Synergy Brands Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and distribution of baking mixes, spices, and packaged meals in the United States. It also involves in the wholesale distribution of private label groceries, general merchandise, and health and beauty aid products. In addition, the company provides cruise and resort hotel packages to airline employees and their retirees. Synergy Brands Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Syosset, New York.

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 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.

Arrow Electronics, Inc. distributes a range of electronic components and enterprise computing products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users worldwide. Arrow Electronics, Inc. operates in two segments, Global Components and Global Enterprise Computing Solutions. The Global Components segment offers semiconductor products and related services. It provides passive, electromechanical, and interconnect products comprising capacitors, resistors, potentiometers, power supplies, relays, switches, and connectors, as well as computing, memory, and other products. The Global Enterprise Computing Solutions segment offers enterprise and midrange computing products, services, and solutions to value-added resellers. It also offers access infrastructure, security, and virtualization software solutions, as well as midrange servers, storage, and software solutions. In addition, Arrow Electronics, Inc. provides materials planning, design services, programming and assembly services, inventory management, and a suite of online supply chain tools. Its customers include the manufacturers of consumer and industrial equipment, telecommunication products, automotive and transportation, aerospace and defense, scientific and medical devices, and computer and office products. Arrow Electronics serves as a supply channel partner for approximately 900 suppliers and 125,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and commercial customers. Arrow Electronics, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is based in Melville, New York.

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.

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSC), together with its subsidiaries, operates as a direct marketer and distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supplies to industrial customers throughout the United States. Its product line comprises cutting tools; measuring instruments; tooling components; metalworking products; fasteners; flat stock; raw materials; abrasives; machinery hand and power tools; safety and janitorial supplies; plumbing supplies; material handling tools; power transmission products; and electrical supplies. MSC distributes approximately 600,000 industrial products from approximately 3,000 suppliers. The company offers its products through a combination of approximately 29 million direct-mail catalogs and CD-ROMs, branch sales offices, sales people, the Internet, and through associations with B2B e-commerce portals to individual machine shops, Fortune 1000 companies, and government agencies, including the General Services Administration and the Department of Defense. MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Melville, New York with an additional office in Southfield, Michigan.

Dearborn Wholesale Grocers is a full-service food distributor for retail food outlets primarily in the Chicago area. The family-owned company delivers more than 23,000 items including frozen and refrigerated foods, tobacco, health and beauty products, and general merchandise to supermarkets, convenience stores, and delis. It supplies more than 7,000 locations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Dearborn Wholesale also operates four Cash & Carry stores in Chicago and another in Milwaukee. The business traces its roots back to 1919 when the Friedman family acquired wholesale grocery business C. Moon and Sons.

Musgrave Group is a leading broadline grocery distributor that supplies food and merchandise to more than 3,300 retail supermarkets doing business under such names as Centra and SuperValu. Located throughout Ireland and the UK, its portfolio of retail store banners also includes Daybreak, DayToday, and Mace. In the UK, the company's Musgrave Retail Partners franchises the Budgens supermarket chain and the Londis chain of convenience stores. Musgrave Group also operates a chain of cash & carry locations under the name MarketPlace, while its Musgrave Foodservices unit supplies pubs, restaurants, and other hospitality operators.

Imperial Distributors reigns over more than 1,000 retailers throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, delivering health and personal care products, cosmetics, seasonal items, and other non-food general merchandise to supermarkets. Customers include independent retail stores and large supermarket chains such as Foodtown, Roche Bros., and Stop & Shop. Imperial Distributors delivers more than 200,000 products per day from its warehouse and distribution facility. It also provides services including marketing, accounting, merchandising, logistics, and data management. The company was founded in 1939 by Frank Sleeper, father of CEO Mike Sleeper.

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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