USPS Formally Announces QR Code Discount, Touts Savings from Contract

The agreement is a key component in the Postal Service’s strategy to address its dire financial condition. Other components include aggressive cost-reductions in excess of $12 billion over the last four years. The postal workforce has been reduced by more than 112,000 employees in the same time frame, through consolidating mail-processing facilities and reducing the Postal Service retail facility footprint.