Convenience Stores for Metal

by Mike Hunter

Metal Supermarkets recently opened its third location in Phoenix. “Phoenix has a large industrial base of potential customers who require a wide variety of metals for their ongoing needs,” says Andrew Arminen, chief operations and development officer of the company. This base includes professionals in various maintenance repair and operations departments of manufacturing companies and commercial and residential building trades, due to the ever-increasing population and business growth in the Greater Phoenix area, as well as hobbyists. “Metal Supermarkets is filling in the void for convenient fulfillment of small quantities of metals that are required in the market.” 

Founded by William “Bill” H. Mair, the first Metal Supermarkets store was established outside Toronto, Ontario in 1985. In 1987, Metal Supermarkets began franchising in Canada; followed its success in Canada and the UK to begin its US franchising in Atlanta, Georgia; and opened its first Phoenix store in 2015.

Metal Supermarkets offers more than 8,000 types, shapes and grades of metal, cut to each customer’s exact specifications and ready fast, with no minimum order size. Metal Supermarkets stores specialize in the sale and distribution of a wide range of metal that includes hot and cold rolled steel, aluminum, stainless, copper, brass and more in various shapes such as bar, tube, angle, channel, sheet and plate.

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