Spartan Stores, Inc. operates as a grocery distributor and grocery retailer principally in Michigan and Indiana. The company operates in two segments, Distribution and Retail. The Distribution segment provides approximately 43,000 stock-keeping units, including dry groceries, produce, dairy products, meat, deli, bakery, frozen food, seafood, floral products, general merchandise, pharmacy, and health and beauty care items to approximately 375 independent grocery stores and 96 corporate-owned stores. It also offers approximately 3,200 private label grocery and general merchandise items, as well as provides value-added services, including site identification and market analyses, store planning and development, marketing, promotion, advertising, technology and information, accounting and tax preparation, human resource, coupon redemption, product reclamation, printing, category management, real estate, and construction management services. The Retail segment operates retail supermarkets under the banners comprising Glen's Markets, Family Fare Supermarkets, D&W Fresh Markets, Felpausch Food Centers, and VG's Food and Pharmacy. It operates approximately 96 retail supermarkets that offer dry groceries, produce, dairy products, meat, frozen food, seafood, floral products, general merchandise, beverages, tobacco products, health and beauty care products, delicatessen items, and bakery goods; and 66 supermarkets that offer pharmacy services. It also offers private label items, including its Spartan brand; Top Care, a health and beauty care brand label; Valu Time, a value brand; and Full Circle, a natural and organic brand. In addition, this segment operates 24 fuel centers under the banners of D&W Quick Stop, Family Fare Quick Stop, Glen's Quick Stop, Felpausch Quick Stop, and V.G.'s Quick Stop that offer refueling facilities, as well as a convenience store providing consumable products. The company was founded in 1917 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Sherwood Food Distributors,a large independent food wholesale distributor, the company ships more than 16 million pounds of food a week to grocery retailers and wholesalers and foodservice operators in the Midwest and southeastern US. It carries beef, pork, lamb, veal, poultry, and seafood, along with dairy, bakery, deli, cleaning products and more. Sherwood boasts 5,000 customers and five distribution centers in Atlanta, Cleveland, Detroit, Miami, and Walton, Kentucky. It operates a fleet of some 250 trucks. Sherwood Food Distributors was formed in 1987 through the merger of the food distribution operations of Orleans International and Regal Packaging.

J.W. Filshill wholesales and distributes food, beverages and tobacco, including confectionary, snacks, soft drinks, groceries, beer, wine, and liquor to some 2,000 independant retailers. The company was founded in 1875 as a confectionary manufacturer, a business it divested in 1986 to concentrate on distribution. At one time it was a major cash-and-carry wholesaler, but now deliveries account for more than 85% of its business. While a warehouse fire and the loss of a major contract in mid-2005 hurt the company's profits, it intends to rebuild itself into a more efficient operation. Managing director Ronnie Hannah holds a controlling stake in the family firm.

Alex Lee, Inc. is a leading distributor of food and other products to retailers and foodservice operators. Its Merchants Distributors, Inc. (MDI) subsidiary supplies food and general merchandise to more than 850 retailers in 10 states, and MDI's own Consolidation Services business provides warehousing and logistics services. The Institutional Food House unit is a foodservice supplier that serves customers in the hospitality industry. Alex Lee also operates Lowe's Food Stores, a chain of about 110 grocery stores in the Carolinas and Virginia. Alex and Lee George started the company in 1931. The George family continues to control Alex Lee.

Trujillo and Sons is a leading food distributor that supplies foodservice operators and retail grocery stores with dry goods, canned foods, beverages, and a variety of other goods. Most of its products are sold under the Alberto and Don Lucas brands; the company also provides private label packaging services through affiliated companies Trujillo Oil Plant (vegetable and cooking oils) and American Spice Company. Trujillo and Sons serves customers throughout the US, and in the Caribbean and South America. The family-owned company was founded in 1966 by Lucas Trujillo Sr.

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.,the second-largest retailer-owned cooperative in the US (behind Wakefern Food Corporation), AWG supplies more than 1,900 member-stores in about 25 states with a wide array of grocery items from its eight distribution facilities. In addition to its wholesale operation, AWG offers a variety of business services to its members, including marketing and merchandising programs, shelf management, insurance, and store design. The firm also operates about 10 grocery store brands, including Country Mart and Homeland; it also owns a small number of supermarkets. AWG was founded by a group of independent grocers in 1924.

PCB operating under the Pharma Belgium name, plays intermediary between drug makers and pharmacies. The company distributes wholesale pharmaceuticals throughout Belgium through distribution centers located across the country. In addition to its wholesales distribution services, Pharma Belgium provides client pharmacies with a variety of merchandising consulting services including environmental design, displays, and space management. Pharma Belgium serves nearly 2,500 clients making more than 4,200 deliveries each day. Pharma Belgium is part of German Healthcare Group Celesio's Wholesale division.

Navarre Corporation engages in the distribution and publication various computer software, home entertainment, and multimedia products in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments, Distribution and Publishing. The Distribution segment distributes computer software, home video, video games, and accessories; and provides a range of value-added services including, vendor-managed inventory, Internet-based ordering, electronic data interchange services, fulfillment services, and retailer-oriented marketing services to the vendors and retailers. The Publishing segment owns or licenses various computer software and home video titles, and other related merchandising and broadcasting rights. This segment publishes print, personal productivity, education, family entertainment, and system utilities computer software categories; and packages, brands, markets, and sells to retailers, third party distributors, and the company’s distribution business. The company’s customers include wholesale clubs, mass merchandisers, third party distributors, computer specialty stores, book stores, office superstores, and electronic superstores. Navarre Corporation was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in New Hope, Minnesota.

Affiliated Foods is a leading wholesale distribution cooperative that supplies more than 700 member grocery stores and restaurants in half a dozen states, including Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. It distributes fresh produce, meat, and non-food products, as well as dairy products and beverages through its Plains Dairy unit. Its Tri State Baking Company supplies bread and other baked goods. In addition, Affiliated Foods owns a stake in private-label products supplier Western Family Foods. The company was founded in 1946 as Panhandle Associated Grocers, which merged with South Plains Associated Grocers to form Affiliated Foods in 1968.

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.

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