Merchants Distributors, LLC
Brent Vaughan has a strong background in warehouse and distribution management. Brent currently holds the position of Vice President Warehousing at Merchants Distributors, LLC, where they oversee the fleet and facilities. Prior to this role, they served as the Director of Facilities Engineering at the same company, where they managed a large-scale automation expansion project. Before joining Merchants Distributors, LLC, Brent worked as a Supply Chain Project Manager at Advance Auto Parts and as a Project Manager on the Distribution Automation Team at Target. Brent also has experience as a Distribution Operations Manager at Domino's and as a Materials Manager at LSG Sky Chefs.
Brent Vaughan attended the North Carolina State University from 1995 to 1999. During this time, they were enrolled in the College of Management, although the specific degree and field of study are not mentioned. Additionally, they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management with a focus on Operations from the same institution.
Merchants Distributors, LLC
Merchants Distributors (MDI) is a privately-owned wholesale grocery store distributor headquartered in Hickory, NC. MDI supplies over 600 retail food stores with food and non-food items in NC, SC, GA, TN, VA, AL, WV, OH, FL, PA, MD, and KY. MDI celebrated its 85th anniversary on September 21, 2016. MDI's 85 year history is an interesting story of sacrifice, growth and success. It began as a small family business in the small town of Hickory, North Carolina, and as one local newspaper described it, "With little more than a bag of peanuts, an apple, and a stick of candy." What Lebanese immigrant Moses George and his sons purchased in 1931 for $17,000 has since grown to become a multimillion-dollar wholesale grocery company. Merchants Distributors is a great American success story but it is a company that has never forgotten its roots. Its success is based on: - Its values, its facilities, its variety, its Advertising programs, its cost of goods, and its innovations - The one thing that distinguishes MDI as superior to other distribution companies - leadership. MDI's owners have created a leadership style that supports the organization as one family working together for one common goal and a culture in its people that is impossible to duplicate.