O'Connell Oil operates about 30 Convenience Plus convenience stores and a half a dozen gas stations throughout western Massachusetts, serving customers with Citgo, Mobil, and Shell brand gasoline. Three O'Connell's Heating Oil & Service locations provide heating oil and air conditioner repair services. The company also runs plumbing and industrial lubricant divisions. Namesake Ralph M. O'Connell founded the company in 1925.

Grafton Group unites mortar manufacturing plants with building materials and DIY stores on both sides of the Irish Sea. The company operates building and plumbing supply outlets under the Chadwicks and Heiton Buckley brands, as well as Woodie's DIY stores in Ireland. In the UK, Grafton operates Plumbase plumbing supply stores and building supply stores under the Buildbase and Jackson brands. In Northern Ireland, the company operates Macnaughton Blair building-supply stores. Grafton also runs plastic and concrete manufacturing plants, including EuroMix dry-mortar facilities, in England and Scotland. Grafton acquired Heiton Group in early 2005.

Torrington Supply Company headquartered in Waterbury, CT is the largest independent Connecticut based wholesale distributor of residential, commercial, and industrial plumbing, heating and air conditioning equipment, pumps, and industrial piping supplies serving contractor, industry, and institutions throughout Connecticut. We operate from eight locations in Connecticut. Our 72,000-sq-ft headquarters, showroom, and distribution center is located in Waterbury with branch points of sale in South Windsor, Danbury(2), New Haven, Stratford, Bristol and Stamford. We have dedicated the resources of our company to provide the best combination of hassle free service at the lowest price. We do everything we promise. Our goal is to eliminate non-value-added costs and pass the savings along to our customers in the form of lower prices and increased services. We will do what it takes to become our customer’s supplier of choice.

Craving Italian fashions? La Rinascente operates more than a dozen upscale la Rinascente department stores in cities across Italy. The company's flagship store near the Duomo in Milan -- Italy's fashion capital -- accounts for about 50% of sales. The retailer also operates the UPIM chain of some 340 company-owned and franchised stores throughout Italy and a single concept store in Rome called Jam. La Rinascente tempts shoppers with luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Gucci. Aldo and Senatore Borletti founded La Rinascente in 1917. Today the company is owned by its chairman, the Italian entrepreneur Maurizio Borletti (Aldo's grandson)

J. Front Retailing fronts the retail operations of leading Japanese department stores The Daimaru and Matsuzakaya Holdings. The holding company was created by the merger of the two ailing rivals in 2007. The Daimaru, founded as a drapery shop in 1717, operates about 15 upscale shops in western Japan. Matsuzakaya, founded in 1611 as a kimono retailer, runs eight department stores in central Japan, including its flagship location in Nagoya. J. Front's Peacock Stores unit operates some 90 supermarkets in the Chubu, Kansai, and Tokyo districts of Japan. The company's other activities include construction, credit services, direct marketing, furniture making, restaurants, and wholesale textiles.

Bordine Nursery can help you with borders. Or flower beds. Or orchards. The company operates four nurseries in southeastern Michigan growing and selling annuals, perennials, shrubs, roses, and trees. Bordine also offers lawn and patio furniture, fertilizers and plant food, design services, plant guides, and gardening publications. Currently owned and operated by third generation Bordines, the nursery regularly donates plants, flowers, and shrubs to local schools and other community groups. Originally a roadside flower stand, Bordine was founded in 1939 by Darrell and Marian Bordine.

Family-owned-and-operated Davila Pharmacy operates a single drugstore in San Antonio, Texas. Prescription medications account for about 40% of sales. Davila Pharmacy also offers durable medical equipment, ostomy, diabetic, nutritional and incontinent supplies. In addition to standard pharmacy services, Davila Pharmacy boasts that all of its pharmacists are bilingual and certified to administer immunizations. It also offers home delivery in the San Antonio area and online prescription refills. Founded by Rudy Davila Sr., today the company is run by his son Rudy Jr. Davila Pharmacy made the Hispanic Business 500 list, most recently in 2008.

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates department stores in the mid-size and metropolitan markets of the United States. Its stores offer brand-name apparel and accessories for women, men, and children, as well as provide cosmetics, home furnishings, footwear, intimate apparel, and juniors' apparel. As of January 30, 2010, the company operated 278 stores under various nameplates, including the Bon-Ton, Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's, and Younkers in 23 northeastern, midwestern, and upper Great Plains states; and under the Parisian nameplate in Detroit, Michigan.

Monrovia Nursery Company was founded in 1926 by the aptly named Harry Rosedale. A rose of any color keeps Monrovia Nursery in the black. Monrovia grows more than 20 million container-grown plants in 2,000 varieties at its five nurseries in California, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Oregon. Among its offerings are camellias, conifers, ferns, perennials, rhododendrons, and trees. The company has introduced some 300 exclusive varieties, holding more than 200 patents and trademarks. Monrovia supplies more than 5,000 garden centers with its plants and also crafts topiary forms, including some at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. It has additionally developed more than 40 specialized soil mixtures.

ABC Supply Co., Inc. is the largest wholesale distributor of roofing in the United States and one of the nation's largest distributors of siding, windows and other select exterior building products, tools and related supplies. Since our start in 1982, we've grown to become a national organization with more than 350 locations in 45 states and the District of Columbia.Our success is the result of an unwavering focus on a single, simple guiding principle - treat contractors (large and small) with respect and give them the products and services they need to build their businesses. The customer always comes first. We offer high quality products, superior service and competitive pricing, ensuring the contractors have the products they need - when and where they need them.

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