Frost Oil Co1430 South 28th Street, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States

Frost Oil Co. was founded on May 21, 1977 when Jack Frost purchased a Gulf Oil distributorship and moved his family from Oklahoma City to Fort Smith, Arkansas. At the time of his purchase, the company was selling approximately 40,000 gallons of fuel and 500 gallons of lubricants monthly and had a staff of three employees. In those early days, Jack would work long hours in the office and make sales calls during the day, and in the evenings jump into a truck and deliver product to customers. As a result of Jack’s efforts, Frost Oil grew steadily over the years by emphasizing his three key principles – honesty, hard work and customer service.After graduating from college and spending a short stint in the transportation and logistics industry, Jack’s son Jeff Frost joined the company in 1985. As with so many small, family-owned jobberships, Jeff learned the oil and fuel business from the ground up by working under his father’s guidance. Working together, Jack and Jeff continued to grow the company over the next several years through a combination of constant organic growth and a series of strategic acquisitions of regional competitors.As the company grew and prospered and Jeff’s tenure in the business lengthened, the stock ownership of the company was gradually purchased over time by Jeff and his wife LaDonna, who for many years