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.

Richmond Wholesale Meat is a leading wholesale distributor of fresh and frozen food products to foodservice customers in California, Hawaii, and markets throughout the Pacific region. It supplies fresh meat and vegetables, dry goods, and frozen convenience items, as well as dairy products and baked goods. Richmond Wholesale Meat serves restaurants and hotels, as well as institutional foodservice operators. In addition, it is a major supplier of food products to US military bases. Werner and Jeanne Doellstedt started the family-owned company in 1959.

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.

Quirch Foods is a leading wholesale supplier of meat products and other food items to grocers, foodservice operators, and other customers, primarily in Florida and parts of five other southeastern states. It has three distribution facilities that supply such goods as fresh beef, pork, poultry, and seafood, as well as deli-case meats and frozen foods. The company also distributes food items for the Hispanic market under its own Quirch, Panamei, and Mambo brands. In addition to domestic markets, Quirch Foods distributes goods in Puerto Rico, and it exports refrigerated foods to Central and South America and the Caribbean. The family-owned company was started as E&G Trading by Guillermo Quirch in 1967.

Kinray, one of the US's top private wholesale drug distributors, won't be independent much longer. The company provides generic, branded, and repackaged drugs, health and beauty products, medical equipment, vitamins, and diabetes-care products to 2,000 independent pharmacies, long-term care facilities, and specialty pharmacies along the Eastern Seaboard. Kinray also offers about 800 private label products under the Preferred Plus Pharmacy brand. The firm was founded in 1944 by sole owner and CEO Stewart Rahr's father, Joseph Rahr. The younger Rahr took over in 1975 and has since turned the company into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. However, in 2010 Kinray agreed to be acquired by Cardinal Health.

Zuellig Pharma is the pharmaceutical distribution arm of Hong Kong conglomerate Zuellig Group. Zuellig Pharma has a German name, but it serves Asia. Founded in the early 1900s by Dr. Frederick Zuellig, a Swiss immigrant to the Philippines, the company offers a number of pharmaceutical logistics services, including inventory management, warehousing and distribution, packaging and labeling, product marketing, customer order processing, and billing and collections. Zuellig is active in about 15 countries in the Asia/Pacific region, including Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Thailand.

PBA Health injects the pharmacy industry with the right kind of medicine. Pharmacy Buying Association, operating as PBA Health, is a bit of a "one-stop" provider to pharmacies, including community-based pharmacies, as well as hospitals, clinics, and select pharmaceutical chains. The company provides group purchasing, inventory management, and cost-efficiency services, bringing competitive prices and fair reimbursements to pharmacies on more than 5,500 branded prescription, generic, and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. PBA Health also offers its customers in-store operating systems that use proprietary software to track inventory, fill prescriptions, and follow third-party claims.

Tech Data Corporation distributes information technology products, as well as offers logistics management and other value-added services in North America, Latin America, and Europe. It sells microcomputer hardware and software products to value added resellers, direct marketers, retailers, and corporate resellers. The company also provides a range of services, including training and technical support, external financing options, configuration, outbound telemarketing, marketing, and product integration services, as well as a suite of electronic commerce solutions comprising on-line order entry and electronic data interchange services. Tech Data Corporation was founded in 1974 and is based in Clearwater, Florida.

Constellation Energy Commodities Group sells a diverse portfolio of electricity, natural gas, and other energy products under both short- and long-term contracts to energy users, including utilities and other energy marketers. Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc. also provides risk management services. A marketing and trading star in the North American energy firmament, Constellation Energy Commodities Group is a leading source of wholesale power in deregulated US markets. Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc. holds the energy marketing and trading operations of parent Constellation Energy Group.

Wham! Frozen Foods is a wholesale food distributor that specializes in close-out and discontinued products. It acquires goods from manufacturers around the world and distributes the discounted items primarily to dollar stores, food banks, and thrift stores. The company makes it a point that it does not supply traditional retail chains. Company president Jon Auspitz started the business in 1993.

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