Customized Solutions, Proven Performance

Industries

Retail

Our flexibility and customized solutions provide a competitive advantage to our retail customer base. Our track record of meeting seasonal demands has enabled retail leaders such as Best Buy, Home Depot, and Build A Bear to thrive in this highly competitive marketplace.

Our unique retail expertise offers the following advantages:
Sytems – UCC 128 bar code labels, carton content labels and packing lists, and advance shipping notices to meet receiving requirements.

Cross Docking for faster inventory turns and reduced distribution costs

Direct Store Door Delivery for reduced cycle time and customized delivery practices that reduce costs at the store level and expedite product onto store shelves.

Dear Barrett Distribution,

I want to take a minute and thank the entire team for the outstanding job that each and everyone of you has done over the past several weeks. You have been asked to do many things over this period... All tasks that are truly WORLD CLASS. When the team has it's back against the wall you always shine through.
Thanks again for the outstanding efforts everyone puts in day in and day out. You truly are the best at what you do.

Tim Shipe
General Manager
Best Buy Corporation

Food and Grocery

Barrett Distribution Centers has the highest sanitation standards in the industry. We are randomly audited by the American Institute of Baking and consistently receive their highest score of “Superior”. We have systems capabilities to handle all methods of FIFO rotation by production code, lot code, or expiration date. Our systems can handle recall and other lot tracking requirements in minimal time.

We currently handle products for the grocery, food service, and food ingredient industries.

Electronics

Barrett Distribution Centers handles the national distribution for a variety of consumer electronics and other high technology products. We have a track record of flawless execution of fulfillment orders for these sensitive products. Our systems capabilities control and track products by serial number.

Dear Barrett Distribution,

I wanted to take a moment to thank you and your staff for their extraordinary efforts over the past several weeks. Despite several last minute requests, you were able to accept all of our challenges willingly. I admire your creativity and efficiency to help us serve our customers.

It is very comforting to know that Barrett is our partner as our business continues to grow rapidly both in volume and diversity of products. As this last month has indicated, we would not have been able to accomplish any of this without you.

Bob Segal
Tivoli Audio, LLC

Back To Top

Consumer Products

Barrett Distribution Centers handles the seasonal demands and other requirements of companies shipping to retail and fulfilling orders directly to consumers. Our systems capabilities include automated emails to end customers with shipment status and package tracking. We are familiar with the routing guides and other requirements of all major retailers. We have eliminated charge-backs from retailers for many of our consumer products customers through our flawless execution to the retailer standards.

“With Barrett handling all of our distribution and logistics, we are able to focus on what we do best. Barrett understands distribution, EDI, freight, and all the things that we do not focus on as a company, but which are very important to us. By allowing Barrett to focus on the logistics of our business, we can focus on publishing.”

~ Enno Tjalsma, President, Leap Year Publishing

Industrial

Barrett Distribution has been handling raw materials and other industrial products for over 60 years. Our customized solutions for this industry include Certificate of Analysis administration, lot control and tracing, and Just in Time delivery directly to factory floors.

“Barrett Distribution is committed to accuracy and superior customer service. It is a pleasure working with them and I appreciate their dedication to the Trane Account. As a result of their superior cycle count results, a complete physical inventory will not be necessary.”

~ Elize Hoerner, Inventory Control Specialist, The Trane Company

Back To Top