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HHC Supply

HERE WE GROW AGAIN

By the time brothers Robert, Felix, and Leroy Sanchez Then, in 2015, Felix and Leroy’s sons, Gary and
joined Do it Best in 1995, their six-location business, Joe Sanchez, were tagged in to be President and
Hacienda Home Centers (HHC), was already a staple Vice President of HHC, respectively. After years of
for hardware and building supplies in New Mexico. But overseeing HHC’s Española location, Joe was keenly
by 2014, they were finding it harder to keep up with aware of the potential the business had. During his
the daily demands of business ownership. time there, Joe took advantage of their location to
land a coveted commercial contract with the
At the same time, the economy was changing — the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
big box stores had arrived and were putting additional
pressure on their business. HHC lost momentum, “Los Alamos has been a very important customer for
downsizing to just two locations in Española and Las quite a few years now,” said Joe. “They count on us for
Vegas, New Mexico. For a time, it looked like HHC industrial supplies, hardware, and building materials
might fade into history. — there are always opportunities to expand to more
commodities as well.”

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