Founded in 1931, Merchants Distributors is a privately-owned wholesale grocery store distributor headquartered in Hickory, North Carolina. It supplies more than 600 retail food stores with food and non-food items in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, West Virginia, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Kentucky. MDI also exports to some 20 countries. It […]
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Grocers Supply Co. Named 2020 Southwest Wholesaler Of The Year
The Shelby Report has named Grocers Supply Co. its 2020 Southwest Wholesaler of the Year. The Texas-based wholesaler serves independent retailers, but the most important part of this 90-year-old family business is the people who work there, the company says. Message from the president In 2020, grocery retailers and in particular independent grocery retailers were truly […]
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Wakefern Named 2020 Northeast Wholesaler Of Year
Wakefern Food Corp., the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States, is The Griffin Report of the Northeast‘s 2020 Wholesaler of the Year. In a special section, Wakefern shared highlights of the past year. The company detailed its response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the path forward and praised its associates for their […]
