In early 1992, our first mattress set was purchased over the phone at about five o’clock in the afternoon on a sunny but cool January day in St. The customer needed a queen pillow-top mattress set by that evening to accommodate a guest who had a bad back. Our company was able to make those wishes come true with our “lovely and comfortable” queen pillow-top mattress. That is the beginning of what i
s now known as Trotter Mattress Distribution. My initial exposure to the mattress business came in fall of 1990. I had no plans of seeking this venture, and was suddenly asked, by a close friend during a phone call, if I would help deliver a mattress. She started a very small part-time business for extra income. I responded, "Sure, but you must be joking." So, with some "muscle" as needed, I soon delivered mattresses part-time and speaking with a couple of mattress manufactures. Seems like just yesterday. With help over the years from trust-worthy mentors of great-integrity, the business grew into a full-service, residential and commercial mattress-manufacturer's representative and wholesale distributor. The warehouse-model, know nationwide as the Peterson Distribution Model was taught to me by Mr. Peterson in the later 1990s (Thank you Mr. Peterson). Many years spent at his right hand learning from him, convinced us that I was able to duplicate the business as well as implement a discount-retail operation. Today, the three facets of the business work in concert to provide both mattress and sleep products to homeowners and the hospitality industry.
