Albert Brothers Distributors, Inc. has been a family owned and operated business since 1939 spanning over 85 years!

When Ralph J. Albert was a young boy, as he often reminisced, he remembered playing outside the E.G. Stephens Tobacco Company in Wichita, Kansas. The wonderful aroma of candy and tobacco would waft outside of that warehouse and, in Ralph's young mind, he would think to himself "that would be a nice business to be in someday". That aroma and memory is exactly what helped create Albert Brothers Distributors, Inc...

Prior to moving to Elk City, Ralph attended Oklahoma University and then helped his Dad in the dry goods business in Drumright, OK. In 1939 Ralph moved to Elk City, Oklahoma to start the R.J. Albert Tobacco Company. He moved to Elk City at the ripe age of 23 with $1300 and a dream to start a candy and tobacco wholesale business. It was a slow start at first but with many hours of hard work, in a one-man operation, it led to his father following him a few years later. While Ralph served in World War II in the Quartermasters corps, the business was kept going by his father and their family. In later years as the business grew, he was joined by his brothers and the name was changed to Albert Brothers Candy and Tobacco.

Since that humble beginning the company has grown into a full-line wholesale distributorship servicing convenience stores, grocery stores, restaurants, churches, schools, concessions, Oil Field Companies and many more types of businesses in and around Oklahoma. The product lines over the years have grown from candy and tobacco to many more such as paper products, snacks, groceries, premium cigars, beverage, janitorial supplies, Oil Field Supplies, and many other items. Albert Brothers has thousands of items in stock and has access to over 90,000 items to meet your needs.

In 1979 Ralph’s son Jimmy R. Albert returned from Oklahoma State University with a degree in business management and a minor in marketing to run the family business. A few years later the business was incorporated and to reflect the growing product lines the name was changed to Albert Brothers Distributors, Inc. Jimmy served on the board of OWMA for many years and served as President of the Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association.

Andrew J. Albert returned to Elk City in 2012 to join the family run business, as a 4th Generation, to work and continue growing the family-owned business. Andrew graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2009 with a double degree in Marketing and Finance. Andrew has grown the business, introducing Oil Field Supplies in 2014 and a 5-gallon water program in 2021. Andrew has served as President of the Convenience Distributors of Oklahoma and is currently on the board of directors.

Albert Brothers Distributors, Inc. is proud to consider all its past and current team members as family as they strive to meet the growing needs of all their valued customers.

We would be proud to SERVE your needs as we continue the DREAM!