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Imperial Trading Co.

is in the Retail Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$300.0M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

C.H. Pelias, a Greek immigrant, founded Imperial Trading in 1916. Imperial was established as a wholesale grocer for independent retail grocers in New Orleans. With pioneering insight, strategic acquisitions and a controlled growth, Imperial focused on the new C-Store segment of distribution and grew its market to become a regional wholesaler. Currently ranking as a top 20 convenience store distributor, we carry over 10,000 items including candy, full-line groceries, deli, frozen foods, HBC and beverages. Our services include computerized space management for custom plan-o-grams, customized analysis reports and shelf labels. By adding creative marketing and incentive programs and efficient customer support, we offer our customers a complete solution to their distribution needs. Also included under the Imperial Trading umbrella are the following: -Office coffee services -Beverage systems

Sales Executive
Bob Piepoint
Number of Employees 174
Contact Information

701 Edwards Ave

Elmwood, Louisiana 70123

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1 504 733 1400

NAICS Code Vending Machine Operators: 454210

News & Analysis

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  • Imperial Trading weathers storm, posts gain

    - 2006-03-24

    Convenience store supplier Imperial Trading Co. withstood the temporary loss of more than 1,000 locations during Hurricane Katrina to finish the year with a 2 percent increase in revenues over 2004 from $320 million to $325 million.For several weeks our business went to zero and we average $6.5 million in...

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  • N.O.-based Imperial Trading Co. weathers storm, posts gain

    - 2006-03-20

    Convenience store supplier Imperial Trading Co. withstood the temporary loss of more than 1,000 locations during Hurricane Katrina to finish the year with a 2 percent increase in revenues over 2004 from $320 million to $325 million.For several weeks our business went to zero and we averaged $6.5 million in...

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  • New Orleans-based Imperial Trading Co. shows increased revenues for

    - 2005-03-21

    Imperial Trading Co. followed up 2003 revenue of $315 million with a 1.5 percent increase in 2004 to $320 million. CEO John Georges attributes the growth to expanding its customer base outside the New Orleans market along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. Adding 12 convenience store...

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  • New Orleans food distributors increasing revenues and adding

    - 2002-03-18

    Industry consolidation and just plain hard work continue to pay off for regional food distributor Imperial Trading Co., says Chief Executive Officer John Georges. The Elmwood company reported a $15 million increase in revenue to $300 million in 2001, in keeping with several years of healthy increases. As recently as...

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  • Imperial Trading Co. partners with Automatic Coin Inc.

    - 2001-01-01

    IMPERIAL TRADING CO. AND AUTOMATIC COIN INC. have formed a partnership where the two New Orleans, La.-based companies will consolidate purchasing and management resources, according to Bill Kearney, director of vending at Imperial Trading Co. Imperial Trading, owned by the Georges family, provides wholesale distribution services...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Bob Piepoint Sales Executive

Organization Position Status
Imperial Trading Co. Sales Executive Current
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