United Sporting Companies (USC) has realigned its distribution infrastructure to facilitate growth and improve service to customers across the country.
This realignment will impact both Ellett Brothers and Jerry's Sport Center including its subsidiaries, Bonitz Brothers, Outdoor Sport Headquarters, Simmons Gun Specialty and Jerry's Northeast. The company will be opening new distribution centers in Pittston, PA, and Reno, NV.
The Pittston distribution center, located just outside of Scranton, will be the company's largest. The state- of-the-art facility will employ industry leading technology and service customers formerly serviced by Jerry's Northeast, located in Newington, CT, Bonitz Brothers, located in Harrisburg, PA and Jerry's Sport Center, located in Forest City, PA. The Reno facility will support volumes from all USC distribution centers shipping to the western United States.
USC CEO Hewitt Grant stated, “Over the past six months, we have evaluated all aspects of our operations in order to realign our distribution footprint to support our growth while providing our customers faster and better service across the country. The new facility in Pittston will also give us the ability to provide an improved range of fishing and marine products in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. These distribution centers will be equipped with the latest technology allowing us to drive order accuracy, picking efficiency and speed of delivery.”
USC will continue to operate its existing Jerry's sales offices in Newington and Harrisburg while moving the Forest City sales force to the Pittston location. Additionally, the company will be establishing a new sales office in California to better serve the western region.
“We continue to invest in our people and our company as we grow. This will create a win-win for both our customers and vendors who have supported us following the merger of Ellett Brothers and Jerry's. We will continue to look for ways to further enhance value for all of our stakeholders,” Hewitt adds. United Sporting Companies is a leading nationwide distributor of hunting, outdoor, marine and tackle products. The company operates through two subsidiaries, Ellett Brothers and Jerry's Sport Center which were founded in 1933 and 1949, respectively. United Sporting Companies distributes its products to all 50 states through facilities in Chapin, SC, Newberry, SC, Forest City, PA, Harrisburg, PA, Newington, CT, Dayton, OH and Spring Hill, KS.
With the largest sales force in the industry, the company serves over 30,000 independent retail customers and maintains the largest product selection in the industry with over 85,000 SKUs.
