Logistics and Warehouse Support for Mission, KS
Overflow storage and Midwest shipping for Mission firms, served from our single Omaha facility.
Why Mission Businesses Rely on Gratton Warehouse

Mission is one of the small cities packed along the Kansas side of the metro, a walkable place with Johnson Drive as its main street of shops and restaurants. Residents use the Rock Creek Trail, summer concerts in Broadmoor Park and the Mission Family Aquatic Center, and a Thursday-evening market brings growers and makers to town in summer.
To be upfront, Gratton is an Omaha warehouse
Gratton's Omaha FacilityGratton’s one site is 11005 E Circle in Omaha, some 199 miles from Mission, and that is where Kansas City-area clients’ freight is kept., and we do not run a Mission location. Our only facility is at 11005 E Circle, Omaha, NE 68137, about 199 miles and 3 hours 42 minutes up the interstates. That makes us an overflow site, a regional inventory position and a shipping point for the Midwest, backed by monthly terms that never lock you into space you do not need.
Mission is small, and most of its businesses feel it. A shop on Johnson Drive, a design studio or a distributor tucked into a side street can run out of room after one good quarter. Adding Kansas space means another lease and another set of bills. Sending extra inventory north is simpler. With a third-party logistics provider on your side, shelves and labor become rentals instead of commitments, and Omaha places your goods nearer to Nebraska, Iowa and the Dakotas. Gratton stores freight on contract, seasonal, public or overflow terms, charges by the month with no volume floor, and keeps one named account manager on your file from the first pallet, so you never retell your story to a stranger.
The daily routine inside our building covers every step between a truck and a customer. Crews unload containers, pass mixed Mission freight straight across the dock and split bulk loads for regional delivery. A Mission web seller who also sells at the Thursday market can hand off pick and pack chores and returns management, and a maker of gift bundles can use sub-assembly and kitting before goods depart. Shipments leave as LTL, truckload or parcels handed to the usual national carriers, and a customer who wants to collect goes through will-call. Expedited delivery helps with surprise deadlines. The racks take a five-ton single unit, and the dock was built for that weight too.
You should never wonder what is on a shelf two hundred miles away. Gratton’s cloud-based software, licensed from 3PL Central (now Extensiv), reports stock levels, open orders and outbound loads as events happen, whether you sit at a Mission desk or travel. Barcode scanners on the RF network log each receipt and pick, and cameras cover every Gratton facility. When an owner, lender or partner asks for proof, inventory reports provide a tidy record in minutes.
Getting started takes one call to (402) 339-9993. Our office line is answered Monday to Friday, opening at 8:00 am and closing 4:30 pm Central, a rhythm Mission already keeps. Tell us about your products, their shipping and their turn rate. We will look at how many SKUs you carry (anything from one to five thousand) and how heavy items run (one pound up to ten thousand), and an account manager then drafts the receiving, storage and shipping plan. Mission owners can request a storage quote and hold it against another year of cramped rent. Fourth-generation family owners run Gratton, and we would rather be candid about the long drive than overstate our reach.
How Gratton Supports Mission Businesses
Small Kansas companies can put an Omaha, NE warehouse
Overflow Storage BasicsOverflow means renting extra racks while demand peaks, then releasing them, so a compact Kansas business is never stuck paying for idle space. to work in several ways. Here are four arrangements we handle for clients across Johnson County.

Main Street Retailers
Shops along Johnson Drive and nearby streets balance limited back rooms against seasonal stock that arrives in large, uneven batches.
Through public storage, Gratton can hold holiday inventory, bulky displays and slow-moving lines so your shelves stay open for what sells today. Your team can release cartons in small shipments by parcel or by pallet through LTL, and the stock record shows exactly what remains. Retailers with a web shop can let us ship web orders while the storefront focuses on walk-in customers. Since contract warehousing billing is monthly, a shop that booms in December and idles in February can stop paying for space as soon as the rush ends.

Market Growers and Makers
Producers who sell at a weekly summer market need storage for jars, cartons and finished goods between selling nights.
We can hold packaging, finished products and bulk supplies on seasonal terms and release them ahead of each market season. Food lines move through our FDA-registered space, and temperature-controlled rooms are available for goods that cannot sit in heat. Shipments leave by parcel or freight. A Mission maker who finds a regional grocery buyer can move from market tables to pallet orders without renting a second site, using distribution services that already run daily, and your account manager can plan receiving so stock arrives only when dock space is ready. A live cloud view keeps every case counted.

Design and Print Firms
Studios, print shops and promotional-product sellers keep paper, apparel and display goods that pile up as soon as a big job lands.
Gratton can store stock for upcoming jobs, kit it into packs and ship it to event sites or clients. Textiles and apparel are common here, along with toys and promotional items. Loose pieces become ready sets through sub-assembly and kitting, and special project assistance handles one-off runs. Large rolls and pallets of paper fit our racking, which takes pieces as heavy as ten thousand pounds, and pick and pack can ship small lots to clients. When a customer needs a rush, expedited delivery is available, and returns management handles leftovers between campaigns.

Regional Distributors
Johnson County wholesalers and small industrial firms can open a second stock position up north and serve upper-Midwest buyers from it.
Truckloads roll up to our I-80-side dock, and crews reduce each load to orders sized for individual shops. Light trailers can be consolidated, so fewer trucks are needed. Machinery, electronics, apparel and general goods are all processed the same disciplined way. For a Mission distributor, Kansas City remains home base for local accounts, while Omaha stock supplies buyers in Nebraska and Iowa, and stock reports let you compare movement between the two sites without calling anyone for numbers.
About Gratton Warehouse Company

Gratton Warehouse Company has been an Omaha warehouse
Family-Run Since 1894Since 1894 the same family has steered Gratton across four generations, and in 2023 it earned B2B Omaha’s Best of B2B recognition. since 1894, and it has never left the family; today the fourth generation runs it. For Mission clients that history is a reason for a longer look when you compare providers. Calls are picked up, trouble is reported straight and freight goes out when we said it would. Over 130-plus years of changing trucks, tools and customers we kept to the basics. G5 Logistics provides the backing, and the 2023 Best of B2B honor we earned through B2B Omaha gave us a reason to keep sharpening our third-party logistics work.
Our lone building is parked beside I-80, near the other main highways. For a Mission company, that lets goods move south toward Kansas City or fan out to Lincoln, Iowa and beyond without a slow trip through city streets first. Gratton also belongs to the Omaha Chamber, and carries AIB and National Safety Council membership as well. We chose one facility over scattered satellites, and that choice keeps operations focused, overhead modest and terms flexible, so clients avoid paying for empty floor space in a second state.
Storage Built Around Your Goods
Our storage begins with what you actually ship. The pallet storage floor can accept a load of just one pound or as much as ten thousand pounds, and a lone piece may weigh as much as five tons. Typical inventory includes consumer products and general merchandise, clothing, textiles, electronics, toys, industrial machinery, natural and grocery foods, stored documents and movie sets. Temperature-controlled rooms protect anything that cannot tolerate heat or cold, with hazmat services for materials under special rules. Whether you carry a single SKU or a long list, order handling adapts, a fit for Mission makers who update their lines often and want every version easy to locate.
Extra services fill in the rest. Staff perform kitting and sub-assembly, assist with special projects and deliver just in time, and every task is recorded in our inventory tracking tools. Returns management takes back goods that buyers send in, then restocks them for the next order. Will-call pick-up is available in business hours, and every storage arrangement is monthly, so a seasonal line never ties you down for years. You can check the outcome of any task online rather than phone and ask.
A Partner Beyond Johnson County
Mission’s year has a pattern, from summer concerts and market evenings to the holiday shopping rush. Businesses that follow it need space that expands and contracts without penalty. Under Gratton’s public warehousing approach, your footprint moves with demand, and no minimum is ever imposed. A spike in volume means extra pallets in Omaha; a slump means a smaller bill, and no long lease is left over from a short season. Owners who put customers ahead of empty shelves benefit most.
Starting is easy. Pass along your product list, rough monthly volumes and usual carriers, and we will outline receiving, storage and shipping and take questions about unloading containers, break-bulk shipping, JIT timing and order shipping. Once goods land in Omaha, a lone account manager takes care of whatever changes or requests arise. Time you stop spending on logistics can go toward sales, hiring and customer service, and a cross-docking stop merges loads before departure. Raise any question that helps you weigh the options. Plenty of Kansas owners begin with a few trial pallets and add space once the stock reports show how the account behaves. We would sooner answer ten questions up front than leave you guessing about handling, shipping or timing once your pallets reach Nebraska, so ask about the drive, the carriers or the way a first month usually goes.
Certified Services
What Mission shippers depend on, all done at the single Gratton facility in Omaha by the interstate.
- Full-service receiving & putaway
- Pick, pack & kitting
- Same-day order fulfillment
- Freight forwarding & cross-docking
- Temperature-controlled storage
- Hazmat certified facility
- Real-time cloud WMS visibility
- Dedicated account management
Technology & Services
Real-time tools Mission clients use to watch stock from Kansas.
Ready to Add Omaha Space for Mission?
Call Gratton about extra storage, outbound freight and flexible billing for your Mission company.
Getting to Gratton Warehouse from Mission
The drive from Mission to our dock is about 198.9 miles, roughly 3 hours 42 minutes. Typical routes take US-69, then I-635 into I-29 north, and finally I-80 west; inbound loads headed for consolidation use the same road.
- From Mission, KS, start out on West 56th Street.
- Turn left onto Lamar Avenue for about 0.4 miles.
- Continue on I-635 for about 12 miles.
- Keep slight left at the fork toward I 29 North for about 170 miles.
- Take the ramp onto I-80 Express for about 12 miles.
- Continue straight onto West Center Road.
- Turn right onto South 108th Street for about 0.9 miles.
- Turn right onto E Circle.
- Arrive at Gratton Warehouse, 11005 E Circle, Omaha, NE 68137, on the left.
Plan an Omaha Nebraska warehouse
Will-Call From KansasMission visitors who phone first can collect ready orders on weekdays, eight to four-thirty Central. visit as a day trip, or let Gratton ship the goods to Kansas for you. For a will-call pickup, telephone on a weekday (Central time, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm) before you leave Johnson County.
Markets We Serve
Gratton Warehouse ships from one facility in Omaha, Nebraska, to businesses across these markets.
Omaha & Nebraska
- Arlington NE
- Ashland NE
- Bellevue NE
- Bennington NE
- Benson Omaha NE
- Blair NE
- Boys Town NE
- Carter Lake IA
- Chalco NE
- Council Bluffs IA
- Dundee Omaha NE
- Elkhorn NE
- Florence Omaha NE
- Fort Calhoun NE
- Fremont NE
- Grand Island NE
- Greenwood NE
- Gretna NE
- Kearney NE
- La Vista NE
- Lincoln NE
- Louisville NE
- Midtown Omaha NE
- Millard NE
- North Omaha NE
- Offutt AFB NE
- Old Market Omaha NE
- Papillion NE
- Plattsmouth NE
- Ralston NE
- South Omaha NE
- Southwest Omaha NE
- Springfield NE
- Valley NE
- Wahoo NE
- Waterloo NE
- West Omaha NE
- Yutan NE
Kansas City 31 locations
- Belton MO
- Blue Springs MO
- College Blvd District Overland Park KS
- Corporate Woods Overland Park KS
- Country Club Plaza Kansas City MO
- Crossroads Kansas City MO
- East Kansas City MO
- Gardner KS
- Gladstone MO
- Grain Valley MO
- Grandview MO
- Independence MO
- Leawood KS
- Lee’s Summit MO
- Lenexa KS
- Liberty MO
- Merriam KS
- Mission KS
- North Kansas City MO
- Northland Kansas City MO
- Olathe KS
- Old Overland Park KS
- Prairie Village KS
- Raymore MO
- Raytown MO
- Shawnee KS
- South Overland Park KS
- Volker & Hospital Hill Kansas City MO
- Waldo Kansas City MO
- West Bottoms Kansas City MO
- Westport Kansas City MO
Chicago & Illinois 31 locations
- Addison IL
- Aurora IL
- Avondale Chicago IL
- Back of the Yards Chicago IL
- Berwyn IL
- Bolingbrook IL
- Bridgeport Chicago IL
- Cicero IL
- Des Plaines IL
- Elgin IL
- Elk Grove Village IL
- Evanston IL
- Harvey IL
- Humboldt Park Chicago IL
- Joliet IL
- Lawndale Chicago IL
- Logan Square Chicago IL
- Naperville IL
- Oak Brook IL
- Oak Lawn IL
- Orland Park IL
- Pilsen Chicago IL
- Pullman Chicago IL
- Romeoville IL
- Rosemont IL
- Schaumburg IL
- Skokie IL
- South Loop Chicago IL
- Tinley Park IL
- Waukegan IL
- West Loop Chicago IL
