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AN AMERICAN DREAM The Greatest Part of America’s wealth HISTORY
lies with family-owned businesses.
1998
1991 n CBI Introduces
n CBI holds the Kitchen Design, Equipment
Inaugural Food Show & Supplies Division –
at WPB Auditorium designing, installing and 2001 2006
furnishing professional
1995 restaurant kitchens n CBI acquires Palm n CBI opens a 2nd distribution
1992 n CBI adds Export n CBI transport fleet Beach Chemical & center in Ocala, adding 525,000
Floor Care Company,
sq. ft. of office/warehouse space
Division, reaching into
acquires cell phones
1983 n CBI adds IT Department the Caribbean, Mexico introducing Floorcare (CBI disaster recovery Center)
1925 n CBI goes high-tech n CBI acquires the and Latin American & Janitorial Division n Ocala hits $1 million day,
n Cheney Brothers with computerization Steven’s Company markets, starting with 1999 n IT Department 6 months after opening
implements Microsoft
(a paper company) and
is founded by 1976 n Implementation of 1987 adds Disposable Division 2-3 containers/wk n CBI line grows to Exchange & PCs n Produce Division expands,
Joe Cheney n Byron Russell, NCR and begins running n CBI adds Frozen & n A milestone for the n CBI introduces over 12,000 products quadrupling produce sales in
n Original Location at grandson of Joe Cheney, Lockwood ERP system Refrigeration Products Company – 1st “Million Seafood Division n CBI partners with the first year
420 Claremore Drive in joins the team, as buyer n CBI introduces an Dollar” day in sales Gourmet Kosher, n July 4th marks
West Palm Beach, Florida and warehouse manager Italian Division and a kosher foods first $3 million day
Fronte, private label manufacturer n CBI Fleet grows
to 300 delivery trucks
1981 1986 1993 1997
1928-1939 n Byron Russell takes reign as n CBI opens Warewashing Division n IT Department takes n CBI moves to its current 2002
CEO of Cheney Brothers, Inc.
325,000 sq. ft., state-of-the-art
n Cheney Brothers n CBI Moves into 75,000 sq. ft. Cheney Brothers from pay n CBI Fleet grows
distribution center in WPB phones to pagers & laptops facility at 1 Cheney Way, to 75 delivery trucks
survives the hurricane
n CBI fleet grows to Riviera Beach, Florida
of 1928 & The Great 20 delivery trucks n Cheney sales hit $85 million
Depression
n Cheney sales hit $20 million n CBI is 350 employees strong
n Warehouse Management
1977 1996 Systems gains WiFi & air cards
n Cheney Brothers goes 2000
n CBI sales n CBI begins Y2K compliance
cyber with the launch of
hit $3 million n 1st $2 “Million Dollar”
cheneybrothers.com
1962 day in sales
n Cheney Brothers
becomes incorporated:
2 Cheney Brothers, Inc. 3
