Associated Grocers of the South, Inc., Birmingham, AL, has become the newest member
of Food Distributors International (FDI), Falls Church, VA. Associated Grocers
of the South, Inc. is a retail owned distribution center that serves cooperative
group retailers. Gerald Totoritis is the president & CEO of the company.
Food Distributors International is a trade association comprised of food distribution
companies that supply and service independent grocers and foodservice operations
throughout the United States, Canada and 19 other countries. The association and
its foodservice partner, the International Foodservice Distributors Association
(IFDA), have 227 member companies that operate 1244 distribution centers with
a combined annual sales volume of $170 billion. IFDA represents member firms that
annually sell $48 billion in food and related products to restaurants, hospitals
and other institutional foodservice operations.