Merchants Distributors, LLC
Chuck Alexander is an accomplished procurement executive with extensive experience in the grocery and distribution sectors. At Merchants Distributors, LLC, Chuck has progressed through multiple leadership roles, including Senior Vice President of Procurement, Vice President of Perishables, Senior Director of Perishables, and Director of Center Store, Produce, and Floral. Prior to this, Chuck served as Produce/Floral Senior Category Manager at Lowes Foods from March 2002 to December 2014. Chuck holds a degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, further contributing to a strong foundation in the industry.
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Merchants Distributors, LLC
Merchants Distributors (MDI) is a privately-owned wholesale grocery store distributor headquartered in Hickory, NC. MDI supplies over 600 retail food stores with food and non-food items in NC, SC, GA, TN, VA, AL, WV, OH, FL, PA, MD, and KY. MDI celebrated its 85th anniversary on September 21, 2016. MDI's 85 year history is an interesting story of sacrifice, growth and success. It began as a small family business in the small town of Hickory, North Carolina, and as one local newspaper described it, "With little more than a bag of peanuts, an apple, and a stick of candy." What Lebanese immigrant Moses George and his sons purchased in 1931 for $17,000 has since grown to become a multimillion-dollar wholesale grocery company. Merchants Distributors is a great American success story but it is a company that has never forgotten its roots. Its success is based on: - Its values, its facilities, its variety, its Advertising programs, its cost of goods, and its innovations - The one thing that distinguishes MDI as superior to other distribution companies - leadership. MDI's owners have created a leadership style that supports the organization as one family working together for one common goal and a culture in its people that is impossible to duplicate.