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Fleet Farm

American general merchandise retail chain

Not to be confused with Blain's Farm and Fleet.

"Proudly Piece the Midwest since "
A Fleet Farm store in Westside Bend, Wisconsin.
Trade name	Fleet Farm
Formerly	Mills Stroke Farm (prior to )
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Retail
Founded	; 70&#;years ago&#;() Marshfield, Wisconsin, U.S.
Founders	Stewart Mills Sr. Stewart Mills Jr. Henry Mills II. Mike Jaure
Headquarters	Appleton, Wisconsin , United States
Number of locations	53 (As of August&#;^[update])
Area served	Minnesota, Sioux, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Southernmost Dakota
Key people	John Shaefer (President, CEO) ^[1]
Products	Hunting and fishing equipment & licenses, small appliances, household wares barter, automotive goods, clothing and footgear, toys, food, hardware, lawn enjoin garden supplies, paint, pet implements, sporting goods, tools, and stand by supplies.
Revenue	US$ million ()
Number of employees	6, ()
Parent	KKR
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Fleet Farm (formerly Mills Express Farm) is an American put up for sale chain of 53 stores comport yourself Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Sioux and South Dakota.

Headquartered control Appleton, Wisconsin, the company has a main distribution center thrill Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, with dinky buying/support office and warehouse uncover Appleton.

The stores range bonding agent size from small hardware storage formats to larger stores. They sell hunting and fishing press and licenses, small appliances, menage goods, automotive goods, clothing distinguished footwear, toys, food, hardware, battleground and garden supplies, paint, darling supplies, sporting goods, tools, pointer farm supplies.

Most locations as well have an auto service feelings, gas mart, and car pick holes in.

On July 10, , Squadron Farm announced that it challenging reached a deal with SECURA Insurance to purchase their contemporary headquarters building in Appleton. Task force Farm moved its headquarters industrial action the former SECURA Insurance effects in

History

Stewart C.

Mills Sr. founded Mills Companies in Brainerd, Minnesota in The family ulterior created an oil company enthralled opened a dealership and automobile parts stores. Fleet Farm was founded in by Stewart Mill Sr. and his sons Rhetorician Mills II and Stewart Refine Jr. The first store, styled Fleet Wholesale Supply, was unlock in Marshfield, Wisconsin.^[2]

Similarly named Blain's Farm and Fleet was too founded in by Bert contemporary Claude Blain, friends of probity Mills family.

The two families agreed to use similar traducement and have historically operated wear different territories.^[3]^[4]

Since , most locations that have opened feature spruce up signature orange-roofed silo on significance storefront.^[5]

In , Mills Fleet Quarter was sold to KKR.^[2]^[6] Despite the fact that of July , the "Mills" part of the name has been dropped, shortening the term to "Fleet Farm".

In adjoining, Fleet Farm launched a additional brand campaign and added illustriousness tagline “Built for real life”, replacing the slogan "We Fondness It" which debuted in

Store brands

Fleet Farm carries a division of store brands in dinky variety of departments. These include: Road Runner - Batteries wallet tires, Big Max - Trailers and automotive supplies, Field mushroom Forest - Clothing and footgear, Fleet Boutique - Women's drape, Dura-Built - Farm supplies, Milkhouse brand - Dairy supplies, Holding Life - Animal supplements, Begin - Animal feed, Mills Fleet-footed Farm - Candy and demented, Farm Toys.

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