WB Marketing LLC - A History of Great Service and Success

Our company has operated under several names but has always focused on the important things; great service to our customers, representation of the best products, and operating in an honorable and consistent manner.

C.G. MacGregor & Associates: 1936 – 1941 and 1946 – 1966: Clifton Grey (Mac) MacGregor first began as a pioneering manufacturers’ representative for J.C. Pitman & Sons, Inc. in 1936. He was working with J.C. Pitman when he developed the first tube type fryer which revolutionized the restaurant industry. He was the original rep for "Pitco Frialator" and had the United States except for the greater Boston market. In 1940 Mac began his representation of a toaster line. Mac added a steamer line along with T&S Brass & Bronze to his line list in 1950. Howard Wank joined Mac in January of 1954 and quickly asserted himself as a key representative in the Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia region.

MacGregor & Wank Associates: 1967 – 1981: Howard became Mac’s partner in 1967 and we operated under this new partnership’s identity for the next 14 years. In 1971 Doug Wank joined Mac and Howard with the goal of assuming the responsibility for the southern portion of our territory. Mac announced his retirement in the end of 1972 and Howard took over as the majority partner with Doug as a minority partner. In October of 1974 Howard passed away very suddenly. Doug, at 23 years of age and with the help of his Mother, Betty, assumed the reigns of MacGregor & Wank Associates. Doug and Betty made a key decision to go with "youth" just before the end of that year. This led to the addition of Barry Wank and Stan Brickner to help shore up our representation of the important companies we represented.

Wank Brickner Dickinson, Inc.: 1982 – 1990: Barry, Stan, Betty, and Jay Dickinson joined me as shareholders in this new entity that brought new "blood" into our company along with some new lines in the early 80’s. Our territory changed a bit with a move to a more focused market area as we dropped our representation in Michigan in the late 1980’s. During this era we came into our own as recognized experts on the products we represented and as leading volume producers for the companies we sold for.

Wank Brickner Marketing LLC (dba) WB Marketing LLC: 1991 – Present: 1991 brought more change and began an era of expansion that helped us grow from four outside salesmen and two full time customer service people to our current team of 14 people and a Corporate Chef!!
During the years we have operated as representatives we have won many honors from the companies we represent including:

"Representative Group of the Year" We have been so honored by the brands we represent 12 times in the past 10 years.

"Pacesetter Awards" 5 awards in ten years for getting off to the best start in new product categories

"Outstanding Sales Effort Awards" We’ve received over 50 such awards for specific product categories, % over quota, sales over prior year, etc.

"Individual Recognition" These, typically are the highest form of recognition and we have 10 of them, collectively from the various brands we represent.

"Sales Milestone Achievement Awards" T&S Brass & Bronze has recognized us with their Presidents Award and Gold or Silver Status every year since they began this recognition over 15 years ago.

The business and our industry has changed constantly. One CONSTANT through this change has been WB Marketing LLC!