We want to be Illinois chip, and that s what we re striving to do, Spiess said.
Mrs. Fisher s partner in this most recent expansion appears to share Spiess enthusiasm. I feel we re just starting to scratch the surface with it, said Vitale, president of Galesburg-based G&M Distributors Inc. A lot of people outside the Sauk Valley (Sterling-Dixon) and Rockford areas have not heard of Mrs. Fisher s. We re got a good one to two years of getting good, solid recognition, building the brand and hoping to expand with it.
In business for 75 years, family-owned G&M specializes in liquor distribution. Expansion into snacks seemed like a logical progression, particularly after Vitale heard from Spiess.