The Merrill Company

In the 1960s, the Arnold Motor Supply stores numbered 10. Having a good business model in place, the demands of the marketplace indicated that a warehouse operation would improve profitability. Subsequently, a 27,000 square foot building was constructed on farm ground in south Spencer. The Arnold Motor Supply warehouse was later required by the government to change their name. E.P. Arnold decided to call the warehouse The Merrill Company, after his son. Demand for parts delivered in a timelier manner, and parts proliferation, dictated the increase in inventory both at the stores and the warehouse. The Merrill Company in Spencer has continued to grow in size from a mere 27,000 square feet to 94,000 square feet today. This is one of the very few warehouse operations that have inside loading docks which allows for the comfort of our warehouse team members to work in inclement weather. Our delivery fleet travels over one million miles a year delivering parts to our customers overnight. In 1999 with 36 Arnold stores, the company acquired an automotive parts warehouse called Specialty Sales of Omaha, and ten of her stores. Those stores are called Auto Value Parts stores and they have become an intregal part of our team.