Blain's Farm and Fleet

Infobox_Company
company_name = Blain's Farm & Fleet
company_
company_type = Family Owned
foundation = 1955 by brothers W.C. (Claude) Blain and N.B. (Bert) Blain
location = Janesville, Wisconsin, USA
industry = Retail
products = Clothing, footwear, housewares, lawn & garden, farm equipment, automotive, sporting goods, hunting fishing, toys.
homepage = [http://www.farmandfleet.com/ www.farmandfleet.com]

Blain's Farm & Fleet is a regional retail chain of 34 large stores in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. The stores sell agricultural supplies and equipment, hunting and fishing equipment, appliances, houseware, automotive goods, apparel, hardware, lawn and garden supplies, paint, pet supplies, sporting goods, and tools.

History

The company was founded in Janesville, Wisconsin in 1955 by brothers W.C. (Claude) Blain and N.B. (Bert) Blain. The stores are owned by separate companies in a franchise arrangement, while the distribution is handled by the separate entity Blain Supply Company.cite web | title=Company info| url=http://www.farmandfleet.com/about/default.aspx/| accessdate=2007-09-11] The Blain family still owns the business.

Motto

Their motto has been stated to be:

*"The hardest working people in America find value in Farm and Fleet."

The full song of this motto was recorded in Nashville in 1991 by members of the Eddie Rabbitt band.cite web | title=Farm & Fleet Motto| url=http://www.farmandfleet.com/about/theme_song.aspx/| accessdate=2007-09-11]

List of locations

Illinois
*Belvidere
*Bloomington
*Decatur
*DeKalb
*Freeport
*Geneseo
*Kankakee
*Loves Park
*Moline
*Montgomery
*Morton - Recently closed due to hazardous gas leak
*Ottawa
*Rockford
*Sterling
*Sycamore
*Urbana
*Woodstock

Iowa
*Cedar Falls
*Clinton
*Davenport
*Muscatine

Wisconsin
*Baraboo
*Chippewa Falls
*Dodgerville
*Jamesville
*La Crosse
*Madison
*Monroe
*Oak Creek
*Platteville
*Racine
*Rice Lake
*Sturtevant
*Verona
*Watertown
*Waukesha

ee also

* Mills Fleet Farm
* Runnings Farm and Fleet
* Norby's Farm Fleet
* Tractor Supply Company

References

External links

* [http://www.farmandfleet.com/ Blain's Farm and Fleet website]
* [http://postbulletin.typepad.com/honk/2005/10/fleet_farm_vs_f.html Discussion of difference between Blain's Farm and Fleet and Mills Fleet Farm]
* [http://www.tommcmahon.net/2005/06/farm_and_fleet_.html Another discussion of difference between Blain's Farm and Fleet and Mills Fleet Farm]