Magnolia Paper and Janitor Supply of Memphis, TN and Merchants Paper of Pensacola, FL recently joined Pro-Link, a marketing and buying group based in Canton, MA.
 
“Pro-Link’s experience and focus on the jan/san market, combined with their strategy to grow distributor-member’s business was a key factor in our decision to join,” says Scott Brown, President of Merchants. David Brutcher, General Manager of Magnolia adds, “Pro-Link also provides extensive competency tools for our DSR’s, increasing product and process knowledge which helps them become more valuable to our customers.”
 
Magnolia and Merchants are well-respected jan/san distributors in their markets. Established in 1935, Magnolia has been under its current ownership for 48 years, while Merchants’ current owners have operated the business, established in 1955, since 1990.
 
According to Brian Slack, Vice-President of Sales for Pro-Link,” these new distributor members are a perfect fit for the organization. They see the value in Pro-Link’s strategy to grow our distributors business by offering superb core competencies and sales generating programs”