Jack & Sharon spend a week back home

As many of you know, my mom & dad now live year-round in southwest Florida. They came back to visit this week, and we spent a lot of quality time together. We also spent some time on the construction sites of our new Peru store and Peoria distribution center. It’s quite a contrast to our humble beginnings in 1976, when mom & dad started with the basics: a small shop, personal service, and the best price. As my dad likes to remind me, it’s best to always stick to the basics. I think a lot of the turmoil we’re now seeing in our economy and banking system is due to losing sight of these basics. History has proven that any time we stray from fundamentals and think we’re in a “new age” we do so at our own peril. Well you won’t find us straying from the basics here at Sherman’s. Just like mom and dad did for so many years, what we do here is pretty basic: work hard, provide personal service, have the best price. We really mean it when we say we’re helping local families like only a local family can. Our new store in Peru and our new distribution center in Peoria won’t change any of that; it’ll just help us do it better!

Peoria Distribution Center

For the past few years Sherman’s warehouse and delivery staff has worked out of a facility far too small for the thousands of products they handle each month. We’re all glad to see Phase 1 of our new distribution center complete! The extra storage and preparation space you see here has already made a HUGE difference in their ability to get our deliveries done perfectly and on-time. Phase 2 has now begun, which will add service areas, more docks and preparation space, and a recycling area.
We know you expect the right product in stock, delivered professionally and on-time. This new facility will help us do this better than ever before; we’ll keep you posted on our progress!