About the Company
145 years of keeping Texas stocked.
The C.D. Hartnett Company has survived more than a century of changing times, inventions, economic crisis, and changing attitudes — on one foundation:“The customer is the reason — and the only reason — that The C.D. Hartnett Company is in business.”
Our history
From County Limerick to North Texas
1851
An Irish beginning
Cornelius D. Hartnett is born in County Limerick, Ireland. His family emigrates to the United States in 1863.
1878
$40 a month
Hartnett leaves railroad contracting for a grocery clerkship in Whitesborough, Texas — and is managing the store within a year.
1880
Weatherford roots
The stock moves to Weatherford as Starr-Hartnett Company, wholesale and retail grocers, at 302 North Main Street — still the company headquarters today.
1904
Incorporated in Texas
Now exclusively a wholesale distributor, the firm incorporates as The C.D. Hartnett Company of Weatherford, Texas.
1920s
The oil boom years
The Ranger oil boom draws 50,000 people; Hartnett opens a warehouse and office in Ranger that operates until 1962.
1974
Grocery Distribution Center
The company builds its 100,000 sq ft Grocery Distribution Center at 1002 E Columbia Street, Weatherford.
1984
Foodservice Distribution Center
Ground breaks on the 112,000 sq ft Foodservice Distribution Center at 4151 Blue Mound Road, Fort Worth.
2004
Joining McLane
After 100 years as a privately held corporation, the company joins McLane Company, Inc. — a Berkshire Hathaway company headquartered in Temple, Texas.
Today
Still what we do
One of the oldest businesses in Weatherford, C.D. Hartnett keeps Texas stocked with the same founding conviction: the customer is the only reason we're in business.
Leadership lineage
Five presidents, one family legacy
Cornelius D. Hartnett
1904–1923
Founder
E. H. Martin
1924–1953
Con D. Hartnett
1953–1970
Son of the founder
Charles C. Milliken
1970–1995
Grandson of the founder
Stephen E. Milliken
1995–2018
Great-grandson of the founder
Our facilities
212,000 square feet of Texas distribution
- Corporate Office — Weatherford
- 302 N Main Street. The same address where the stock arrived in 1880.
- Grocery Distribution Center — Weatherford
- 1002 E Columbia Street. 100,000 sq ft serving convenience stores, tobacco shops, and buying groups.
- Foodservice Distribution Center — Fort Worth
- 4151 Blue Mound Road. 112,000 sq ft serving restaurants, institutions, schools, and healthcare.
Let's put 145 years of distribution to work for you.
Talk to our sales team about full-line grocery or foodservice supply for your business.