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J.M. Thomas was founded in 1981 with a simple strategy in mind. Provide a level of service. quality. and commitment to our customers that could not be matched. Those values have allowed us to become one of the leading distributors in the Intermountain region. And with our new distribution center in Boise, Idaho, we are excited to bring our unique brand of service to a new area.

Tired of the mega-sized distributors' unwillingness to meet your needs? Then it's time for you to experience service, quality, and cornmitment. Doesn't your company deserve our company?

Boise Buys Mendocino DC

Boise Building SolutionsDistribution, Boise, Id., has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of Mendocino Forest Products Co.'s Riverside. Ca.. distribution center. The acquisition marks Boise's first move into the Southern California market. The deal was expected to close by Oct. 14.

Mendocino Forest Products will maintain its Northern California operations, and continue to supply Douglas fir and redwood to Home Depot along with its other West Coast customers from a new, yet-to-be determined Southern California location.

Boise's Stan Bell said the new location "will enable Boise to broaden its product line and aggressively grow sales in this trade area."

Ace Abandons Woodland DC

Ace Hardware Corp. is still searching, after deciding against building a new regional distribution center and training center near Woodland, Ca.

For four years, Ace has been looking for a site to replace its 478,000-sq. ft. regional DC in Rocklin, where its lease expires in June 2004.

Ace was vague in explaining why it walked away from the planned 1.2 million-sq. ft. project in Woodland. "The specific site we were looking at is no longer an option," said Ace's Natalie Danaher. "The site was not suitable for our intended use."

Ironically, the spurned city first balked at Ace's interest in Woodland, because it had been struggling to dilute its image as a warehousing town. Ace's proposal, though, included a Western states training center that could have brought 1,000 trainees a vear to the citv.