Salute to Commerce – Standard TV & Appliance

By Courtney Linville | Bend Chamber

For over 65 years, Standard TV and Appliance has been providing great service and products as well has worked diligently to support local communities.

Standard TV and Appliance was founded in Oregon in 1947 originally as Standard Refrigeration. The company was founded on providing great service and products to customers and has flourished in Oregon. TheBendlocation opened in 2003 and features 6 unique live operating kitchen displays.

Today, Standard TV and Appliance has over 275 employees with two stores in Portland as well as a store inBeavertonthat features one of the largest showrooms in the northwest with 17 live kitchen displays! Bend Store Manager Justin Shaffer says the company also has a 17,000 square foot warehouse that is filled with inventory to serve customer’s needs.

“We are committed to providing Central Oregonand all our customers with the most innovative products and the best prices,” he said.

Standard TV and Appliance has a wide inventory selection including appliances, mattresses, and electronics. Shaffer says the company has some of the best trained sales professionals and is “one of the few dealers that actually have factory authorized servicing technicians that work directly for Standard TV and Appliance.”

The company also offers professional installation of products so customers can depend on the installation to be done correctly.

“Customers should feel very comfortable in knowing that we are here to provide them with exceptional service and top selection of products at the lowest prices … Guaranteed,” said Shaffer.

Besides providing great service, Standard TV and Appliance also believes in getting involved and giving back to the local community. The company is involved in several major contributions that cover all ofOregonas well as the Susan G. Comen Race for the Cure, Boys and Girls Clubs, the Oregon International Air Show, the Les Schwab Bowl (High School Football), the Les Schwab Invitational (High School All Star Basketball), as well as other sports and media sponsorship.

The company has also supported the Humane Society, the High Desert Museum, as well as several local shelters. So why give back so much? “This great community that supports us,” said Shaffer. “We all work and live here and it is important to assist when and where you can. That’s what makes for a ‘Great’ community like we have here.”

Standard TV & Appliance is honored to be selected as this month’s Salute to Commerce winner. “We are grateful of this award and look forward to many years of doing great community business together,” said Shaffer.

The Salute to Commerce Program is sponsored by Combined Communications Inc., The Riverhouse, and the Bend Chamber of Commerce. Congratulations to the past year’s Salute to Commerce recipients for making Bend a better place to live: Wells Fargo Business Banking, Sortor Bushido Kai Karate, SELCO Community Credit Union, Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home, Rod Wigle, MD, Avion Water Company Inc, Arbor Mortgage Group, Round Butte Seed Growers, Inc, Touchmark at Mt. Bachelor Village, Bend River Promenade, Integra Telecom Inc., and Bend Burger Company.