Blain's Farm and Fleet
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| 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 38 retail stores in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. The stores sell tires, agricultural supplies and equipment, hunting and fishing equipment and licenses, 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. Blain's Farm & Fleet was an early adopter of "buy online, pick up at the store" in which all stores provide a drive-thru pick-up experience so online orders can be retrieved without consumers having to leave the car.
The company was founded in Janesville, Wisconsin in 1955 by brothers W. C. "Claude" Blain and N. B. "Bert" Blain. Each retail store is part of Farm and Fleet Stores which operate in four divisions by region, while the distribution is handled by a separate entity, Blain Supply. The business is a private closely held corporation primarily owned by CEO/President Jane Blain Gilbertson since her brother, Robert, retired in 2014. The chain has one distribution center in Janesville. There are 3 planned locations in Michigan: Portage, Jackson, and Traverse City.
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