Five Star Distributing made its first deliveries on June 27, 2005. After acquiring an existing beer wholesaler, the Team at Five Star immediately set out to become the premier beverage distributor in Northeast Indiana and beyond. Five Star and its Team of beer professionals proudly serves 1,100 retail customers and almost 800,000 consumers in Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley counties in the Northeast corner of Indiana.
Five Star's never ending journey of constant improvement is grounded in the nurturing and development of its most valuable resources - its people and its brands. Our people are working together daily to sharpen and improve their skills in Sales, Delivery, Service, and Warehousing to better address our customers' needs. We are proud and passionate in representing over forty different suppliers and collectively nearly one hundred and fifty different brands of beer with a focused determination on growth and opportunity for us and our retail partners; along with an ever escalating level of innovation, variety, and overall satisfaction for our consumers. Our Team is extremely proud of being recognized by Miller Brewing Company for its sales and execution in winning Miller's High Life Achievement Award in 2007 after only our second year in existence!
Five Star is humbled to be able to write another page in its history every day. Our Team has already celebrated significant milestones to date with more on the horizon. In May 2007 we broke ground on our state-of-the-art, 95,000 square foot, distribution facility in Whitley County. Through the dedicated efforts of every member of our Team we made a seamless move, and began delivering from our new home on March 10, 2008. Located at the crossroads of our market we are better situated to service our retailers, and poised to accommodate our growth.
Five Star is excited about its future. We look forward to the challenges and victories in building our brands and our organization. Thank you for taking an interest in our company and our industry. Cheers!
our commitment
Five Star supports the efforts of our nation's wholesalers and our major suppliers in ensuring the products we provide are consumed legally, moderately, responsibly, and safely. Illegal underage drinking and teen drunk driving fatalities have declined significantly according to government data, and the U.S. Department of Transportation reports that fatalities in traffic accidents involving drunk drivers have fallen 37 percent since 1982.
But we know we can do more. Working together with parents, teachers, community leaders and others to make a positive difference, we are committed not only to continuing these efforts, but also creating new methods of responsibility messaging as a part of our commitment to being a responsible corporate member of the community.
Our mission
Five Star Distributing is a beverage distributor whose aim is to grow our business by promoting responsible use of products and providing quality service to our customers. Our Detail at Retail allows us to realize our goal: No one will out execute us in the market place.
Our strengths arise from the bond of Team Five Star and the partnership that includes our suppliers, our customers, the communities we serve, and every member of our company. The foundation of that partnership is centered on our core values: PASSION, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, COMMITMENT, and EXCELLING. We will abide by the highest standards of quality and respond with a sense of urgency to our customers needs. In servicing these needs, we will act safely, legally, morally, and ethically.
We are empowered to be proactive in carrying out our mission while being held accountable for our actions, productivity, and profitability. We understand the importance of training as the way to prepare for the challenges and opportunities of the future. We must embrace change with a dedication of always seeking to improve ourselves and our company.
Through Pride In Our Service
Going The Extra Mile
Team Five Star
Delivers The Difference