News Release:

OpenSSL Heartbleed: We've Got You Covered!

S SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 15, 2014 - Blue Ribbon Supply Company, a leading wholesale distribution company providing a broad range of products and services to professional customers, today unveiled security updates to its Web site (www.blueribbonsupply.com) - an ecommerce portal containing thousands of products for its commercial customers.

Last week, Blue Ribbon Supply learned about a potential security exploit called 'Heartbleed' affecting websites that use an SSL to secure customer information. Heartbleed is critical. It affected nearly two-thirds of the Internet and many large Internet companies have been working long hours to update their services to keep customers and visitors safe. Blue Ribbon Supply was no exception.

"Since we learned about the potential vulnerability, we reviewed and updated Blue Ribbon Supply services that use the OpenSSL version. This includes websites and servers we use to run our business" stated Blue Ribbon Supply Company General Manager and Sales Team Leader, John Dilena. He continued, "Online security is essential to conducting business online - and we want to assure our customers that online security has always been a high priority for us."

To provide customers with the highest confidence when transacting on the website www.blueribbonsupply.com, Blue Ribbon Supply has ensured that the website features a SSL Certificate that comes along with 'https' in the Web site address and a closed padlock symbol in the browser window. In addition to this, the website features a $1 million guaranteed extended secure website validation from Network Solutions.

About Blue Ribbon Supply Company
Blue Ribbon Supply Company (www.blueribbonsupply.com) is a leading wholesale distribution company, providing a broad range of products and services to professional customers in the lodging, laundry, healthcare, janitorial, safety and industrial marketplace with products (including hotel guest amenities, housekeeping supplies, cleaning and janitorial products, maintenance equipment, laundry vending products, and much more). The company is committed to encouraging and sustaining an environmentally-friendly workplace through employee programs, waste reduction, and an environmentally responsible business approach to providing eco-friendly products required by owners and managers to operate and maintain successful businesses. As a true sign of its focus on the environment, Blue Ribbon Supply has been awarded LEED®-EB Gold designation for its headquarters - which includes our office, warehouse and parking complex located in South San Francisco, California. LEED certification for Existing Buildings was developed and is administered by the USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council) to address whole-building cleaning and maintenance issues (including chemical use), recycling programs, exterior maintenance programs, and system upgrades. Blue Ribbon Supply offers online ordering and extensive account management at www.blueribbonsupply.com. Blue Ribbon Supply was established in 1958 and is a privately owned company.

For more information concerning the vulnerability Heartbleed poses to other websites, you will find more information on The New York Times website and on the Heartbleed website.

For more information, please contact:

Mr. John Dilena
Blue Ribbon Supply Company
Telephone +1.650.873-3500 x 239
www.blueribbonsupply.com