Affiliated Foods is a leading wholesale distribution cooperative that supplies more than 700 member grocery stores and restaurants in half a dozen states, including Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. It distributes fresh produce, meat, and non-food products, as well as dairy products and beverages through its Plains Dairy unit. Its Tri State Baking Company supplies bread and other baked goods. In addition, Affiliated Foods owns a stake in private-label products supplier Western Family Foods. The company was founded in 1946 as Panhandle Associated Grocers, which merged with South Plains Associated Grocers to form Affiliated Foods in 1968.

Diamond is the nations largest correctional pharmacy provider and Pennsylvanias largest independently owned Long Term Care pharmacy. Diamond's success began in 1970 when Gilbert and Joan Zilner, both pharmacists, purchased a retail pharmacy located in downtown Indiana, Pennsylvania. Mark Zilner joined the business in 1991 and provided new perspective and energy. Mark has helped to improve, enhance, and add features that have led to an expansion of Diamond's services. Due to the personalized service and cost effective pricing, Diamond has experienced tremendous growth, currently operating a 135,000 square foot state-of-the-art institutional pharmacy, IV infusion facility, two retail pharmacies, and a medical supply facility. Combining the values of a family owned business with cutting edge technology has made Diamond a company in which customers will find a mixture of the latest industry technology in unison with old-fashioned hard work. In 2001, Diamond surpassed all competition to become the nations largest correctional pharmacy services provider. Continuing to lead the way, Diamond understands the responsibilities associated with satisfying the needs and exceeding the expectations of all individuals and facilities. Diamond is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), whose criteria set the standards on quality patient care. Diamond's Medical Supply and Infusion Division are also accredited by JCAHO.

BlueLinx Holdings Inc., through its subsidiary, BlueLinx Corporation, distributes building products in North America. BlueLinx Holdings Inc. distributes approximately 10,000 products to 11,500 customers through its network of 70 warehouses and third-party operated warehouses. It distributes products in two principal categories, structural products and specialty products. BlueLinx Holdings’ structural products include plywood, oriented strand board, rebar and remesh, lumber, and other wood products primarily used for structural support, walls, and flooring in construction projects. Its specialty products comprise roofing, insulation, specialty panels, moulding, engineered wood products, vinyl products (used primarily in siding), composite decking, and metal products (excluding rebar and remesh). The company’s customers include building materials dealers, industrial users of building products, manufactured housing builders, and home improvement centers. It sells its products through three distribution channels consisting of warehouse sales, reload sales, and direct sales. BlueLinx Holdings Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BlueLinx Holdings Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Cerberus ABP Investor LLC.

Lawson Products, Inc. distributes and markets systems, services, and products to the industrial, commercial, institutional, and governmental maintenance repair and operations marketplace in the United States and Canada. The company also manufactures and distributes components, fasteners, and fittings to the original equipment marketplace, including the automotive, appliance, aerospace, construction, and transportation industries. Its product categories include fastening systems; specialty chemicals; cutting tools and abrasives; fluid power; aftermarket automotive supplies; electrical; and welding and metal repair. Lawson Products, Inc. was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Cardinal Health Pharmaceutical is one of the nation's primary pharmaceutical product conveyors. On behalf of its parent, Cardinal Health, the business supplies generic, specialty, and branded prescriptions and OTC products through a distribution network of about 30 facilities located across the US, as well as internationally. It consolidates orders from hundreds of manufacturers into bulk and non-bulk deliveries for health care facilities and retailers. Customers include hospitals, independent pharmacies, and retail chains, including CVS and Walgreen. The division also offers management services and handles inventory, logistics, online procurement, generics sourcing, and other administrative tasks.

Cronin Ice Cream is a leading distributor of frozen treats that serves retail stores and foodservice operators in New England. It supplies a wide variety of ice cream and other dessert products such as frozen yogurt, sherbet, and sorbet. It handles such brands as Ben & Jerry's, Haagen Daaz, and Klondike, as well as specialty treats and Kosher desserts. In addition, Cronin Ice Cream supplies freezers for catered events. The family-owned business was founded in 1963.

Alex Lee, Inc. is a leading distributor of food and other products to retailers and foodservice operators. Its Merchants Distributors, Inc. (MDI) subsidiary supplies food and general merchandise to more than 850 retailers in 10 states, and MDI's own Consolidation Services business provides warehousing and logistics services. The Institutional Food House unit is a foodservice supplier that serves customers in the hospitality industry. Alex Lee also operates Lowe's Food Stores, a chain of about 110 grocery stores in the Carolinas and Virginia. Alex and Lee George started the company in 1931. The George family continues to control Alex Lee.

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.

Batley's operates more than 20 stores from Glasgow in the north to Exeter in the south. Stores offer a variety of items, including frozen foods, fresh produce, snacks, sodas, beer, wine, meat, and fish. Non-food items include household accessories, hardware, and pet supplies. Open only to the trade, customers of Batley's include retailers and caterers. Batley's is owned by Bestway Holdings. In 2010 the firm acquired Martex's three branches and foodservice business from Scotland's CJ Lang.

Sigma Pharmaceuticals provides medicines and medical supplies to the UK's pharmacies and hospitals. The company offers a wide product line of pharmaceuticals -- focusing on generic and over-the-counter drugs -- to thousands of UK clients. Other products sold include medical mobility equipment (through its Sigmobility unit) and wound care and surgical supplies. Much of Sigma Pharmaceuticals' business involves parallel importing, in which the company buys generic medications abroad, reprocesses them through subsidiary OPD Laboratories, and repackages them for sale in the UK.

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