Press Releases
9/1/10
Liberty Delivers Once Again for Growing Restaurant Chain
Commack, NY-On July 15th, Liberty Moving and Storage crew members were out in full force on Bleeker Street delivering new equipment for fast growing NYC restaurant chain Le Pain Quotidien (LPQ). The Bleeker Street location marked the 10th new LPQ restaurant that Liberty has handled in the last few years.
Le Pain Quotidien (LPQ), also known as Het Dagelijks Brood in Belgium, is an international chain of Belgian bakeries and restaurants serving soup, salads, tartines, breakfast, homemade pastries and handmade organic bread—made with organic ingredients. The company was founded by Belgian chef Alain Coumont. The name Le Pain Quotidien is French for "Daily Bread".
Liberty’s role in the chaotic effort of opening a new LPQ location is as follows:
- Receive, inspect and inventory shipments from 10-15 different equipment manufacturers
- Prep selected equipment (ie- putting wheels on under counter refrigerators)
- Coordinate delivery schedules with general contractor and LPQ project manager
- White glove inside delivery to job site
- Minor assembly of shelving and other equipment
- Removal of debris from job site
Liberty also handles equipment swap outs for LPQ locations in Los Angeles and Washington DC when old equipment needs to be replaced.
4/15/10
Liberty Moving and Storage Lends a Hand For Haiti
Commack, NY-On April 15, 2010, Liberty Moving and Storage was recognized for its efforts in providing local relief support to Haiti by Suffolk Legislator, John M. Kennedy Jr. in front of Liberty’s headquarters in New York.
Liberty was instrumental in devoting manpower and logistical support for the collection of nearly five 40 ft. container loads of clothing, canned food, water, tents and other supplies directed for the survivors of Haiti’s catastrophic 7.0 earthquake in January. The containers are being taken over to the Port-Au-Prince region that has seen the most significant damage.
According to Liberty Vice President, Anthony Federico, “Liberty is always ready to give back to the communities that have supported us throughout our history. Similar to our efforts during 9/11, we believe in stepping up when others are in need.”
Liberty received numerous awards for its efforts in collecting, warehousing and trucking supplies into Ground Zero rescue workers back in 2001 after the collapse of the Twin Towers. Liberty is a third generation moving company celebrating its 70th year in business.
12/11/09
Liberty Installation Systems Completes New Furniture at Freehold Mall
Freehold, NJ- Liberty Installation Systems is pleased to announce the completion of a large new furniture installation project for Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold, NJ.
Liberty’s new furniture specialists put the finishing touches on the project this week. The project, comprised of three phases over a 5 week period, involved the warehousing, inspection, delivery and installation of new furniture for the common areas in the mall.
Included in the installation were over 300 new food court tables, 600 chairs, banquette seating, new lounge furniture, planters and area rugs. Liberty project manager, Vinny Miano, worked with the interior designer to create a color coding scheme. This ensured that all items were placed in proper locations.
According to Mike Schaefer, Operations Manager at Freehold Mall, “your staff was incredible. You should be very proud of your company and your team.” Liberty Installation Systems, a division of Liberty Moving and Storage, specializes in the warehousing, delivery and installation of furniture, fixtures and equipment in NY and the tri-state area. Established in 1939, Liberty Moving and Storage is largest full service moving company in New York.
12/1/09
Liberty Moving Voted 1st Runner Up in Dan’s Papers for “Best of the Best” Movers in 2009…
Commack, NY- Liberty Moving and Storage is pleased to announce that it was selected as the 1st Runner Up in Dan’s Papers for Best of the Best Movers in 2009.
Dan's Papers is a newspaper in Bridgehampton, New York, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events. They put out a list every year of the Best of Class for different industries.
10/3/09
Liberty Moving and Storage Celebrates Grand Opening and 70th Anniversary
Commack, NY-Liberty Moving and Storage (U343) had a lot of moving going on at its new corporate headquarters on October 2nd and it wasn’t furniture. The moving was the over 300 guests who came out to celebrate the official opening of Liberty’s new building and its and 70th year in business as a leading moving and storage company.
Guests at Liberty’s new state of the art building in NY were treated to champagne tours, catered food, live music, entertainment and a ribbon cutting ceremony. Unigroup President Rich McClure delivered a keynote speech at the ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the official opening of Liberty’s facility. “At United Van Lines, we're proud of Liberty's accomplishments over the past seven decades and the quality service they consistently deliver to customers.”
In June, Liberty consolidated its existing locations in Riverhead and Hauppauge into a new 75,000 square foot warehouse on the outskirts of the Hauppauge Industrial Park. The facility includes 65,000 square feet of warehouse space equipped with 14 loading bays, 6 G-11 rooms, a new product warehousing/record storage department and company owned repair shop.
Since its inception with one truck on Liberty Ave. in Jamaica, Queens in 1939, Liberty is now one of the largest moving companies serving NYC and Long Island.
3/1/09
Liberty Moves Conan O’Brien Show out of NYC
Commack, NY- Liberty Moving and Storage was hired by NBC Universal to move the entire Conan O’Brien Show out of 30 Rock in NYC to a new facility in Burbank, California.
The two week long project culminated with numerous move meetings between Liberty Senior VP Anthony Federico and Conan’s coordination team. After analyzing the floor plans for the new Burbank facility, Liberty created an elaborate colored tagging and inventory plan to ensure that all show items were properly identified according to their placement at the various floors/rooms at destination.
One of the hallmarks of this project was the extensive amount of specialized packing performed by Liberty. Liberty provided packing services for the archive tape library, the show wardrobe, the band instruments and a wide array of high value props used during the Conan O’Brien Show. Many of the items packed up were extremely valuable and of unconventional dimensions. In addition, Liberty packed up all of the private offices of the executives involved in the show, including Conan O’Brien.
A total of 5 tractor trailer loads of furniture, fixtures and props were carefully inventoried, packed and transported to California. All goods arrived at the new location on time and in perfect condition.