Colorado Boxed Beef Company is a leading wholesale supplier of fresh and frozen meat with about a half-dozen processing and distribution facilities in the US. The company packs and ships beef, pork, veal, and lamb under such brands as Angus Ranch, Bridgewater Farms, New Generation, and Cedar Creek. Colorado Boxed Beef also supplies cheese, seafood, and other related products. It serves retailers, foodservice suppliers, and restaurant and hospitality operators in the Southeastern US. Its other customers include cruise ship lines and the US military. The family-owned business was founded in 1975 by Richard and Edith Saterbo.

Unidrug Distribution Group actually distributes thousands of drugs. Unidrug Distribution Group (better known as UDG) provides warehousing and distribution of prescription drugs and over-the counter medicines throughout the UK. Principals represented by the company include a host of leading drug manufacturers, such as Abbot Labs, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Schering Plough. UDG is a joint venture of Ireland's United Drug and Switzerland-based Alloga, which is part of UK-based Alliance Boots (formerly Alliance Unichem).

Bartlett Dairy distributes dairy products and other perishable food items to retail and foodservice customers in the northeastern US. The company is the largest fresh milk distributor for Farmland Dairies; other items supplied by Bartlett Dairy include pastries, cakes, juices, frozen fruit, fresh bread, soups, and paper products. Bartlett Dairy serves customers such as schools, hotels, hospitals, restaurants, and grocery stores that span Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. The perishable foods firm was formed in 1963 by chairman Thomas Malave and is managed by Thomas' sons.

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.

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.

DPI Specialty Foods West is a regional operating division of wholesale food distributor DPI Specialty Foods. The unit supplies ethnic and specialty food products to supermarkets and other retailers in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and parts of two other Western states. DPI West distributes more than 17,000 products, including baked goods, deli meats and cheeses, kosher foods, and organic products. Illinois-based DPI serves customers in more than 20 states.

The PHOENIX Group is one of the top five pharmaceutical wholesalers in the world. It operates exclusively in Europe with its headquarters in Mannheim, Germany. PHOENIX's wholesale activities cover most of the major European markets, and it commands a leading position in the "emerging countries". PHOENIX UK was born in November 1998 with the combined acquisition of L. Rowland & Co. Ltd based in Wrexham and Philip Harris Medical Ltd in Birmingham. The acquisition of a number of further regional wholesalers followed and these were all combined to form one wholesaling company, PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution Ltd. The UK headquarters is based at Runcorn in Cheshire, from which the corporate service divisions support the local business activities.One of the major business objectives is total customer satisfaction, and this is delivered from the platform: "All Business is Local". The individual wholesale depots are structured and empowered to provide the local service that customers require, with the support of the central corporate services. Investment is continually made within the warehouses and logistic functions to ensure that a high level of service is delivered, in combination with cost leadership. PHOENIX is a strong supporter of Numark, a company owned by PHOENIX, which has the aim of promoting and marketing the interests of community pharmacy. PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution provides the OTC offering to pharmacy.

Bestway is the UK's second-largest grocery wholesaler (behind Booker), trading from more than 50 warehouses throughout the UK. It was founded by Mohammed Anwar Pervez in 1962 as a single Asian food store, then moved into the wholesale arena in 1976 with its first cash and carry warehouse in London. Bestway boasts a product line of more than 50,000 items sold under the private brand Best-in and serves about 100,000 independent retailers. In 2005, Bestway acquired rival Batley's for £100 million. In 2010, the company merged the buying functions of its Batley's and Bestway businesses.

Tech Data Corporation distributes information technology products, as well as offers logistics management and other value-added services in North America, Latin America, and Europe. It sells microcomputer hardware and software products to value added resellers, direct marketers, retailers, and corporate resellers. The company also provides a range of services, including training and technical support, external financing options, configuration, outbound telemarketing, marketing, and product integration services, as well as a suite of electronic commerce solutions comprising on-line order entry and electronic data interchange services. Tech Data Corporation was founded in 1974 and is based in Clearwater, Florida.

Zuellig Pharma is the pharmaceutical distribution arm of Hong Kong conglomerate Zuellig Group. Zuellig Pharma has a German name, but it serves Asia. Founded in the early 1900s by Dr. Frederick Zuellig, a Swiss immigrant to the Philippines, the company offers a number of pharmaceutical logistics services, including inventory management, warehousing and distribution, packaging and labeling, product marketing, customer order processing, and billing and collections. Zuellig is active in about 15 countries in the Asia/Pacific region, including Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Thailand.

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