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.

A.F. Blakemore and Son (AFB) is a leading wholesale grocery distributor that serves more than 700 SPAR convenience stores in England and Wales. It also operates more than 200 of the chain stores through its Tates subsidiary. In addition to its broadline grocery distribution business, AFB supplies foodservice operators through its Blakemore Food Service unit, and it operates about 10 cash & carry outlets through Blackmore Wholesale. The company's Blakemore Fresh Foods unit distributes meat products throughout Europe. The family-owned business was started by Arthur Blakemore in 1917.

ALR Technologies Inc. designs, markets, and develops medication compliance reminder devices and compliance monitoring systems primarily in the United States. Its products include ALRT Health-e-Connect System, a health management compliance monitoring system, which allows health care professionals to program compliance reminders for patients with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and other disease states; and Constant Health Companion, a product that reminds with audio beeping sound and displays actions to take on LCD screen. The company’s products also comprise Home Monitoring System that allows a treatment center and other health care professionals to remotely change patient's reminder timing and/or the actions/doses/medications to take at the time of each reminder serving heart disease patients, organ transplant recipients, cancer patients, severe diabetics, HIV patients, and patients with other chronic diseases. In addition, it offers ALALRT Health-e-Connect System for diabetes monitoring, a communications software platform that enables health professionals to remotely monitor the health progress of diabetic patients; and ALRT Health-e-Connect System for respiratory health management, which enables physicians and caregivers to monitor the use of the nebulizer, the time of day used, and the duration of time used. Further, the company provides vision care and contact lens replacement reminders; reminders for vitamins; nutrition and weight management programs; and reminders for medications for companion animals. Its target market consists of patients with diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as well as with cystic fibrosis, transplant patients, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and cancer. ALR Technologies Inc. was formerly known as Mo Betta Corp. and changed its name to ALR Technologies Inc. in December 1998. ALR Technologies Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

S. Abraham & Sons is a regional wholesale food distributor that serves convenience stores and independent grocers in seven Midwestern states. From its two distribution centers, the company supplies such products as name-brand groceries, health and beauty aids, snacks, store supplies, and tobacco. S. Abraham & Sons also provides a number of business services, including in-store advertising programs and category management. The family-owned company was started in 1927 by Sleyman Abraham.

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.

Independent natural gas producers looking for a good return on their investment need search no further than Enserco Energy, which purchases natural gas from wholesale producers and then trades the energy on the wholesale market. It provides procurement, storage, transportation, and operations management services. It has access to more than 260 billion Btu/day of interstate pipeline capacity and storage in excess of 7 billion cu. ft. Denver-based Enserco, which sees itself as the "marketing arm down the hall" for the independent producer, is a subsidiary of the Black Hills Corporation and operates primarily in the western US. Enserco Energy, Inc. conducts business annually with more than 600 energy firms.

Diaz Wholesale & Manufacturing, which does business as Diaz Foods, is a leading wholesale distributor of Hispanic food products serving more than 3,500 retail and foodservice customers in about 25 states. Its inventory of 6,000 items includes refrigerated and frozen foods imported from Central and South America and from the Caribbean; Diaz Foods also supplies some Asian ingredients as well. CEO Rene Diaz started the family-owned business in 1980 as an outgrowth of his family's Atlanta grocery chain.

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.

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a marine fuel logistics company that physically supplies and markets refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea. It offers marine fuel to various customers in the shipping industry, including tankers, container ships, drybulk carriers, cruise ships, reefers, LNG/LPG, car carriers, ferries, and marine fuel traders and brokers, as well as markets and distributes marine lubricants under the Alfa Marine Lubricants brand. The company also provides a range of shipping services, such as technical support and maintenance, insurance arrangement and handling, financial administration, and accounting services. It serves customers in Greece, Gibraltar, the United Arab Emirates, Jamaica, Singapore, northern Europe, Portland, west Africa, Vancouver, Montreal, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Morocco. The company delivers marine petroleum products to its customers primarily through its bunkering tankers. As of March 30, 2010, it owned and operated a fleet of 42 bunkering vessels, of which 37 were double-hull vessels. Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in Athens, Greece.

Standard Management Corporation does not have significant operations. Previously, Standard Management Corporation was engaged in the acquisition and operation of pharmacies. It intends to manage, lead, and execute a consolidation strategy of acquiring long-term care pharmacies and homecare providers through Universal Healthcare Company, LLC and Newco. Standard Management Corporation was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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