Gem State Distributors is a family owned business founded by Don Noorda in 1958.  The timing couldn’t have been better as Gem State Distributors found itself perfectly situated to serve the new convenience store arena. Today the family tradition continues with his sons Paul (President), Peter (Vice President Finance), and Joseph (Vice President Operations) leading GSD into an exciting, challenging future.

Gem State Distributors is very committed to keeping current with information and technology.  We constantly strive to stay on the cutting edge in hardware and software.  You can’t have control without good information.  We also try as many new approaches to running our business as is practical.  It’s the only way to move ahead.
                                                                                                           – Peter Noorda   

This next year is going to be exciting, as we have teamed up with IDS, our new software vendor.  Sales representatives will have all their customer’s sales information literally at their fingertips.