About Us

Family Owned and Operated

Family Owned and Operated

For over 40 years, JB has established a tradition of doing things the right way and keeping people at the heart of everything we do.
It’s this genuine care for each other that motivates us each and every day.

What Sets Us Apart

We unite our people, products, expertise, and service to help our customers succeed tomorrow with smarter solutions today.

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Founding Philosophy

JB is built on the foundation of respect and core values that ground us and keep our JB family of associates top of mind. The servant leadership from our owners and other leaders within the organization is key to inspiring our associates every day. At the end of the day, we strive for our associates to come to make a living, stay to make a life and serve to make a difference.

Founding Beliefs

  • Empowered Associates
  • Exceptional Products
  • Extraordinary Service

Operating Priciples

  • Always do the right thing (Golden Rule)
  • Easy on mistakes, hard on the learnings
  • Be change ready and flexible
  • Diversification of complimentary activities
  • Encourage an entrepreneurial spirit

Associates

We are people centric

Customers

Provide unmatched quality with our products and services

Community

Giving back and serving the communities around us

Our JB Culture

JB is a family-owned company that makes decisions from a foundation of integrity and respect. We live and breathe our core values every day.

JB Serves

Before Bob Hageman founded JB, he had a habit of giving.

This continued in and through the company over the years and has grown into JB Serves, where we strive to impact communities by equipping our youth to make a difference. There are many organizations that we give back to throughout the year that fulfill our mission and are primarily focused around two key support areas:

Enhancing educational programs that inspire youth development to empower individuals for a life of service and significance.

Support nutritional programs that provide resources to youth which develop positive life habits.

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Why have a company that’s successful if you can’t contribute back to the betterment of people’s lives?””

– Mike Hageman, Chairman

Our Sustainability Practices

We understand that being a good steward of the resources we’ve been granted is both a privilege and a responsibility. It is with this belief that we strive to be an eco-friendly, energy efficient operation that emphasizes a ‘safety-first’ philosophy.

Through our continuous improvement initiatives, we’ve collaborated with our vendor partners to reduce energy consumption, improve conservation efforts, and establish renewable programs that are environmentally friendly. This approach is not only the ‘right thing to do’ but also cost advantageous.

Warehouse

  • Partnered with energy provider in curtailment program
  • Motion-triggered lighting (LED) reduce electrical usage
  • In-line charging stations for pallet jacks/forklifts

Manufacturing

  • Collaborated with packaging vendor to reduce cardboard and Cryovac usage
  • Incorporated automation lines to reduce repetitive motion
  • Worked with consultative resource in reducing product waste and shrink

Transportation

  • Improved vehicle design and emission control technologies
  • Introduction of biodiesel into fleet
  • Consolidation of routes reducing fuel consumption
  • Driver “idle” incentive