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.

Central Grocers, Inc.,the member-owned cooperative wholesale food distributor supplies food items and general merchandise to more than 400 independent retail grocery stores in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin. It distributes products under both national brands and its own Centrella brand. The co-op also operates about 30 stores under such banners as Strack & Van Til, Town & Country, Key Market, and the low-cost Ultra Foods chain. Founded in 1917, Central Grocers acquired rival distributor Certified Grocers in 2009.

Anixter International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes communications products, specialty wire and cable products, fasteners, and small parts. Its communications products comprise voice, data, video, and security products used to connect personal computers, peripheral equipment, mainframe equipment, security equipment, and various networks to each other. The company’s product portfolio also consists of transmission media products, including copper and fiber optic cables; connectivity products; support and supply products; and security surveillance and access control products. These products are incorporated into enterprise networks, physical security networks, central switching offices, Web hosting sites, and remote transmission sites. In addition, Anixter International provides electrical and electronic wire and cable, control and instrumentation cable, and coaxial cable products that are used in various maintenance, repair, and construction-related applications. Further, it offers a range of electrical and electronic wire and cable products, fasteners, and other small components that are used by original equipment manufacturers in manufacturing various products. The company serves various industries, which consist of manufacturing, telecommunications, Internet service providers, finance, education, healthcare, transportation, utilities, aerospace and defense, and government, as well as contractors, installers, system integrators, value-added resellers, architects, engineers, and wholesale distributors. It distributes its products primarily in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company was formerly known as Itel Corporation. Anixter International was founded in 1957 and is based in Glenview, Illinois.

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.

Founded as Great Lakes Wholesale Drug in 1967, a steady regimen of acquisitions helped it transform into The Harvard Drug Group in 1997. The company is controlled by investment firm Court Square Capital Partners. Drugs, not scholars, are what come out of this Harvard. The Harvard Drug Group distributes branded and generic prescription and OTC drugs, vitamins, and consumer products to independent pharmacies, retail pharmacy chains, and buying groups through more than 100 sales representatives and through partnerships with about 35 different vendors. The firm also offers manufacturing services through its partnership with Canadian drugmaker Apotex.

Associated Food Stores is a leading regional cooperative wholesale distributor that supplies groceries and other products to more than 500 independent supermarkets in about eight Western states. It also offers support services for its member-owners, including market research, real estate analysis, store design, technology procurement, and training. In addition, Associated Food Stores owns a stake in Western Family Foods, a grocery wholesalers' partnership that produces Western Family private-label goods. The co-op was formed in 1940 by Donald Lloyd, then president of the Utah Retail Grocers Association, and 34 other retailers.

The H. T. Hackney Company is a leading wholesale distributor of food products and other retail items serving more than 20,000 convenience stores, drug stores, travel centers, and independent grocers in more than 20 states (mostly east of the Mississippi). The company supplies more than 30,000 items, including frozen food, baked goods, candy, snacks, tobacco products, health and beauty items, and deli products. In addition, it owns bottled water producer Natural Springs Water Group, and the company is involved in furniture manufacturing through subsidiary Holland House Furniture. Founded in 1891, H. T. Hackney is owned by chairman and CEO Bill Sansom.

Blitz Ventures, Inc., which does business as BottomLine Foods, procures and sells a variety of closeout food and grocery products to institutions, manufacturers, brokers, hunger relief organizations, government agencies, and others. BottomLine products include frozen and fresh foods, dry goods, health and beauty products, and general merchandise.

WaltKoch (pronounced "Walt Cook") is a distributor of frozen food that serves supermarket chains, wholesalers, and other foodservice distributors primarily in the Caribbean region and Latin America. The company exports products under the Bouquet name. It specializes in frozen meats (lamb, goat, pork), poultry (chicken, turkey), and vegetables, as well as frozen bread, ice cream, cheesecake, pizza, seafood. WaltKoch also distributes french fries and specialty items, such as egg rolls. The family-owned business was founded in 1949.

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.

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