A PEEK INSIDE UAC NEWS
A peek inside... Super-Sod
What we do Super-Sod is a family-run sod farm with supply stores throughout Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Our staff are experts who can help you problem solve the best type of grass for your job. We sell lawn care products and specialize in sod that’s available by the individual roll, full pallet, or truckload; all fresh from our farms. With our line of seven types of lawn grasses and our lawn care products, we will help you achieve the lawn of your clients’ dreams.
From left: Justin Mosley, Daniel White, Scott McElyea, Tony Roberts, Kevin Kilgore, and Tamara Green (kneeling)
Join us as we take a peek inside the operation and the people of UAC member company Super-Sod.
UAC MAGAZINE | FALL 2019
Meet our team
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Tony Roberts
Besides sod, we offer you grass seed, Soil3 organic compost, stone, mulch, robotic lawn mowers, and related landscaping products from six stores in Georgia. Call us for a delivery or pickup quote.
How we got started Our roots span from your front yard to over 100 years back. It all began as a general store in Lakeland, Georgia, and since then we have become one of the largest suppliers of sod in the nation.
Super-Sod of Marietta Store Manager
Responsibilities: Store Operations – Ordering grass, taking orders for customers, on site yard inspection, reconciling cash at the end of the day, loading customers, and handling with customer concerns. Favorite part of job: Working with the customer – Listening to customers explain their growing conditions and lifestyles to help them decide on the best lawn. Plus, I enjoy the problemsolving aspect of being a store manager, plus diagnosing problems with lawns. Last job before this: Store manager at PetSmart. I started at Super-Sod on the yard loading customers 2011, so I know all aspects of this store very well. What I do when I’m not at work: I’m a big sports fan. My favorite football teams are the New York Jets and the Atlanta Falcons. For baseball, I root for the NY Mets and Atlanta Braves. Can you tell I’m from New York and now love Atlanta?
Tamara Green
Super-Sod of Atlanta, Inside Sales Supervisor
Responsibilities: dispatch and schedule trucks, customer service, sales, inventory, coordinate harvesting with farm. Favorite part of job: The people I work with and for. I am very blessed to work with an amazing company that not only puts their customers first, but their employees as well. Last job before this: Whew, that was a long time ago, LOL! I was a shipping manager for a rug mill before I started with Super-Sod in 2005 when everything was still done on pencil and paper. What I do when I’m not at work: I spend time with my husband, kids, and grandkids. I am a cheerleader mom and a small group leader in our student ministry at church. I like to participate in different community outreach programs.
