North Side Beverage & Spirits

Established in 1945, Baker Distributing Company is engaged in the marketing and distribution of air conditioning, refrigeration and heating equipment, parts and supplies. The company s corporate headquarters and distribution center are located in Florida. It operates service centers throughout the United States at facilities in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Its customers include air conditioning and refrigeration contractors, supermarket chains, service engineers, and institutional and governmental agencies. The company sells from nearly 170 branch locations and serves more than 7,000 customers. It is a subsidiary of Watsco, one of the largest distributors of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration products in the United States. Watsco operates from nearly 400 locations in more than 30 states and Puerto Rico, and serves approximately 38,000 contractor customers. Baker Distributing Company maintains a location in Colchester, Vt.

Serving Vermont, the Farrell Distributing Corporation is a wholesale beverage distributor with offices and warehouse facilities located in South Burlington and Rutland, Vt. Thomas A. Farrell and several of his brothers started the company in 1933 as M. M. Farrell & Sons. M. M. Farrell & Sons was the first licensed distributor in Vermont after the end of the prohibition period. Farrell s product lines include beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages. Its beer suppliers include Anheuser-Busch, Genesee Brewing, Molson, Long Trail and Catamount. Wine products consist of Gallo, Sutter Home, Kobrand, Wine Group and Palm Bay. Its non-alcoholic division provides products from suppliers, such as Snapple, Mistic, Veryfine, Clearly Canadian and Paul DeLima Coffee. It also offers tea, soups and frozen beverages.

Calmont Wire & Cable designs and manufactures custom wire, cable, and extruded shapes for companies requiring custom solutions. The ISO-9001:2008 certified firm specializes in developing custom solutions for cutting edge companies in medical, robotics, aerospace, military, sensors and a host of other industries. Calmont Wire & Cable serves a range of industries, including medical, robotics, aerospace, military/defense, sensors, audio, communications, universities and cable assembly houses among others. For over half a century, it has been designing and manufacturing products for applications with demanding requirements, such as ultra-flexibility, high voltage and high temperature.