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Who We Are...

convenience_store.gifThe Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association (OWMA) is a statewide trade association that has represented the wholesale distributors of Oklahoma for 66 years.  More than 92 percent of the member wholesale houses are small, family-owned businesses serving their own and neighboring communities in Oklahoma and surrounding states.

In the early days of the association, wholesalers sold primary tobacco and candy products.  Today they are widely diversified, offering products such as:

  • Dry, refrigerated and frozen groceries  
  • Beverages
  • Snack foods
  • Institutional foods
  • Paper products
  • Health and beauty care products
  • Automotive products
  • Cleaning supplies 

Our customers include:

  • Oil retailers
  • Convenience stores
  • Drug stores 
  • Mass merchandisers
  • Gift shops
  • Liquor stores
  • Military installations
  • Airports
  • Schools
  • Campgrounds 
  • Service organizations
  • Government agencies
  • Hospitals
  • Nursing homes
  • Motels
  • Restaurants
What We Do...
  • tobacco.gifTobacco distributors act as tax collectors for the state of Oklahoma, affixing the tax stamps we purchase from the state to the packages of cigarettes and other tobacco products we sell to the retailer, thus collecting the excise tax for the state.

  • The Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association actively monitors legislation at the state capitol, primary focusing on business issues.

  • The OWMA is also involved in supporting efforts to prevent youth from purchasing tobacco products.
Association News
Week in Review
Monday, April 30, 2007

Author :  Erin Boeckman and Sh
Date :  04/30/2007

(OPT) The final week of consideration of bills from the opposite house saw the House adding significantly to Senate bills in its possession, while the Senate quietly considered the bulk of the measures sent to it by the House, which managed to meet the deadline a day early.

At the same time, budget negotiations were underway, although no details have been released. And Gov. Brad Henry did was has been done rarely, if at all: Waited until Saturday to veto a piece of legislation that was on his desk.

Henry vetoes tort reform measure

The governor issued a rare Saturday veto, rejecting SB 507, a tort reform bill touted by legislative Republicans.

Saturday was the last day for the governor to act on the bill. The Oklahoma Constitution gives the governor five days during the legislative session to sign or veto measures. Failure to act on a measure in the prescribed time during the session is a "pocket signature," rather than a "pocket veto," and the measure becomes law.

Henry had been expected to announce his decision concerning the controversial measure Friday but said he would review the bill one more day and announce his decision Saturday.

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