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Welcome To Den-Paul Distributors Ltd.

Den-Paul Distributors Ltd. opened in 1978 when Dennis and Paulette Manz made a decision to open a brick and mortar auto parts store in Regina Saskatchewan.   Dennis had been working for several years as what is referred to a wagon jobber, driving from town to town all over the province of Saskatchewan selling additives out of a truck.   He expanded to carry air filters, oil filters, and he would have been one of the first stores to carry NGK Spark Plugs in Saskatchewan.   He continued to add more and more hard parts until one day it would not fit in the truck anymore.   So he and his wife Paulette, who was working at the library at the time, decided to take a chance and open a store and Den-Paul Distributors Ltd. was born.

Since that time our inventory has grown and evolved.   We are now one of the larger independent auto parts stores in Southern Sask, maintaining a substantial inventory in our 8100 sq ft location at 1441 St. John street in Regina’s Old Warehouse District.   At the start a lot of the product lines and categories that we stocked were sourced directly from the manufacturers.  These parts were imported from the other parts of Canada, the United States and of course China.   This was a difficult operation to manage with parts proliferation exploding over the 80’s and 90’s.   In the beginning 20-30 sets of brake pads would give you about 90% coverage and now there are literally thousands of part numbers to encompass all the makes and models available.  What used to be done on inventory cards now had to be done on computer systems.

Recognizing the enormity of the supply side of this business Den-Paul became a member of an automotive buying group called Bestbuy Distributors Ltd. in 2001.   Bestbuy was an organization formed by several independent auto parts store owners across Canada called Jobbers.   By joining together they had increased buying power that allowed them to get more competitive pricing and access to some of the most respected aftermarket Brand names in the world.   It also took a lot of the pressure off figuring out which parts to import into Canada with access now being a little closer to home.   Bestbuy has since expanded their operation three times by first opening a Western Canadian distribution center in Edmonton, and then increasing the size of their Mississauga location, and then doubling the size of their Edmonton facility a couple of years ago.   Bestbuy has privately branded many categories such as oil, filters, wheel bearings, and chassis parts as Quality Automotive Products unique to Bestbuy shareholders.

In May of 2021 our latest project to keep pace with the fast paced automotive industry was to go online and we launched our consumer web site.  While our wholesale customers have been able to log into our store and order parts for several years we have not offered this service to the general public.   Our hopes are that Saskatchewan shoppers will be able to find the parts that they need for their vehicles right here in the province without having to shop elsewhere.  Welcome to our new website.   We look forward to doing business with you.

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