C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. is the second-largest wholesale grocery distributor in the US (after SUPERVALU), supplying goods to some 3,900 independent and major supermarkets (including A&P and Safeway), mass marketers, and wholesale clubs. C&S Wholesale, which serves about 10 states, distributes more than 95,000 food and nonfood items from more than 50 facilities. Beyond distributing, C&S's Southern Family Markets division operates about 60 grocery stores and 10 liquor outlets under the Piggly Wiggly, Bruno's, Food World, and Southern Family Markets banners. Its ES3 logistics unit provides warehousing and supply-chain management services.

GSC Enterprises, Inc.,doing business as Grocery Supply Company (not to be confused with Grocers Supply Co.), the wholesale distributor supplies more than 4,500 independent convenience stores, grocers, discounters, and other retailers and wholesalers with some 12,000 items. It distributes such goods as beverages, dry goods, and prepared foods to customers in about 15 states, mostly in the South and Southeast. In addition, GSC's Fidelity Express division supplies equipment and services that allow smaller retailers to process money orders and bill payments. Ken McKenzie, Curtis McKenzie, and Woodrow Brittain started the family-owned business in 1947.

Associated Grocers of Maine is a member-owned grocery wholesale distributor that serves about 300 independent retail grocers throughout Maine and New Hampshire, and in parts of Massachusetts. It delivers brand name and private label products, including bakery goods, deli and meat products, and a wide range of fresh produce. It also provides services such as advertising, accounting, information systems, insurance, marketing, procurement and warehousing for its customers. Associated Grocers of Maine was founded by a group of retailers in 1953.

Zunicom, Inc., through its subsidiary, AlphaNet Hospitality Systems, Inc., provides business communication services to the hospitality industry. It offers The Office, a ‘self serve’ credit card activated business center, which enables guests to use the PC, and access the Internet and e-mail, as well as print, copy, fax, and scan; and LapTop Connect that enables hotel guests to connect their laptop computers to high speed Internet access points located in the business center. Zunicom company offers its products under The Office, Laptop Connect, and GuestPrint trademarks. It sells or places its product line to chain/management companies and individual properties. Zunicom, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

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.

Eby-Brown Company, LLC is a leading convenience store supplier that distributes more than 16,000 products to some 13,000 retail locations in 30 states, mostly east of the Mississippi. It operates about half a dozen distribution centers that supply such items as beverages, candy and snack foods, frozen and refrigerated foods, tobacco products, and general merchandise. In addition, the company offers advertising and promotion services for its customers. The family-owned Eby-Brown was founded in 1887 by the Wake family.

Apothecary Products, Inc. was founded in September of 1975 by its CEO, Terry Noble, a practicing registered pharmacist. Terry had an idea that would assist his fellow pharmacists in the dispensing of liquid medication, resulting in the Reconstitube®. His interest in the area of patient compliance has continued by creating a multitude of products that aid the consumer and pharmacist alike. Since that time, we have become the leading Pharmacy Supplier in the United States and have begun to reach out to international markets. Our innovative product lines are aimed at making life easier for both the pharmacist and the consumer. We are constantly developing new products, and this website is one of the best places to find out about these exciting new developments. Apothecary Products distributes products nationally and internationally through distributors, wholesalers, large chain food and drug stores, institutional pharmacies, and independent drug stores. We offer a variety of products that include: compliance, eye/ear, healthcare & pharmacy supply items.

Allion was taken private by H.I.G. Capital in early 2010. Allion Healthcare is a specialty drug distributor focusing on patients with HIV, AIDS, and other chronic conditions. Through subsidiaries MOMS Pharmacy and Biomed America, the company fills prescriptions at more than 15 distribution centers and delivers them to patients, doctors' offices, and clinics nationwide. Allion also provides ancillary drugs and nutritional supplies, and it offers consulting and drug packaging services (such as pre-filled pill boxes) to help patients stick with their medication regimens. Most of Allion's customers rely on Medicaid or state programs such as the AIDS Drug Assistance Program to pay for their prescriptions.

Miami-based Kasim International imports and exports a varied line of crackers, flour, and canned and bottled foods, including coffee, dressing, and fruit nectar. The company has a long history of doing business in Central America but is looking to increase business in the US through major retailers like Winn-Dixie and Wal-Mart. Kasim bottles Petit nectar in El Salvador.

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.

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