The little company that grew!
Vermont Sales was sideline – started by Roland and Mindi Hunt in 1985 to distribute the Vermont American brand products to the hardware trade. They traded from a premises in Pretoria until 1993 when they moved the business to Midrand and things started to happen in a big way. Joined at the same time by their son, Ryan and daughter, Angela (married to Jeremy Fox), Vermont Sales started to become a real player in the hardware industry, having added a number of world renowned brands to the range of product distributed.
The Vermont Sales board has now been joined by Dale Engelbrecht as Commercial Director and Werner Henning as Financial Director, completing our management team.
Steady growth soon necessitated a move to larger premises and then larger premises again. Vermont Sales now employs a team of representatives around the whole of South Africa and the product can be found on the shelves of all major hardware chain stores, most smaller stores and many industrial supply outlets.
Vermont Sales is very proud of the fact that we still employ our very first driver and storeman, our tea ladies have gone on to become receptionists, clerks and telesales operators and stock-pickers are now merchandisers and sales people – it has been very rewarding to see our people growing with our business!