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Ritchie

& Page

Distributing

Company

DISTINGUISHED

CORPORATION
R
OF THE YEAR

itchie & Page Distributing Com-
pany has been in the Natale

family since 1963, when Lou
Natale Jr. and his brother-in-

law bought the company from its founders
Mr. Ritchie and Mr. Page, both well-known

Trenton business and political leaders.

Today, Chris Natale co-owns the business
with his brother Lou Natale III and sister

Jo Natale Cameron.
Even though the

owners of Ritchie &
Page would celebrate

50 years of business
in Trenton in 2013,

the owners knew
they couldn’t aford

to be sentimental. The
decision to move the beer distributor into Landmarks.

a 150,000-square-foot warehouse in Rob-
binsville was made because they acquired

Monmouth County-based Crown Beer
here are landmarks in time, business,
Distributors in 2011. The acquisition more
than doubled Ritchie & Page’s customer and throughout our region. Harrah

base, as nearly half of their 1,600 clients & Associates has been insuring families
are now in Monmouth and Ocean counties. and businesses since 1955. During this

The rest are in Hunterdon, Mercer, and time, we’ve been providing a unique
Burlington counties. In 2014, the company
depth of resources and lexibility of
added an additional 30,000 square feet to coverage so our clients can make their
the warehouse due to further signiicant
mark. It’s a irm footing that comes from
brand acquisitions and internal growth.
Ritchie & Page runs between 28 and
cultivating conidence. It’s this enduring
quality that will secure the future.
40 delivery trucks daily and employs ap-
proximately 140 full-time staf members.

The company currently sells 540 brands
and 1,450 individual items that are zone

picked, with a 99.75 percent accuracy rate.
Shipment rates range from 12,000 cases
Steadfast.

a day in the winter to 45,000 cases a day

shipped in peak summer periods.
(800) 641-9920 609) 587-8030

harrah-assoc.com

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