Schmidt & Klaus

Schmidt & Klaus, Inc. is a woman-owned wholesale floral distributor in Kansas City’s Crossroads district, family-operated since 1966. Billing itself as the only woman-owned floral distributor in Kansas City, the company supplies fresh flowers, cut greens, plants, and floral supplies to florists across the KC metro, western Missouri, and eastern Kansas.¹²

Description

Schmidt & Klaus, Inc. is a Kansas City wholesale floral distributor serving the professional floral trade rather than walk-in retail consumers. The company supplies fresh cut flowers, cut greens, blooming and green plants, floral hard goods and supplies, and seasonal/holiday greenery to florists and floral professionals throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area, western Missouri, and eastern Kansas.¹² It markets itself as the “premier Kansas City floral wholesaler,” emphasizing farm-direct sourcing from South American and domestic growers — bypassing the conventional Miami import-warehousing chain to deliver fresher product.¹ Its facility sits at 1620 Grand Blvd in the Crossroads Arts District just south of downtown Kansas City.¹³

Ownership and history

Schmidt & Klaus, Inc. was founded in 1966 by Gary Schmidt and his father, Don Schmidt, establishing it as a long-running Kansas City family business now in its sixth decade.² The company describes itself as a single-location, family-owned business and “the only woman-owned floral distributor in Kansas City.”¹² The current owner is reported to be Sarah Schmidt, who took over operations after the passing of her husband, Mike Schmidt, continuing the family line.² The specific owner-succession detail (Sarah Schmidt / Mike Schmidt) was drawn from the company’s About page narrative and should be re-confirmed against a second independent source before being treated as fully verified.²

The roughly 60-year continuous, family-run, Kansas City history and the woman-owned status are both asserted directly by the company.¹²

Links

• Official site: https://schmidtandklaus.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SKFloralDistributors/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skfloraldistributors/

Sources

Disputes

None at this time.

Footnotes

1. Schmidt & Klaus official website — https://schmidtandklaus.com/ — asserts: “Premier Kansas City Floral Wholesaler providing top quality fresh flowers and exceptional customer service to Midwest floral professionals since 1966”; woman-owned family business; address 1620 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64108; phone 816-421-3666; farm-direct sourcing. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

2. Schmidt & Klaus “About Us” page — https://schmidtandklaus.com/about/ — asserts: founded 1966 by Gary Schmidt and his father Don; current owner Sarah Schmidt (took over after Mike Schmidt’s passing); “the only woman-owned floral distributor in Kansas City”; serves florists across KC metro, western Missouri, eastern Kansas. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

3. Yelp listing, “Schmidt and Klaus” — https://www.yelp.com/biz/schmidt-and-klaus-kansas-city — asserts: 1620 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO; florists category; phone 816-421-3666. (Page returned HTTP 403 on fetch; address/phone confirmed via search-result metadata.) ↩