Hoffman Family Fireworks has expanded.
Rick and MaryAnn Hoffman have purchased the wholesale-retail fireworks business from E.C. Younghouse of Younghouse Distributing Co., Inc.
Younghouse Distributing will continue its wholesale gift and novelty business at its site at Interstate 55 and Highway 74.
The Hoffmans have opened a new fireworks warehouse at 2976 E. Outer Road, across from Rhodes City Truck Stop in the Nash Road Industrial Park.
The Hoffmans will sell wholesale and retail.
Hoffman Family Fireworks has been in the retail fireworks business a dozen years.
The retail season starts later this month. The Hoffmans will have eight retail sites in the area.
The new warehouse is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
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