Vermont Sales was sideline – started by Roland and Mindi Hunt in 1985 to distribute the Vermont American brand products to the hardware trade. They traded from a premises in Pretoria until 1993 when they moved the business to Midrand and things started to happen in a big way. Joined at the same time by their son, Ryan and daughter, Angela (married to Jeremy Fox), Vermont Sales started to become a real player in the hardware industry, having added a number of world renowned brands to the range of product distributed.