About
Mission Statement
Our mission at OPC is to build successful businesses and friendships. We will achieve this by delighting our customers with wonderful innovative products and by providing our franchisees with a rewarding and fun way to earn a good living. We operate with commitment to integrity and to the highest standards. As well as being professional and efficient, we aim to promote a human and friendly environment in all our dealings with all people and to be the employer of choice for all of our staff.
Background
The Original Poster Company Limited was founded in the UK in February 1991. Originally distributing posters and greetings cards of the same images, the growth of the greetings card market in the early 1990’s led the company to focus its future development purely on cards, and the development of a franchised distribution network.
By 1993 the entire UK territory as well as Ireland had been franchised, and the company looked overseas to further its growth. France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Holland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal and Italy were quickly added to the portfolio, and later the USA and Canada were joined by Australia, Brazil and Mexico to make OPC the world’s largest franchised distributors of greetings cards.
The company now supplies over 20,000 retail outlets with its products, via a network of over 200 franchisees worldwide.