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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
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