Thomas & Howard Company is a broadline wholesale distributor and foodservice supplier that serves convenience stores and restaurants primarily located in North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. The company supplies its customers with food and non-food items from two distribution centers in South Carolina. Thomas & Howard was founded in 1897 by C.C. Thomas and C.L. Howard.

The H. T. Hackney Company is a leading wholesale distributor of food products and other retail items serving more than 20,000 convenience stores, drug stores, travel centers, and independent grocers in more than 20 states (mostly east of the Mississippi). The company supplies more than 30,000 items, including frozen food, baked goods, candy, snacks, tobacco products, health and beauty items, and deli products. In addition, it owns bottled water producer Natural Springs Water Group, and the company is involved in furniture manufacturing through subsidiary Holland House Furniture. Founded in 1891, H. T. Hackney is owned by chairman and CEO Bill Sansom.

Richmond Wholesale Meat is a leading wholesale distributor of fresh and frozen food products to foodservice customers in California, Hawaii, and markets throughout the Pacific region. It supplies fresh meat and vegetables, dry goods, and frozen convenience items, as well as dairy products and baked goods. Richmond Wholesale Meat serves restaurants and hotels, as well as institutional foodservice operators. In addition, it is a major supplier of food products to US military bases. Werner and Jeanne Doellstedt started the family-owned company in 1959.

Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. is a shell of the former Enron Corp. (once the world's #1 energy trader) and is shelling out the remaining assets of the bankrupt Enron to creditors. Once the largest buyer and seller of natural gas and electricity in the US, Enron also traded numerous other commodities. Enron has sold its North American power utility and gas pipeline assets, and its global interests in utilities and power plants. Between 2004 and the end of 2009 Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. paid out about $21.6 billion to Enron's creditors and remains embroiled in litigation stemming from Enron's collapse.

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.

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.

Watsco, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration equipment and related parts and supplies in the United States. The company offers equipments, including residential central air conditioners; light commercial air conditioners; gas, electric, and oil furnaces; commercial air conditioning and heating equipment and systems; and other equipments. It also provides parts comprising replacement compressors, evaporator coils, motors, and other component parts. In addition, the company sells supplies, which include thermostats, insulation material, refrigerants, ductwork, grills, registers, sheet metal, tools, copper tubing, concrete pads, tape, adhesives, and other ancillary supplies. As of December 31, 2008, it operated 417 locations in 34 states serving approximately 40,000 contractors and dealers who service the replacement and new construction markets. Watsco, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Coconut Grove, Florida.

Blitz Ventures, Inc., which does business as BottomLine Foods, procures and sells a variety of closeout food and grocery products to institutions, manufacturers, brokers, hunger relief organizations, government agencies, and others. BottomLine products include frozen and fresh foods, dry goods, health and beauty products, and general merchandise.

Tripifoods Inc.,the convenience store supplier distributes a full line of groceries, tobacco products, frozen and microwavable foods, hot and cold drinks, health and beauty care products, office supplies, motor oil, and other consumer items to stores in 18 Northeastern and Midwestern US states. Tripifoods also offers store operators support services such as merchandising ideas, promotional materials, group insurance, and financing programs. The fourth generation of the Tripi family runs the company, which was founded in 1911.

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. provides engineered solutions, and distributes electronic components to the radio frequency (RF), wireless and power conversion, electron device, and display systems markets. The company’s RF, Wireless, and Power division enables customers in designing circuits; selecting cost-effective components; planning reliable and timely supply; prototype testing; and assembly. It offers engineering and technical support services, such as the design-in of RF and wireless and power components; and the development of engineered solutions for support system requirements. This division serves the RF and wireless communications markets, including infrastructure, wireless networks, and the power conversion markets. Its Electron Device Group provides engineered solutions, and distributes electronic components to customers in various markets, such as steel, automotive, textile, plastics, semiconductor manufacturing, and broadcast industries. It designs solutions for various applications comprising industrial heating, laser technology, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, radar, and welding. The company’s Canvys division provides integrated display products, workstations, and value-added services to the healthcare, industrial original equipment manufacturers, and digital signage markets. Its display solutions consist of touch screens, protective panels, custom enclosures, specialized cabinet finishes, application specific software packages, and display products. This division also partners with hardware vendors, and offers liquid crystal displays, mounting devices, and customized computing platforms. Richardson Electronics offers its solutions in North America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. Richardson Electronics, Ltd. company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in LaFox, Illinois.

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