A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THE VENDING SIDE OF OUR BUSINESS

     Our company’s origin goes back to 1959, when Chester Bryant began selling Grippo potato chips in Southeastern Kentucky. In the early days, Chester would drive to Cincinnati to purchase Grippo products to sell to area stores. His company, C.L. Bryant Distributing grew rapidly over time and demand increased for these products. This led to adding independent distributors and expanding into new territories.

     In 1986, Chester’s son, Wayne Bryant, took over operations of the company and continued its growth and expansion. Wayne began adding other brands of snack food items to his product portfolio and distribution network over the next 15 years. To accommodate the rapid growth the company relocated into a new warehouse and distribution center in Gray, Kentucky.

     In 2001 Wayne Bryant decided to retire for the business and the company was sold to the Pepsi Bottling Company of Corbin, Kentucky. The company was renamed Breaktime Distributing Company and soon moved into a large, state of the art distribution center in the Industrial Park in Corbin.

     Breaktime Distributing currently operates over 25 distribution routes in the Eastern Kentucky and Northern Tennessee region. Along with it’s original Grippos line of products, Breaktime also distributes hundreds of other products.