Blain's Farm and Fleet
- Not to be confused with Mills Fleet Farm.
Family Owned | |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1955 by brothers W.C. (Claude) Blain and N.B. (Bert) Blain |
Headquarters | Janesville, Wisconsin, USA |
Products | Clothing, footwear, housewares, lawn & garden, farm equipment, automotive, sporting goods, hunting fishing, toys. |
Website | www.farmandfleet.com |
Blain's Farm & Fleet is a regional chain of 37 retail stores in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. The stores sell tires, agricultural supplies and equipment, hunting and fishing equipment, kitchen appliances, housewares, automotive goods, men's & women's clothing, household hardware, lawn and garden supplies, outdoor power tools, pumps and generators, paint, pet supplies, candy, sporting goods, tools and toys.
History
The company was founded in Shorewood, Wisconsin in 1955 by brothers W.C. Blain and N.B. Blain. Each retail store is a division of one of the Farm and Fleet Corporations, while the distribution is handled by the separate entity, Blain Supply Company.[1] The Blain family still owns the business.
Locations
Illinois
- Belvidere
- Bloomington
- Decatur
- Freeport
- Geneseo
- Kankakee
- Loves Park
- Moline
- Montgomery
- Morton
- Ottawa
- Rockford
- Rockton
- Sterling
- Sycamore
- Urbana
- Woodstock
Iowa
Wisconsin
- Baraboo
- Chippewa Falls
- Dodgeville
- Janesville
- La Crosse
- Madison
- Monroe
- Oak Creek
- Platteville
- Rice Lake
- Sturtevant
- Verona
- Watertown
- Waukesha
References
- ↑ "Company info". Retrieved 2007-09-11.
External links
- Blain's Farm and Fleet website
- Discussion of difference between Blain's Farm and Fleet and Mills Fleet Farm
- Another discussion of difference between Blain's Farm and Fleet and Mills Fleet Farm