History of RFI Inc.

RFI Inc. was established in 1992 by Alvin who had been self-employed for most his life and had sold among other things used uniforms and dust mats. He came upon some fabric material in rolls, decided to cut them and sell them as rags. Things were kind of scarce for him then, and did not own a pair of scissors, went to his neighbor and borrowed them.

You could probably say that was the true beginning of our company. Being the entrepreneur that he was, and still is, decided to add blue huck towels and white terry towels to his inventory to sell out of his truck to small body shops in the Tampa Bay area. His business started expanding and needed more help. He had rented a small warehouse and hired a couple of helpers to cut, sort and bag his rags. Around 1993, Alvin hired a tire salesman named Robert who came aboard as his first delivery man. Soon after he started, he showed Alvin that he had a great ability to sell, therefore expanding his business much more. Bobby, as we call him, got so many sales leads that a computer was needed to keep track of them, making the small shoe box method of filing obsolete.Computers at that time were just beginning to be used in small businesses and for Al, who had never used one, found himself learning how to operate the machine. He also bought the program Quickbooks and have been using it ever since.

Bobby can sell, of that we are sure! He has been a great investment in the expansion of our company. Bob likes spending time with family and friends. He was actually born in Florida, he loves fishing, NASCAR and most of all the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

To be continued..........