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When you manage the candy and snacks categories for a wholesale distributor the size of Naperville, Ill.-based Eby-Brown Inc. (company sales are approaching $4 billion), it helps to have a […]

Not even the torrential rain of an early winter storm could blur the name Associated Wholesale Grocers emblazoned across the side of a giant warehouse just off a major expressway […]

LA CROSSE, WI -- The American Center is now a better performing asset thanks to the Performance Agreement for Comfort from Trane [TM] (PACT) program. Owners of the 660,000-square-foot office [...]

Hirsch Pipe & Supply (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) has committed to helping Roto-Rooter acquire training aids such as tools, catalogs, instructional materials and samples for a training program that Roto-Rooter [...]

Ogden offers over 60 years of experience designing, engineering and manufacturing electric heat and control products. Thousands of sizes, ratings and modifications ship quickly from a huge factory stock. A [...]

If you needed it yesterday, you'll have to settle for a time machine. But if you need it within 48 hours or less, you'll be happy to know that one [...]

WILMINGTON, DE -- ABCO Refrigeration Supply Corp. celebrated the opening of a new branch here in Wilmington on May 1, 2001. Contractors from the Mid-Atlantic region were invited to the [...]

York Unitary Products Group will expand York brand distribution in Hawaii in a strategic move to serve customers better, said Andy Rowland, regional vice president for UPG. Beginning Jan. 1, [...]

Seltzer Chemicals Inc. is riding the wave of nutrition with fortified tropical drinks and some California spirit. The distributor and marketer of raw materials, custom premixes and blends, and unique [...]

SAN JOSE, CA -- HVACQuick recently launched its site, www.HVACquick .com. Designed to 'save contractors time and money,' the site allows users to select, configure, and instantly price hvac and [...]

EqualFooting.com, an industry website featured previously in The News, reports some interesting requests over the Internet. The B2B online marketplace aims to put smaller business on an 'equal footing' with [...]

ATLANTA, GA -- Plans to expand their installed heating and air conditioning pilot program to Atlanta have been announced by The Trane Company and Home Depot, headquartered here. Essentially an [...]

A new report from Frank Lynn & Associates points out that technical support within integrated-supply agreements has become a major concern for end users. Many end users participating in the [...]

eCeramicMachinery.com A new website, eCeramicMachinery.com, lists ceramic machinery for sale by dealers and users worldwide. The site allows sellers to market their machinery internationally and provides buyers the opportunity to [...]

When searching for a premier source of nuts, dried fruits, chocolate-covered and yogurt-coated products, search no further than Terri Lynn Inc. In operation since 1936, Terri Lynn, based in Elgin, [...]

A full-service analytical laboratory, TPC Labs specializes in foods and related materials. The staff of scientists and technologists will determine the composition, structure and physical properties of your product or [...]

Ashland Distribution Co.'s fine ingredients division launched customized electronic ordering capabilities to registered customers in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and personal care industries. The system provides registered customers with access [...]

There's a new website in town looking for hvac contractors and homeowners: www.fixitcenter.com. The website, produced by the American Contractors Exchange, is putting maintenance and repair work a mouse-click away [...]

Comfort Supply stores sell Continental chillers INDIANAPOLIS -- Continental Products, Inc., chillers, condensing units, and air-cooled condensers will be sold in 32 Comfort Supply and Serviceman Supply locations in Arkansas, [...]

The third annual Virtual Trade Show hosted by the Chain Drug Marketing Association (CDMA) will run September 21-27, 2004. An integral event for the association, VTS helps regional chains, regional […]

It's happened to every wholesaler from the largest to the smallest. Your customer calls desperately needing a part right away. This is your chance to save the day, to stand [...]

Alpha Granite & Marble (AGM) recently opened their newest showroom at 14501 E. Moncrieff Place in Aurora, CO, with a grand opening celebration. Kent Schweiss, general manager of the new [...]

It might seem that Rochester Beer and Beverage Co. has put all of its eggs in one basket, carrying few brands beyond Labatt, but it's proved advantageous to this second [...]

Wholesale plumbing buying group Omni Corporate Services Ltd. has established the Luxury Products Group as a separate part of its operation, focusing on high-end showroom products. It was created for [...]

Do wholesalers tempt service techs to goof off? SAN FRANCISCO - Are wholesalers who offer coffee and doughnuts making it too easy for service technicians to goof off and spend [...]

ASA's Industry DataBase (IDB) is now available to wholesale distributors who've been looking for one place to go for standardized, accurate product numbers. Through a unique partnership with Harrison Publishing [...]

The Central Wholesalers Association and The Michigan Association of Distributors have created a Web site for their ASA region 4 members at www.asa4.org. The associations ask that members go to [...]

HVAC contractors have a secret weapon, and they may not even recognize it. What is it? It's their supplier. That's fight, their supplier of products, parts, and supplies. Along with [...]

Version 3 of MOTION INDUSTRIES INC., Birmingham, Ala., Internet-based procurement system, MotionMRO.com, provides real-time access to parts and inventory. Features such as specifications, pictures and engineering drawings; an online product [...]

Pred Materials distributes specialty chemicals and materials for next-generation products. We work with our customers to find the best available raw materials to meet their product's performance requirements. Though most [...]

Sidney Frank Importers, New Rochelle, N.Y., has rolled out Grey Goose Le Citron lemon-flavored vodka. Produced in Cognac, France, the product is a follow-up to Grey Goose and Grey Goose [...]

Conbraco Industries redesigned its Web site (www.conbraco.com) with an updated search function that allows linking to product specs by either a generic valve name or a Conbraco model number. Bosch [...]

Whether for dry powder or liquid slurry, this new Equipment for the Ceramics Industry brochure provides complete solutions for removing coarse or fine ferrous contaminants. Separation equipment ranges from economical [...]

ADI is North America's largest security and low voltage wholesale distributor with over 100 locations. ADI offers ifs customers exclusive value-added services that are unmatched in the industry today, such [...]

In keeping with its new tagline -- 'Solutions. Supply. Service.' -- Hughes Supply (Orlando, Fla.) has introduced HughesPlus, a program that enables its customers to take advantage of group-buying benefits [...]

Edge Marketing & Procurement Group, Houston, Texas, has developed Immediate Stock, an online virtual warehouse open 24 hours, seven days a week, comprising a database of each member's inventory from [...]

* The Gustave A. Larson Company (Pewaukee, WI) premiered its B2B Internet site. The site allows Larson customers to enroll in the program and receive a password, which will provide [...]

TOUGH TIMES OAK BROOK, Ill. -- 'Stock specialty items that other wholesalers might not carry.' 'Offer free pop, free coffee, free popcorn, quick service.' 'Have a good attorney.' 'Get better [...]

Wholesaler never closed for key Ocala customers OCALA, Fla. -- Tempaco trusts its customers enough to give them the keys to its store. Tempaco, Inc., a 44-year-old, Orlando-based controls and [...]

Johnstone Supply promotes hvacr education, service AT THE SHOW -- Among the attendees at the exposition were representatives of one of the fastest-growing hvacr wholesale companies in the United States. [...]

Contractors get P.O.'d in wholesaler crackdown TAMPA, Fla. - A man gets out of a pickup truck and enters the wholesaler's branch outlet. He plunks a short stack of cash [...]