Indian Nation Wholesale Company and GLC Marketing, Inc., are subsidiaries of Stephenson Wholesale Company, Inc. Our home office is located in Durant, Oklahoma.

Our company is a family owned business, founded in 1953 by Raphen Cross, Chairman of the Board, Naomi Cross, Secretary and Treasurer, and Ron Cross, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tammy Cross, Secretary and Treasurer of GLC Marketing, Inc.

The foundation of our company is our people and our business philosophy is squarely based on fairness. We also apply the "golden rule" of business, treat your customers as you would want to be treated. This is the secret of our success!

We are members of the American Wholesale Marketers Association, the Distributors Education Foundation, the Oklahoma Association of Candy and Tobacco Distributors, The Texas Association of Tobacco Distributors, the Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association, the Oklahoma Restaurant Association, the Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce, and many more.

Ron Cross, President and CEO is a former member of the board of directors of the American Wholesale Marketers Association. Ron is a past member of the AWMA Distributors Education Foundation board of directors. In addition, Ron is a member of the Oklahoma Association of Candy & Tobacco Distributors board of directors and past president and chairman.

Dick Dunham, our company's Vice President of Operations is also a OACTD board member and currently serves on the trade show committee. Dick Dunham also serves as the Oklahoma representative to the Southern Association of Candy & Tobacco Distributors comprised of several southern states.

Our company has achieved national recognition in many distribution industry trade journals and publications as a result of our tremendous growth and distribution innovation.

Convenience Store News magazine has ranked Indian Nation Wholesale Company the 20th largest C-Store wholesale distributor in the United States out of over 1,000 distributors nation wide!




We serve retailers both large and small, from multi-location chain accounts to neighborhood mom & pop grocery stores. Most wholesale distributors have minimum order requirements, shipping charges, service charges, container charges, label charges, data entry charges, you name it!

We do not have any hidden charges period. Why? First, our customers can't stand service charges and we understand! Our approach has been to become highly efficient distributors in order to lower our operating costs thus passing along the savings to our customers! That's why so many retailers allow us to serve them and why many are making the switch to Indian Nation Wholesale Company.

OUR CUSTOMER BASE:

Convenience Stores (Independent and Chain)
Gas & Go Convenience Stores
Mom & Pop Grocery Stores
Supermarkets (Independent & Chain)
Discount Stores (Independent & Chain)
Variety Stores
Book Stores
Drug Stores
Deli's
Restaurants & Cafe's
Snack Bars
Concessions
Schools & Universities
Caterers
Smokeshops (Independent & Tribal)
Penal Institutions
Service Stations
Gift Shops
Golf Pro Shops
Bait Stores
Country Stores
Civic Clubs
Ball Parks
Airports
Industrial Canteens & Cafeterias

Note: We do not sell to the public.




Our distribution warehouse located in Durant, Oklahoma is a state-of-the-art, modern facility with over 108,000 square feet on the main floor with 30,000 square feet of mezzanine (upper level) storage and workspace. Our warehouse freezer is 15,000 square feet in size. Our entire warehouse is air-conditioned year round.

Our shipping and receiving department utilizes 23 shipping doors and 4 receiving doors for the volume of merchandise coming and going through our facility each day. We load and unload over 75 trucks per day on average.

Our order picking system uses an elaborate network of conventional and powered roller conveyors moving customers orders from one point to another during processing for shipment. Most items are picked from select-a-flow automatic rotation racks with row upon row of pallet storage racks full of back stock. Our average overall inventory turnover is 32 turns per year, which is among the highest in the industry and guarantees fresh stock.

Since we are the largest cigarette distributor in Oklahoma and most of Texas, we have an extremely efficient cigarette stamping system in which all cartons are stamped with state tax stamps.

Our Norman, Oklahoma cross-dock warehouse is designed for fast loading and unloading of cargo. Sixteen local delivery trucks are stationed at Norman for our Oklahoma City metro area customers.

Our Oklahoma City warehouse is strategically located for quick response for same-day order processing and delivery for our OKC area customers.
Our McAlester, Oklahoma cross-dock warehouse is also designed for fast loading and unloading of cargo for our northern Oklahoma customers.




Indian Nation Wholesale Company utilizes the latest technology for maximum distribution efficiency in order to provide our customers the lowest possible cost. We study "industry best practices" reports to harvest the latest advances in distribution technology, data processing, warehousing, transportation, picker productivity, etc.

With the advent of the information highway, many of our customers are getting on-line with electronic commerce (EC). A major component of EC is Electronic Data Interchange or EDI. EDI is the electronic exchange of documents such as purchase orders, invoices, confirmations, ship notices, price changes, etc.

In the near future, we shall be able to accept customer orders via EDI and send invoices back to your store electronically. In addition, price change notifications can be made via EDI as well. We are also currently working on our Internet web page customer order entry system for those that want to dial-up to place orders day or night.

Customers interested in obtaining information concerning electronic commerce options should leave a message from our feedback screen or call 1-800-442-2880.

Our warehouse distribution system is state-of-the-art utilizing a vast network of automated conveyors, electric eyes, belts, machines, fork lifts, tug-carts, select-a-flow racks, etc. Customers wishing to take a tour of our facility are indeed welcome!



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