Nash Finch Company operates as a food distribution company. Its Food Distribution segment sells and distributes various nationally branded and private label grocery products and perishable food products to approximately 1,700 independent retail locations in 28 states across the United States. It also provides services, including promotional, advertising, and merchandising programs; installation of computerized ordering, receiving, and scanning systems; retail equipment procurement assistance; accounting, budgeting, and payroll services; consumer and market research; remodeling and store development services; and supply chain through Internet services. The company's Military segment distributes grocery products to the United States military commissaries and exchanges in the United States and the District of Columbia, Europe, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Azores, and Egypt. Its Retail segment operates corporate-owned stores primarily in the Upper Midwest, in the states of Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. These corporate-owned stores operate under the Sun Mart, Econofoods, AVANZA, Family Thrift Center, Pickin Save, Family Fresh Market, Prairie Market, and Wholesale Food Outlet banners. This segment's conventional grocery stores offer grocery products and services, such as fresh meat counters, delicatessens, bakeries, eat in cafes, pharmacies, dry cleaners, banks, and floral departments. In addition, these conventional stores provide check cashing, fax services, and money transfer services. This segment also operates a corporate-owned pharmacy and a convenience store. As of January 2, 2010, the company served 115 retail stores under the IGA banner and 75 retail stores under the Food Pride banner. It also operated 47 conventional supermarkets, 5 AVANZA grocery stores, 1 Wholesale Food Outlet grocery store, and 1 other retail store. The company was founded in 1885 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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.

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.

With a name like Smith you might think it's all about generics, but H. D. Smith Wholesale Drug is more than that. H. D. Smith Wholesale Drug supplies pharmaceuticals (brand name and generic), over-the-counter supplements, and other health care products to pharmacies, hospitals, and retailers. It also provides inventory management services for government agencies, including most branches of the military, veterans clinics, and federal prisons. In addition to supplying drugs, H. D. Smith offers a variety of marketing and merchandising services including point-of-purchase signage, store design, direct-to-consumer advertising programs, and loyalty program implementation.

Miami-based Kasim International imports and exports a varied line of crackers, flour, and canned and bottled foods, including coffee, dressing, and fruit nectar. The company has a long history of doing business in Central America but is looking to increase business in the US through major retailers like Winn-Dixie and Wal-Mart. Kasim bottles Petit nectar in El Salvador.

CE Franklin Ltd. distributes oilfield equipment products and services principally to the oil and gas industry in Canada. CE Franklin Ltd. supplies pipes, valves, flanges, fittings, production equipment, tubular products, and other general oilfield supplies. CE Franklin Ltd. company also offers various services comprising pump repair, customized pump designs and testing, and on call services. In addition, it provides well optimization analysis, onsite project management, oilfield engine maintenance, and crane equipment services. CE Franklin Ltd. company also serves oil sands, midstream, refining, and petrochemical industries, as well as non-oilfield related industries, such as forestry and mining. CE Franklin Ltd. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Celesio likes being a middleman when it comes to pharmaceuticals. The company is one of Europe's largest drug wholesalers, holding market-leading positions in several of the countries it serves. Its largest wholesale markets are France, Germany, and the UK. In addition to more than 140 wholesale distribution branches, Celesio owns retail chains consisting of 2,300 pharmacies in Europe, including Norway, Italy, and the UK. The company also offers marketing, logistics, and transportation solutions to pharmaceutical manufacturers through its manufacturer solutions division (and its Movianto and pharmexx units). German conglomerate Franz Haniel & Cie. owns a majority stake in Celesio, which was founded in 1835.

Anixter International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes communications products, specialty wire and cable products, fasteners, and small parts. Its communications products comprise voice, data, video, and security products used to connect personal computers, peripheral equipment, mainframe equipment, security equipment, and various networks to each other. The company’s product portfolio also consists of transmission media products, including copper and fiber optic cables; connectivity products; support and supply products; and security surveillance and access control products. These products are incorporated into enterprise networks, physical security networks, central switching offices, Web hosting sites, and remote transmission sites. In addition, Anixter International provides electrical and electronic wire and cable, control and instrumentation cable, and coaxial cable products that are used in various maintenance, repair, and construction-related applications. Further, it offers a range of electrical and electronic wire and cable products, fasteners, and other small components that are used by original equipment manufacturers in manufacturing various products. The company serves various industries, which consist of manufacturing, telecommunications, Internet service providers, finance, education, healthcare, transportation, utilities, aerospace and defense, and government, as well as contractors, installers, system integrators, value-added resellers, architects, engineers, and wholesale distributors. It distributes its products primarily in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company was formerly known as Itel Corporation. Anixter International was founded in 1957 and is based in Glenview, Illinois.

Alliance Boots is a leading international pharmacy-led health and beauty group offering a wide range of products and services to our customers. Working in close partnership with manufacturers and pharmacists, our two core business activities are pharmacy-led health and beauty retailing and pharmaceutical wholesaling. Through our daily actions and operations, our teams play a significant role in contributing to the overall improvement of healthcare in the communities we serve. We are proud to work within such a unique sector, helping millions of consumers and patients look and feel their best. Alliance Boots is privately-owned and employs over 115,000* people. Its wholesale and distribution network serves over 150,000* pharmacies, doctors, health centres and hospitals from over 360* pharmaceutical wholesale distribution centres in 16* countries. We operate more than 3,250* health and beauty retail stores in ten* countries, of which just under 3,150* have a pharmacy.

GSC Enterprises, Inc.,doing business as Grocery Supply Company (not to be confused with Grocers Supply Co.), the wholesale distributor supplies more than 4,500 independent convenience stores, grocers, discounters, and other retailers and wholesalers with some 12,000 items. It distributes such goods as beverages, dry goods, and prepared foods to customers in about 15 states, mostly in the South and Southeast. In addition, GSC's Fidelity Express division supplies equipment and services that allow smaller retailers to process money orders and bill payments. Ken McKenzie, Curtis McKenzie, and Woodrow Brittain started the family-owned business in 1947.

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