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HISTORY OF SQUIER ASSOCIATES
 While working with a dealer of restaurant supplies in the 1970s, Wilmot (Bill) Squier realized that the real future lay in building his own company. He also saw the need for a manufacturer's representative firm that offered quality products and personal, professional service. In 1978, Bill Squier started Squier Associates. By the end of his first year in business, he was representing six manufacturing companies. In 1980, Squier Associates became incorporated as a C corporation and branched out as a distributor of products sold through restaurant supply and equipment dealers.
By 1985, the company had hired two other full-time sales people and a receptionist/office manager and had purchased 3,000 square feet of office and warehouse space in Rockville, Maryland.
 In 1988, Squier Associates was the first rep firm in the area to open a test kitchen at its office and warehouse facility in Rockville. With so many technological advances, the company realized that restaurant owners, chefs, and purchasing agents would feel more at ease when purchasing large equipment if they could actually see it in action in a relaxed atmosphere.
Squier Associates is committed to expanding the sales of the lines it represents. This has led to the company receiving numerous awards from various manufacturers for exceeding company quotas.
Squier Associates currently has nine employees in the organization. The company represents manufacturers of equipment, supplies, and furniture in the commercial foodservice industry throughout the Maryland, Virginia and D.C. areas.
MISSION STATEMENT
- To protect and enhance the corporation's high level of ethics and conduct.
- To maintain a strong people orientation and demonstrate care for every employee.
- To attract and hold customers and consumers with products and services of consistently superior quality and value.
- To sustain a strong results orientation coupled with a prudent approach to business.
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TESTIMONIALS
| "Squier Associates has done an outstanding job in representing Atlas Metal Industries in the marketplace." |
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Howard Bolner, Vice President Sales and Marketing |
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| "Tri-Con truly appreciates the outstanding services and professional integrity Squier Associates contributes to our team in our service to our many and varied clients." |
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Paul Miller, Tri-Con Foodservice Consultants |
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| "One of the most professional rep groups I have ever had the pleasure to work with." |
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Bob Seibert, Regional Sales Manager, Kolpak/McCall |
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| "Squier Associates does a great service for their manufacturers as well as for their customers." |
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Jay Ryan, J.R. Equipment Company, Inc. |
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| "Extremely professional, helpful! Great people to work with." |
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Sandy Shrout, Montgomery County Public Schools |
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| "Squier Associates remains one of our top Representative organizations in the country. The entire team consistently performs at the highest level of professionalism." |
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Chuck Mitchell, Sales Development Manager, Hollowick, Inc. |
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| "We have worked together for a long time. Thank you for all the times you have come through in accomplishing feats of magic for Sodexho, our clients, and my department." |
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Darlene Gracci, Director of Equipment and Furnishings Procurement, Sodexho |
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| "Squier Associates, Inc. epitomizes true professionalism. Their dedication, organization, and commitment to detail have made them one of the most respected manufacturers' agents in our industry." |
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Greg Holroyd, Vice President CF Group |
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| "It has long been the opinion at Carey that Squier Associates is the most professional rep group we have the privilege of working with." |
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Rick Punzak, Carey Distributors |
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