Helm Distributing

The Pepsi Bottling Group is a manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages. With nearly $11 billion in annual sales, the company delivers nearly 200 million eight-ounce servings of Pepsi-Cola beverages each day. In addition to carbonated beverages, the company also has a portfolio of noncarbonated drinks, including Aquafina, Tropicana juice drinks, Lipton Iced Tea, Starbucks Frappuccino and Doubleshot, the SoBe line of beverages and Dole single-serve juices and blends. Beginning in March 1999, The Pepsi Bottling Group became publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PBG. It operates in the United States, Canada, Greece, Mexico, Russia, Spain and Turkey.

Founded in 1866, General Mills is one of the world's leading food companies that operates in more than 100 countries. It markets over 100 consumer brands that include H agen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso, Progresso, Cascadian Farm and Muir Glen. With sales of nearly $14.5 billion, the company s range of products includes cereals, vegetables, breads, and fruit and grain snacks. General Mills manages a staff of approximately 29,500 employees worldwide. The company s division, Big G cereals, markets the Cheerios, Wheaties and Lucky Charms brands. It supplies its products to schools, hotels, bakeries, restaurants and health care facilities. General Mills markets its products through a variety of domestic retail outlets, including traditional grocery and membership stores and natural food chains.

Topicz is a distributor of cigarettes, tobacco products, candy, health and beauty products, snacks and groceries. Topicz has transformed a candy and tobacco distributor into a full line convenience store and tobacco shop supplier servicing the tri-state area from two convenient air conditioned locations: Cincinnati, Ohio and Maysville, Ky. The company is locally owned and operated as a division of Novelart Manufacturing Company. Novelart and it predecessor corporations, have been in business for more than 65 years. Topicz supplies all major brands as well as imported and a line of extreme value, private label cigarettes, and tobacco products, an entire line of domestic products tailored to the latest demands including 'roll you own', as well as all available 'deal on reduced' items.