On May 1, 2007 Republic Beverage Company and National Distributing Company combined their businesses in seventeen states and the District of Columbia to form Republic National Distributing Company. RNDC is an organization built on the strong foundations of two long-term, well-established family owned companies.Republic Beverage Company was founded in 1996 as a result of a merger of the Block and Dreeben families and the Goldring family. The Block family began doing business in Texas in 1939 under the leadership of Ed Block. Newman Goldring founded the N. Goldring Corporation in Florida in 1898. Later, Stephen Goldring expanded the N. Goldring base in Florida by opening Magnolia Marketing Company in Louisiana.Today, RNDC is the second largest distributor of premium wine and spirits in the U.S., with wholly-owned operations in Arizona, Alabama, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. RNDC is also partners in joint-ventures in Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma and South Carolina. In total, RNDC employs more than 6,000 individuals nationwide.

The Schenck Company was founded by brothers Jay and Virgil Schenck in 1954; it is still owned and operated by the family. The Schenck Company distributes more than 190 brands of domestic, specialty, and imported beers, as well as alcoholic energy drinks such as Sparks and Liquid Charge. Its customer area comprises the central Florida counties of Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Polk, and Seminole. Schenck represents more than 70 beer suppliers and it prints marketing posters and banners as part of the service it provides its customers. The company, which reaches about 5,000 retailers, began as a distributor for Miller Brewing and Molson Coors's joint venture MillerCoors.

Sealed Air Corporation was founded in 1960 and is based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey with an additional office in St Neots, the United Kingdom. Sealed Air Corporation, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells packaging and performance-based materials and equipment systems worldwide. The company's Food Packaging segment offers industrial food packaging products, such as shrink bags to package beef, lamb, pork, poultry, seafood, and other food products, as well as cheese and meats; and packaging materials for cook-in applications. This segment also offers laminated and coextruded rollstock packaging materials; trays; associated packaging systems, such as bag loaders, dispensers, and vacuum chamber systems; and deli packages. Its Food Solutions segment provides case-ready packaging, which are utilized in the centralized packaging of various proteins; a package for ready meals; packaging solutions for produce, bakery goods, and pizza; vertical pouch packaging for packaging flowable food products, including soups and sauces, salads, meats, toppings, and syrups; and intermediate bulk container products.This segment also offers absorbent pads; foam and solid plastic trays and containers; and related packaging systems. The company's Protective Packaging segment offers air cellular packaging materials that protect products from damage through shock or vibration during shipment; performance shrink films for product display and merchandising applications; polyurethane foam packaging systems; protective mailers and other durable mailers and bags; paper cushioning systems; and inflatable packaging systems. In addition, it offers specialty materials for non-packaging applications, such as films and coring foams; products for medical applications; and products from renewable materials. The company sells its products to distributors, food processors, food service businesses, supermarket retailers, and manufacturers, as well as e-commerce and mail order fulfillment firms.

Shiner International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, manufacture, marketing, sale, and distribution of packaging film and color printing for the packaging industry. Its products include coated film, shrink-wrap film, common film, anti-counterfeit laser holographic film, and color printed packaging materials. The company offers bi-axially oriented polypropylene based films for various applications, including printing, lamination, and over-wrap packaging. Its films are used in various industries, such as bakery, beverage, candy/confections, cheese, cosmetics/personal, compact discs, dairy, fruits/vegetables, nuts, pharmaceuticals, and tobacco. In addition, the company provides color printing services consisting of surface printing and reverse printing services used by consumer goods manufacturers and beverage companies. It serves consumer products manufacturers, distributors, printers, and converters located in the People's Republic of China, southeast Asia, Europe, and North America.

Founded by Joe Sloan and Geoff Salter in 1975, SHS Group has locations spread across the UK and Ireland. (Ownership of the company is still divided evenly between the Salters and Sloan families.) The company's food distribution subsidiaries include Farmlea, British Pepper & Spice, and Gourmet Garden. SHS Group has expanded its range with its purchase of cider and juice maker Merrydown. SHS Group will get your juices going -- and your cider, alcopop, and frozen foods, too. The firm makes and markets the WKD line of alcopop (made from a mixture of vodka and fruit juice) throughout the UK, and also distributes Cobra beer, Tropicana juice, Douwe Egberts coffee, and various types of groceries.

Sidney Frank Importing Co., Inc. was founded in 1972 by Sidney Frank who pioneered the use of promotional parties to directly market specialty drinks to consumers. Sidney Frank Importing company imports and distributes specialty liquors in the US. Its offerings include the herbal concoction known as Jagermeister (35% alcohol), St. Vivant Armagnac, and Barenjager Honey Liqueur. The company also helped establish France's Grey Goose vodka as a premium brand in the US before selling its rights to Bacardi.

Silgan Holdings Inc. company was founded in 1987 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut. Silgan Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of metal and plastic consumer goods packaging products in North America, Europe, Asia, and South America. Its products include steel and aluminum containers for human and pet food; and custom designed plastic containers, tubes, and closures for personal care, health care, pharmaceutical, household and industrial chemical, food, pet care, agricultural chemical, automotive, and marine chemical products. The company also offers metal, composite, and plastic vacuum closures for food and beverage products. Silgan Holdings markets its products through direct sales force and a network of distributors primarily to consumer products companies.

Silver Eagle, one of the leading beer wholesalers throughout the entire US, handles mostly Anheuser-Busch products, but it also offers Michelob and Modelo products, such as Corona, Negra Modelo, and Pacifico. It also handles a number of other imported brews, including Kirin, Harbin, St. Pauli Girl, and Tiger. The company serves some 7,500 customers in 16 Texas counties, including the metro areas of Houston and San Antonio.

Since its founding in 1968, Southern Wine and Spirits of America, Inc. (Southern), is a nationally recognized wine and spirits distributor known for its historic commitment to delivering the highest standards of customer service and creative marketing programs and partnerships. The Company is also known for its best-in-industry professional and well-trained sales, operational and support staff, its ongoing investments in and contributions to hospitality and beverage education for its staff, its customers and to many national educational institutions. In addition, Southern is justly respected for its deeply held belief in the importance of giving back, for being a socially responsible corporate citizen and for making generous contributions to national, state and local charitable organizations.Southern Wine & Spirits of America brews up market dominance. The firm is the #1 US distributor of wine and spirits. It represents more than 1,500 wine, beer, and spirits suppliers from around the world, offering some 5,000 different brands. With more than 200,000 customers, the company ships more than 70 million cases a year and has operations in 30 US states. Southern Wine & Spirits imports products include Grolsch and Steinlager beers; cigars, such as Don Diego and Montecristo; and nonalcoholic beverages, including Clamato and Rose's Lime Juice.

Spotless Group Limited provides business support services to businesses throughout Australia, New Zealand, the US and about 30 other countries. Its offerings include food services, facilities management, cleaning, laundry services, and print management. Spotless also is a leading maker of clothes hangers and produces labels and packaging for the garment manufacturing and retail sectors. Its customers hail from across the industry spectrum, including education, health care, government, and airports. Recent office openings in Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and Morocco have helped extend Spotless' global reach.

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