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.

Wakefern Food is the largest member-owned wholesale distribution cooperative in the US, supplying groceries and other merchandise to a chain of more than 200 ShopRite supermarkets in five eastern states, including parts of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The company supplies both national brands and private-label products (ShopRite, Chef's Express, Readington Farms) to its member stores; Wakefern also offers advertising, merchandising, and other business support services. The co-op, which boasts more than 40 members, was founded by seven grocers in 1946.

Imperial Distributors reigns over more than 1,000 retailers throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, delivering health and personal care products, cosmetics, seasonal items, and other non-food general merchandise to supermarkets. Customers include independent retail stores and large supermarket chains such as Foodtown, Roche Bros., and Stop & Shop. Imperial Distributors delivers more than 200,000 products per day from its warehouse and distribution facility. It also provides services including marketing, accounting, merchandising, logistics, and data management. The company was founded in 1939 by Frank Sleeper, father of CEO Mike Sleeper.

Colonial Commercial Corp., through its subsidiaries, distributes heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment, climate control products, appliances, and plumbing and electrical fixtures and supplies to building contractors and other users primarily in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, eastern Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Vermont. It also supplies indoor air components and systems, and parts and accessories; and distributes appliances, such as washers and dryers to appliance dealers. In addition, the company engages in the design and sale of energy conservation control systems; and the fabrication of customized UL listed control panels, as well as provides technical assistance and training to customers. Colonial Commercial Corp. sells its products primarily to contractors who purchase and install equipment and systems for residential, commercial, and industrial users. Colonial Commercial Corp. was founded in 1964 and is based in Hawthorne, New Jersey.

Axis-Shield plc is a pioneering organisation focused on the development and manufacturing of important in vitro diagnostic tests for use in clinical laboratories and at the point of care. In the laboratory sector we specialise in proprietary markers for diagnosis and management of critical illnesses such as diabetes, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases and rheumatoid arthritis. At the point of care our products include the NycoCard® range and the state-of-the-art Afinion™ system. The company's shares are traded on the London and Oslo Stock Exchanges and the group comprises Laboratory Division in Dundee, a Point-of-Care Division in Oslo with a US operation in Norton, Mass., and local distribution subsidiaries in the UK (Axis-Shield UK), in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland (Medinor), Switzerland (Axis-Shield AG) and in Germany (Axis-Shield GmbH).

Sledd Co. is a leading wholesale supplier of food and non-food items to convenience stores and other retailers in half a dozen states, including Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The company distributes such items as candy, dry groceries, frozen foods, tobacco products, and general merchandise. Formed in 1937, Sledd is owned by president Robert Sincavich.

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.

Spartan Stores, Inc. operates as a grocery distributor and grocery retailer principally in Michigan and Indiana. The company operates in two segments, Distribution and Retail. The Distribution segment provides approximately 43,000 stock-keeping units, including dry groceries, produce, dairy products, meat, deli, bakery, frozen food, seafood, floral products, general merchandise, pharmacy, and health and beauty care items to approximately 375 independent grocery stores and 96 corporate-owned stores. It also offers approximately 3,200 private label grocery and general merchandise items, as well as provides value-added services, including site identification and market analyses, store planning and development, marketing, promotion, advertising, technology and information, accounting and tax preparation, human resource, coupon redemption, product reclamation, printing, category management, real estate, and construction management services. The Retail segment operates retail supermarkets under the banners comprising Glen's Markets, Family Fare Supermarkets, D&W Fresh Markets, Felpausch Food Centers, and VG's Food and Pharmacy. It operates approximately 96 retail supermarkets that offer dry groceries, produce, dairy products, meat, frozen food, seafood, floral products, general merchandise, beverages, tobacco products, health and beauty care products, delicatessen items, and bakery goods; and 66 supermarkets that offer pharmacy services. It also offers private label items, including its Spartan brand; Top Care, a health and beauty care brand label; Valu Time, a value brand; and Full Circle, a natural and organic brand. In addition, this segment operates 24 fuel centers under the banners of D&W Quick Stop, Family Fare Quick Stop, Glen's Quick Stop, Felpausch Quick Stop, and V.G.'s Quick Stop that offer refueling facilities, as well as a convenience store providing consumable products. The company was founded in 1917 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Pharmaceutical distribution company Mediq (formerly OPG Groep) is involved in both commercial wholesaling and consumer retailing of drugs and other health care supplies. In the Netherlands, the company has about 200 retail pharmacies (through Mediq Pharmacy) and operates drug and medical supply wholesalers that serve other pharmacies as well as hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes. It also provides related technology and logistics services. Mediq's international operations include wholesale and retail businesses in Poland, as well as other European countries and the US. It entered five new countries and greatly enhanced its medical device offerings with the 2010 buy of Oriola-KD for about $108 million.

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.

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