Sanders Acquires the Retail Business of Arkansas County Co-op

By Jim Steadman|December 13, 2013

Jimmy Sanders Incorporated – a subsidiary of Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings, LLC – has acquired the agricultural input retail business of Arkansas County Co-op in Stuttgart, AR.

Arkansas County Co-op, founded in 1953 by a group of local farmers in Almyra, AR, will continue to operate the fuel and farming hardware portions of their business. The new Sanders retail locations will be managed by Jim Grantham, location manager for Sanders, and will be located in Almyra and DeWitt, AR.

Chuck Freemyer, manager of Arkansas County Co-op, said, “We are excited about the partnership with Sanders and look forward to working together to meet the needs of area growers.”

“Sanders is very pleased with the recent acquisition of this long-established, respected business, and we are confident that the farmers it served so well will experience a smooth transition,” said Jack Coleman, area operations manager for Sanders.

“We are excited to take on such an important portion of the Arkansas County Co-op business which will help us continue our growth in Central Arkansas and provide a complete line of quality farm input products and services to our grower customers,” stated Grantham. “We commend Arkansas County Co-op for their service to area growers, and we look forward to continuing this in the future.”