Bed bugs keeping you up at night?

Bed bug infestations can be one of the most traumatic and difficult experiences a homeowner has to deal with.  Once you have experienced a night with bed bugs, you’ll quickly realize you will never want to do it again. Thankfully we have a solution that will have you resting peacefully for a long time to come! 

Our Rest Assured Program keeps your home protected from bed bugs and you resting peacefully night after night.  Our proven Rest Assured program provides highly effective and long-lasting results for homeowners to keep bed bugs out of your home.

Monthly Rest Assured Plan includes:

  1. Thorough inspection –  An experienced pest management professional who is trained on how to detect the early signs of trouble will inspect your home for common bed bug hiding and nesting sites.  

  2. Guaranteed Service – if live bed bugs are found or if any new signs of bed bug activity are detected, we respond swiftly & at no extra cost to you.

  3. Pest Prevention – Complementary interior pest prevention treatment performed at each appointment to keep your home free of common household insects.

If you have a bed bug problem or if you are experiencing itchy bite marks, give us a call or request a free inspection online.

It’s time for you to Rest Assured!

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Protecting and Preserving Health

Preferred Pest Control is prepared to help you preserve the quality of life you have today.

As an essential service, we will continue to do our part to protect our community’s food supply, as well as your homes and businesses, from pest-related property threats and most importantly, protect your family and loved ones from pest-specific public health threats.

How we are providing safe customer service:

  • Office Staff is working from home
  • Weekly team meetings are being held virtually
  • Wearing proper personal protective equipment (face masks, gloves & disposable shoe covers)
  • Pest Management Pros starting their routes from home
  • Pest Management Pros coming into the office one at a time throughout the day to restock on necessary supplies
  • Encouraging customers to pay online or over the phone
  • Maintain a social distance of no less than 6 feet while performing pest treatments
  • Applying hand sanitizer immediately before & after each service
  • Offering a “no-sign” option for completed service tickets

Still hesitant to have a Pest Management Pro inside? We can still service from the exterior to keep pests out. We also offer service consultations remotely over the phone or through video.

FREE Resources to Help Work From Home Parents!

Due to social distancing to slow the curve of the COVID-19 outbreak many parents have suddenly found themselves working from home with kids by their side.  Schools have been cancelled for at least a short time, but possibly for months.  Many are adjusting to a new work from home gig.  At the same time they are scrambling to come up with a short term education plan for their kids.  Luckily Pest World for Kids is creating free resources to help work from home parents with this very issue.

Working from home with a child by your side can be challenging.  There are still deadlines to meet, but the added distractions make it difficult to focus.  Finding small activities for kids to work on by themselves is key for you to get something done on your to do list!  At this same time, you want to be grateful for the extra time you have been given to spend with them.  Pest World for Kids is helping provide FREE resources to help work from home parents with both!

Pest World for Kids has lesson plans ready for parents complete with FREE downloads, activities and games, as well as suggested age appropriate books.  They provide a variety of things to do with your kids, but also things they can do on their own.  They even went as far to give you the Correlations with National Standards for those who need it!

 

Coronavirus: Message to our Customers

Coronavirus:

Message to our Customers

During this uncertain time, our customers’ health and well being is our highest priority. As we continue monitoring developments related to Coronavirus (COVID-19), rest assured, we are committed to doing everything we can to ensure our customers and employees are safe. Our service is essential in preserving the health of our customers and protecting property. As such, we are going to modify our normal service by attempting to mitigate any pest issues from the outside of the home. This means that we will do our best, through the steps mentioned below, to reduce/eliminate inside services over the next few weeks.

  • Suspending all interior services/treatments unless absolutely necessary.  To protect your property, food and health we will continue interior services for ants, bed bugs, roaches, stinging insects, mice & rats.  All other interior pest issues will be addressed on a case by case basis.
  • Conducting additional customer screening for any absolutely necessary interior services
  • Ensuring our team keeps a proper distance (6ft or more), wears disposable gloves and masks if entering your home, and continues regular hand washing.

As a note, we are running on normal business hours at this time. Should you have concerns regarding our services, we’re here to support you and offer flexibility to reschedule at your convenience. We encourage you to contact us at 816-279-2000 if you have questions or do wish to reschedule.​

As the seriousness of this virus increases, all of our employees have been instructed to follow the CDC’s best practices, including frequent hand washing, limiting proximity to sick individuals, and being aware of symptoms. While this has not been an issue for Preferred Pest Control yet, we will also implement 14-day quarantines for any employees who are diagnosed with COVID-19. We encourage you to do the same, so please review the most up-to-date information here.

Finally, our hearts go out to all those affected by Coronavirus. Please check back for regular updates from us as we navigate this evolving situation, and thank you for being a part of our Preferred Pest Control family.

Preferred Pest Control Turns 50!

Preferred Pest Control turns 50 in 2020. The Northwest Missouri based company is grateful for the relationship they have with their residential and commercial customers.  Especially those who have been with them along the journey of becoming a premier, full-service pest control company.

1st Generation: Russell Smith

Preferred Pest Control was established in 1970 by Russell Smith to provide pest extermination services for local homes and businesses in St. Joseph, MO. Taking care of customers was Russell’s primary focus and the reason for our success then and now. Our many repeat and referral customers helped us grow the business through the years.   Janet Cooperider, Russell’s daughter, remembers her dad during Preferred’s early years in this video.  She thinks Russell would be very proud to know Preferred Pest Control turns 50 this year!

Russell Smith, Founder of Preferred Pest Control

Russell Smith, Founder of Preferred Pest Control in 1970

2nd Generation: Wally & Janet (Smith) Cooperider

In 1972 Wally Cooperider met Russell’s daughter, Janet.  During their courtship Wally began helping Russell with his pest services as a way to impress Janet and her dad.  He not only fell in love with Janet, but also Preferred. Wally and Janet married on November 3, 1972 and eventually purchased Preferred from Russell in 1977.  They operated the business together for many years.  

In the beginning Wally and Janet operated Preferred as a part-time venture out of their home.  This allowed Wally to keep his full-time night job with TWA.  It also gave Janet the ability to keep the phone answered during the day (and night) while taking care of their 3 kids.  With a lot of hard work, and very little sleep, they raised their children and grew Preferred into a full-time business by 1993. They believe this growth was due to always putting the customer first and expanding their services to include termite inspections for local home sales.  Wally credits the relationships he built with local Realtors for Preferred’s success in this new area.

Janet (Smith) & Wally Cooperider, 2nd Generation Owners 1977-2015

 

3rd Generation: Perry & Dawn Cooperider

Over the next 20 years Wally and Janet saw continued success.  Both of their son’s, Robert & Perry, helped provide pest control services with Wally off and on over the years as Preferred grew.  Eventually business grew into more than Wally could do on his own, even with occasional help from his sons.   During this time Wally had an unexpected health scare.

Perry decided it was time to return to the family business help with Preferred in April of 2012.  Perry went to work right away upgrading the software Wally had previously used to manage the day to day business.  He added new lines of revenue and recognized the need to hire a team to continue growing Preferred for a 3rd generation.  Perry’s wife, Dawn, joined the team a few months later and they saw rapid growth in a short amount of time. Several team members were added allowing Preferred to expand its service area to all of Northwest Missouri. Best of all, Wally made a full recovery!  

The business eventually relocated to Savannah, MO to allow for further expansion.  In July of 2015, Perry and Dawn bought Preferred from Wally and Janet and built the office that houses Preferred Pest Control today.  Wally & Janet continue to be a valuable resource for Preferred and enjoy spending as much time with their kids and grand kids as possible.  

Perry & Dawn Cooperider, 3rd Generation Owners 2015 – Present

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Perry and Dawn appreciate all the dedication, sacrifice, and hard work that has gone into growing Preferred over the last 50 years and continue to have big dreams for the future.  They believe the BEST is yet to come!