Since 1977, Southwest Traders has provided customer product distribution to literally thousands of independant operators as well as regional and national food chain accounts. Southwest Traders specializes in quick serve restaurants and our strengths are in the yogurt, ice cream, juice and smoothie bars and coffee segments of the industry. Our ever-increasing direct distribution area currently cove
rs 20 western states. Because of our diverse dry, fresh, frozen and -20 degree capabilities, we provide an enormous time savings, along with the convenience of a "one-stop shop and delivery service." Southwest Traders offers the benefits of working with one supplier for all your business needs, which in turn, provides our customers with the valuable time to grow their business. The continued loyalty and satisfaction of our customer base has allowed us to equip our facility with a state-of-the-art distribution system. Our deliveries are tracked by a global positioning system (GPS) with real-time communication and becasue we maintain four different temperature zones in our warehouses and in our delivery trucks we can ensure that our customers receive quality products at their ideal temperature. We have redesigned our internal operation to achieve high goals for our fill-rates, along with a growing staff of sales and customer service professionals to assist in both answering questions and providing our customers with important product and service information aimed at growing their business. Our strive for perfection both internally and externally has proudly earned Southwest Traders, Inc. the 1999 Ernst & Young Entrepeneur of the Year award for the distribution industry.
