulevard represent more than a century each of experience in household goods relocations for corporate employees, families, and individuals; warehousing, logistics and inventory management, and specialized transportation services such as trade show and event transport, office and industrial relocations, and museum and artwork moving, and ground transport for the aerospace industry.

“The addition of this Minnesota location rounds out our strong Midwest base of Mayflower agencies,” said Randy Koepsell, President and CEO of Barrett Moving. “Boulevard is a well-established name in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. With this acquisition, we bring the strength and familiarity of the Mayflower system to our Minnesota base.”

Both Boulevard and Barrett rose from modest beginnings, as family-owned businesses with strong commitments to their communities. Boulevard was launched in the Milwaukee area as a drayage firm. Barrett began life as a coal-hauling service in north Minneapolis.

“We look forward to the opportunity to bring Mayflower’s well-known service – with that familiar ship logo – to our Twin Cities area customers,” commented Bill Johnson, Vice President and General Manger. “Our goal is to combine the tradition of personalized service and strong operating practices of both organizations, for the benefit of our customers – present and future.”

About Barrett & Moving Storage Company

Barrett Moving & Storage is an industry leader in residential and commercial relocation. Established in 1901, Barrett Moving & Storage continues to serve corporations and individuals in the United States, Canada, and over 100 countries worldwide. Barrett operates offices in California, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota, providing transportation of household goods, trade shows and exhibit displays, high-value goods, logistics, and inventory management. Barrett’s office and industrial division provides relocations of offices, laboratories, museums, libraries, and plant facilities.

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BOB BRYJA NAMED VAN OPERATOR OF THE MONTH

Minneapolis Van Operator Robert Bryja was named Van Operator of the Month by United Van Lines. Bryja is a veteran van operator with Barrett's Minneapolis-St. Paul locations, and specializes in transportation of household goods for individuals and corporate transfers.

ISO QUALITY WITH A MIDWEST FLAIR

Barrett employees in Kenosha, Milwaukee and Chicago were treated to some fun, some inspiration and a challenge at ISO Kick-off meetings early this month. The challenge: get involved in making a daily difference for our customers. How? By focusing all our efforts on quality. By participating in each location's quality initiatives, and by searching for ways to improve how we do what we do. The Gurnee office's Quality Kick-off is pictured at left.

Setting High Standards. "At Barrett, we've always had the attitude that we want to set the standard for the best in moving and storage," comments Dave Skokan, Milwaukee's Quality Team leader. "We're using our ISO certification process as a way to bring out everyone's best ideas for doing that."

Getting Everyone Involved. In Kenosha, at Barrett/Otto Nelson Roger Gename's Quality Team focused on getting everyone excited. "We're a close group here," Gename says. "So, we really understand how much difference each person makes in the overall picture. We've had tremendous enthusiasm for this chance to make quality a part of everything we do."

Setting Their Sights High. In Barrett's Chicago office, the Quality Team is focusing on productivity, with aggressive goals for improvement. "We're determined to be the leader," says General Manager George Follensbee. "We brought everyone in the office and the workforce together to get them involved in the whole process."

And, yes, doughnuts and coffee were served!

BARRETT FOCUSES ON AGENT RELATIONS
Barrett launches new Agent Relations program with Larry Swanson as Director. January marks the beginning of a new system-wide, integrated program designed to strengthen Barrett's relationships with Mayflower Transit and United Van Lines agent locations through the United States. Larry Swanson has been named director of Agent Relations, and will head up the work on behalf of all of Barrett's locations.

Swanson will work directly with UniGroup agents throughout the United States, as well as with staff at all Barrett and Boulevard locations. In addition to his focus on agent relationships, Swanson will continue to work with Barrett staff on the Quality Process, with special focus on the ISO 9001:2000 certification process.

Swanson is a veteran of 10 years of customer service work at Barrett's location in Minneapolis. Previously he worked in Loss Prevention, and has more than a quarter century of customer service experience in the transportation industry. "Quality service is a passion of mine," he comments. "So, I'm really looking forward to working with all of our locations and with the whole family of UniGroup agents."

BARRETT EXPANDS ISO CERTIFICATION WORK.

ISO 9001:2000 Certification Process Broadened to Illinois and Wisconsin locations. Since receiving ISO certification for its Minnesota locations and corporate headquarters in June of 2005, Barrett has begun to expand its ISO 9001:2000 Certification process at its locations in Milwaukee, Kenosha (WI), and Chicago, where Quality Process Teams have begun the work of analyzing and documenting processes and procedures.

"This is very exciting for us," says Roger Gename, sales manager and ISO team leader at Barrett/Otto Nelson in Kenosha, Wisconsin. "Customer service is already our first priority. Now we have the chance to refine what we do, and make even more of an impact for our customers."

Randy Koepsell, president of Barrett, echoes Gename. "We are already seeing the results of our first certification process in our Minnesota location and for our corporate staff. The whole process constantly renews our focus on quality, and keeps ideas for improvement at the forefront."

BARRETT RECOGNIZED WITH THREE TOP AWARDS AT UNITED VAN LINES CONVENTION IN FLORIDA.

Barrett was pleased to be awarded three key awards at the United Van Lines annual convention in Kissimee, Florida this year. Barrett was recognized for delivering quality service through claims prevention and reduction with the IMPACT Award, which is determined on the basis of low claims experience in household goods hauling, packing, and warehousing. With a first-place award in Fleet Safety Barrett continues its tradition of recognition for helping to ensure the safety of our shipments, our agency and van line personnel, and all those who use our nation's highways.

For the fifth time, Barrett was recognized with the Customer Choice Award, which recognizes total quality service performance. Based on our customers' high ratings, and superior performance in claims, safety, Quality Labor Training, and accounting performance, Barrett took home its fourth award in five years, and fifth since the program was initiated in 1994.

BARRETT HELPS KATRINA and Rita VICTIMS

Pictured here at Winter Park are Vikings player Jermaine Wiggins, Barrett Vice President Bill Johnson, Vikings Coach Mike Tice, and Barrett Vice President John Orme. Click to enlarge

Barrett/Otto Nelson's van operator Rob Granberry and his wife Kim coordinated efforts with Fox Lake (IL) Community Church to send a trailer load of help to Jackson, Mississippi. Granberry is based out of our Kenosha, Wisconsin location.

Kim Granberry surrounded by items collected in Fox Lake, IL.

Barrett Moving & Storage is proud to play a part in relief for victims of Hurricane Katrina. In collaboration with the Minnesota Vikings, Barrett is collecting clothing and other items for hurricane victims at the Vikings' Winter Park location in Eden Prairie. Barrett will transport the over 40 tons of items collected through the Vikings organization to the hurricane devastated area.

Barrett employees donated more than $4,500, including matching contributions from the company, to the American Red Cross.

Barrett's Milwaukee agency provided transport for veterinary supplies for the more than 1,200 animals (dogs, cats, a few tortoises, a pot belly
pig, some chickens and ducks) who are stranded because of the hurricane. They are being housed in a horse barn and arena at Louisiana State University. Large dogs are being housed in the horse barn, smaller dogs in crates in the arena, cats in a curved hallway around the outside the arena. There is a command center which is the main communication area - complete with computer network system setup. There is also a veterinary triage center for injured/sick animals to be evaluated and treated. The critical animals are sent to the vet school for more intensive care. Barrett's own Dave Skokan headed up a team of volunteers who loaded the truck, and Dave has volunteered to drive to Shreveport to deliver the supplies.

Barrett donated more than 500 cartons to KMSP-TV Fox 9 News' collection efforts during the Labor Day Weekend, and assisted students, parents, and faculty of the Minnetonka Minnesota Schools by transporting a full van load of much-needed items for Katrina refugees. One fifth grade classroom collected enough money to pay for fuel on the trip down to Louisiana, adding to Barrett's donation of equipment, and our van operators' donation of time.

Barrett is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Langer as Executive Vice President of the company.
Langer assumes responsibility for Barrett's six agency locations, working directly with the General Managers. Most recently Langer served as Vice President and General Manager of Barrett's Milwaukee location.

Barrett's new board of directors appointed.
Barrett's new Board of Directors will meet for the first time in August 2005. The Board will assume a new oversight role, with non-managing members. Chairman of the Board Robert Eidsvold is the majority stockholder, and will serve with Secretary Joe Langer, and Director Judi Masini. Eidsvold most recently served as the company's President, and Langer as the Chairman of the Board. Masini is Eidsvold's daughter and a shareholder in the company.

Barrett is pleased to announce the appointment of four Vice Presidents of the company.

Tom Nelson, Barrett/Otto Nelson, Barrett's location in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will continue to serve as General Manager of the location associated with his family since the early 20th century. Mike Hansen will serve as Sales Manager of Barrett's Milwaukee agency, and Jim Castino will continue his role in managing the operations of the Milwaukee agency. George Follensbee, long-time General Manager of Barrett's Chicago agency, will oversee aggressive growth plans for the northern Illinois location of the company. All four individuals will be actively involved in a General Manager leadership group which meets regularly with corporate staff.

John Orme has joined Barrett Moving & Storage Company as Vice President and Director of Sales for the Minneapolis location.

Orme has more than a decade of moving industry experience, and previously worked in the Barrett organization at the St. Paul, Minnesota location.