The Grocers Supply Co., Inc., supplies food, health and beauty items, household products, and school and office supplies to some 1,850 convenience stores and supermarkets, as well as some 200 schools, within a 350-mile radius of Houston. The company's international division, meanwhile, ships supplies to oil company operations, US embassies, and other customers around the world. Grocer's Supply also owns Fiesta Mart, a chain of ethnic food stores in Texas. Grocers Supply was founded by Joe Levit in 1923; his family, led by president Max Levit, continues to own the company.

Northwestern Meat is a leading importer and exporter of meat products, specifically beef, pork, poultry, and seafood. In addition to traditional meat and seafood, the company distributes more exotic foods such as cuttlefish, frog legs, octopus, ostrich, pheasant, and sea cucumber. Northwestern Meat serves customers throughout the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean through facilities in Florida and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1961 by president Elpidio Nunez Ojeda, who emigrated to the US from Cuba in 1960.

Topco Associates is a top company in terms of private-label procurement. Topco uses the combined purchasing clout of more than 60 member companies (mostly supermarket operators and foodservice suppliers) nationwide to wring discounts from wholesalers and manufacturers. Topco distributes more than 5,000 private-label items, including fresh meat and produce, dairy and bakery goods, and health and beauty aids, to retail locations throughout the US. Its brands include Food Club, Shurfine, and a line of "Top" labels such as Top Crest and Top Care. In addition to procurement, Topco helps its members contain costs through financial-services programs and other business services.

Airgas, Inc.(NYSE: ARG), through its subsidiaries, is the largest U.S. distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases and related hardgoods, such as welding supplies. Airgas is also a leading U.S. distributor of safety products, the largest U.S. producer of nitrous oxide and dry ice, the largest liquid carbon dioxide producer in the Southeast, and a leading distributor of process chemicals, refrigerants and ammonia products.Airgas Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Peter McCausland founded the company in 1982. Through approximately 400 acquisitions and internal growth, Airgas has built the largest national distribution network in the packaged gas industry. More than 14,000 employees work in more than 1,100 locations includes branches, cylinder fill plants, production facilities, specialty gas laboratories, and regional distribution centers to serve a diversified customer base. Airgas markets through multiple channels, including its own branches and outside sales force, a Strategic Accounts Team focused on large customers, distributors and resellers, telesales, catalog and eBusiness channels.

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.

Walton & Post is a wholesale distributor of food and related products that serves retail and wholesale customers. The company supplies such products as canned and packaged goods, fresh fruit and produce, and ethnic food items, as well as candies, chocolates, health and beauty products, and paper goods. It primarily serves customers in the southeastern US. Part of Miami-based Garrido Group, Walton & Post is one of several distribution businesses owned by the Garrido 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.

TransNet Corporation has been a force in the IT industry since its founding in 1969, and has established itself as a leading IP communications and IT sales and support provider for corporate, educational, and governmental clients. TransNet is highly regarded for its expertise in systems design, staffing, procurement, implementation, and support. From our Branchburg, New Jersey headquarters, our knowledgeable sales staff meets with clients to analyze their needs and recommend appropriate IP telephony, staffing, network hardware, related software, and peripherals. TransNet delivers cutting edge technology and our product line includes the latest equipment and software from leading manufacturers. Our highly trained staff of system engineers and technicians design, implement, and support clients' systems - providing enhanced productivity through sophisticated solutions such as system design and integration, technology management services, call center and help-desk support services, security management, and end-user training. TransNet continues to expand its marketing and sales of VoIP sysytems and wireless technology products, and provides all levels of technical support services for IP communication and IT hardware, including Voice over IP ("VoIP"), wireless networks, local and wide area networks, desktop and laptop computers, servers and associated hardware and peripherals.In addition, TransNet's Education Center, located at corporate headquarters, provides comprehensive customer training on hardware and software at our facilites in Branchburg or at the customer's site. Our clients include Fortune 100 organizations, primarily in the pharmaceutical, oil and gas, finance and communications industries, as well as educational and local and state governmental institutions. TransNet common stock is traded in the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol "TRNT."

Associated Wholesalers is a retailer-owned cooperative that supplies an array of food and nonfood products to independent grocers and convenience stores along the eastern seaboard. From distribution centers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, it offers broadline grocery products, bakery goods, meat and dairy items, fresh produce, and frozen foods, as well as a full line of general merchandise products. The company's White Rose Foods unit serves supermarkets and grocers in the New York City area, New Jersey, and throughout New England. Associated Wholesalers also operates about 15 supermarkets, mostly under the Shurfine Markets banner.

The Charles C. Parks Company is a grocery distributor that primarily supplies convenience stores in more than half a dozen Southern states. It distributes a variety of food items and dry goods, as well as beverages, cigarettes, candy, and general merchandise. The company also offers support programs for in-store delis and other quick-service food operations. Carl C. Parks, Jr., started the family-run business in 1934.

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