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Founded in 1960, AVI Foodsystems is one of the largest, independently operated companies in the United States. The family-owned company provides vending, catering and office coffee services. Its clients include Chrysler, Cummins, St. Bernard Soap Company, Westinghouse Electric Company, Whirlpool Corporation, Rockwell International Corporation, Delta Air Lines, Dillen Products, Eastman Kodak Company, Federal Express Corporation, Elyria Foundry Company, Fifth Third Bank and Ford Motor Company. As a woman-owned business enterprise, AVI Foodsystems serves complexes, universities, school systems and health care facilities throughout the Midwest and the eastern United States. The company also provides a range of campus dining services. AVI Foodsystems has received The Eastman Kodak Company 2003 Most Improved Supplier Award.

Located in Hebron, Ky., McLane Foodservice Cincinnati specializes in the distribution of food and supplies. The company serves more than 1,000 quick service restaurants in parts of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Illinois and Pennsylvania. McLane Foodservice Cincinnati is a part of McLane Company, which is one of the largest companies in the world that buys, sells and delivers over 40,000 consumer products. McLane Company provides foods, beverages, household items and automotive products to nearly 60,000 retail locations throughout the United States. Additionally, the company provides third-party logistics and traffic management and control services in South America.

G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Inc. is a privately owned company comprised of seven franchises, which distribute Pepsi-Cola brand products: Athens, Columbus, Hamilton, Portsmouth, Ripley, Zanesville, and Lexington, Ky. The corporation, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio operates distribution centers in Cheshire, Chillicothe, and Hillsboro, Ohio as well as Winchester and Harrodsburg, Ky. The company distributes Pepsi brand products as well as packages under Lipton, Dole, and Starbucks labels and Sobe beverages.