Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What is EDS?

A.Employee Discount Services (EDS) provides special discount offers for employees of EDS members.

Q. Who are the members?

A.We currently have 29 members of EDS including: Berry Plastics, Brown & Saenger, CCC Information Services, CCL Label, CNA Surety, CSD, CAPITAL Card Services Inc., Carex Health Brands, Cigna Home Delivery, Cimarron Label, Crimson Fire, Electronic Systems Inc., Fiserv, Great Western Bank, Hematech, Inc., Knology, Midco Connection, Palisade Manor Nursing Home, POET, RAS, SD Achieve, SGT, Inc., Showplace Wood Products, Southeastern Behavioral Health, Starmark, The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, Total Card, VA Hospital, and Waterford At All Saints.

Q. How was  EDS started?

A. EDS was formed through suggestions from employees at Hutchinson Technology in June of 1993. HTI then contacted other area businesses to judge interest in forming an organization that solicits businesses in the Sioux Empire to provide discounts to their employees.

The following founding businesses showed interest in forming such an organization: HTI, Electronic Systems, Inc., CCL Label, Stewart's, StarMark, Balance Systems and Brown & Saenger. An EDS Committee was established and plans were put in place for implementation later that year.

In November of 1993, EDS was officially kicked off with a handful of businesses offering discounts. Over the years, we've grown to more than 200 businesses providing our employees various discounts in automotive, clothing/footwear, health & beauty, home improvement, hotels/motels, jewelers, miscellaneous, mortgages/realtors/taxes, photography & galleries, recreation/entertainment, restaurants and food, and vision care.

Q. How does my place of business become a member?

A. We do have a waiting list of businesses that wish to become members. If you are interested in being added to the waiting list, please contact one of the members with your company name and number of employees you have. Each October we determine if there are any vacancies to fill, and if so we'll add the next business from the waiting list

Q. How do I offer a discount to EDS members?

A. Click on the link on our Home Page to download a form to complete, or contact the Human Resources Department of one of the current members to get in touch with their EDS Representative and they can send you a discount sheet to complete. Completed forms can be mailed to PO Box 860, Sioux Falls, SD 57101-0860 or scanned and emailed to Vicki.Campbell@Fiserv.com.