Richard Donald Feddick, founder of Feddick Distributing was born in 1933. He grew up on a farm in a small town in Wisconsin. He practiced good work ethic by helping his father on the farm throughout his childhood until he eventually left to find work of his own. He started out working for a small factory near his hometown. Although Richard excelled at his factory job, he knew that he wanted something more. An opportunity with a company named Fuller Brush came up and he decided to take the risk and leave his steady paying factory job for a sales position. Being the hard working and confident man he was, not long after taking the position, he found himself doing very well. He enjoyed the flexibility and the endless potential the sales position gave him. He was always great with people and that made it easy for him to connect with his customers and be able to provide them with the products they needed. He truly cared about the needs of others and was able to learn excellent customer service skills. He stayed with the company for years and worked his way up to sales manager, but eventually found it was time to venture out on his own again.
In 1975, Feddick Distributing was established and slowly grew into the company it is today. Richard started out by selling a high end trailer hitch door to door. Mr. Feddick was a leader and a visionary man, he saw potential in door to door sales and began adding new products to sell until it eventually took off. He hired a few salesman to travel throughout the Upper Midwest of the United States selling a variety of products to farmers and retail stores. He spent years on
the road, along with his son Rick Feddick selling and traveling to each small town and established a relationship with many customers.
Today, Feddick Distributing is still able to provide it’s customers with the friendly service that Richard dedicated to the company years ago. Richard passed away in September of 2017, but his legacy will live on through our customers and quality products we distribute here at Feddick Distributing!