Certco is a food distribution cooperative that serves independent grocers in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and in parts of Iowa and Illinois. It distributes an inventory of more than 45,000 items, including bakery goods, frozen foods, meat products, and produce, as well as general merchandise under the Surefine, Surefresh, and Top Care labels. In addition, Certco offers its member-operators such services as advertising, merchandising, and other business support services. The cooperative was formed in 1930 as Central Wisconsin Cooperative Food Stores.

Zunicom, Inc., through its subsidiary, AlphaNet Hospitality Systems, Inc., provides business communication services to the hospitality industry. It offers The Office, a ‘self serve’ credit card activated business center, which enables guests to use the PC, and access the Internet and e-mail, as well as print, copy, fax, and scan; and LapTop Connect that enables hotel guests to connect their laptop computers to high speed Internet access points located in the business center. Zunicom company offers its products under The Office, Laptop Connect, and GuestPrint trademarks. It sells or places its product line to chain/management companies and individual properties. Zunicom, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Pharmaceutical distribution company Mediq (formerly OPG Groep) is involved in both commercial wholesaling and consumer retailing of drugs and other health care supplies. In the Netherlands, the company has about 200 retail pharmacies (through Mediq Pharmacy) and operates drug and medical supply wholesalers that serve other pharmacies as well as hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes. It also provides related technology and logistics services. Mediq's international operations include wholesale and retail businesses in Poland, as well as other European countries and the US. It entered five new countries and greatly enhanced its medical device offerings with the 2010 buy of Oriola-KD for about $108 million.

Miami-based Kasim International imports and exports a varied line of crackers, flour, and canned and bottled foods, including coffee, dressing, and fruit nectar. The company has a long history of doing business in Central America but is looking to increase business in the US through major retailers like Winn-Dixie and Wal-Mart. Kasim bottles Petit nectar in El Salvador.

Alliance for Cooperative Energy Services Power Marketing LLC is owned by 17 power supply cooperatives which collectively have 35,000 MW of generating capacity. It also provides marketing and risk management services to utilities, power producers, and other end-users (such as public water agencies, municipalities, and industrial companies). A power lobby in its own right, Alliance for Cooperative Energy Services Power Marketing (or ACES Power Marketing), provides wholesale electricity and natural gas trading services to its member/owners, which operate in the eastern, southern, and Midwestern US. Its risk management services include portfolio analysis, transaction administration, consulting, training, and policy development.

Coastal Pacific Food Distributors (CPF) is a leading wholesale food distributor serving the US armed forces in the western US and in the Far East. The company delivers a full line of groceries from three distribution centers in California and Washington to military bases, including US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine facilities. CPF also offers information system programming services for its customers to track sales and shipping. The company was founded in 1986.

Foodtown International is a wholesale distributor of private-label grocery products including juices, canned vegetables and meat, cereal, and condiments. The company supplies products to wholesale buyers and exports items to other regions, including Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Many of Foodtown International's shelf-stable products are sold under the Foodtown label.

Pharmaceutical wholesaler Alfresa Holdings Corporation encompasses Alfresa Corporation, which oversees the wholesale side of the business (the group's bread and butter), and Alfresa Pharma, which takes care of manufacturing, marketing, and importing and exporting. Both deal not only in drug products, but diagnostic reagents and medical equipment, as well. Additional businesses under the aegis of Alfresa Holdings include Ando Co., Daiwa Pharmaceutical Wholesalers, Kowa Pharmaceuticals, and Qingdao Nesco Medical Co. Another example of merger and acquisition activity in the Japanese drug industry, Alfresa was created in 2003 from the combination of wholesalers Azwell and Fukujin.

Brightpoint, Inc. provides supply chain solutions to the wireless technology industry worldwide. It offers customized logistic services, including procurement, inventory management, software loading, kitting and customized packaging, fulfillment, credit services and receivables management, call center and activation services, Web site hosting, e-fulfillment solutions, reverse logistics, transportation management, and other services within the wireless industry. Brightpoint company also distributes accessories used in connection with wireless devices, such as batteries, chargers, memory cards, car-kits, cases, and hands-free products. In addition, it provides activation services; and sells prepaid airtime. Brightpoint company serves mobile network operators, mobile virtual network operators, resellers, retailers, and wireless equipment manufacturers. Brightpoint, Inc. has operations in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. Brightpoint company was formerly known as Wholesale Cellular USA, Inc. and changed its name to Brightpoint, Inc. in September 1995. Brightpoint, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Southeast Frozen Foods supplies ice cream and other frozen and refrigerated food products to independent grocery stores and supermarket chains to 22 states and the District of Columbia. It has distribution centers in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Virginia. It also offers cold storage and logistics support. Through its Southeast Wholesale Foods unit, the company delivers wholesale dry groceries to customers in Florida, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. It was founded by Lawrence Udell in 1958 as a frozen poultry supplier in Miami.

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