Merchants Distributors, LLC
Lindsay Childers currently works as the Multicultural Program & Marketing Manager and Private Brands Associate Business Manager at Merchants Distributors, LLC. Before joining the company, Lindsay held various roles at Pöppelmann USA, including Sales Manager, Business Development Manager for TEKU, and Customer Support and Marketing Manager. Lindsay also worked as a Sales and Marketing Coordinator at Pöppelmann Plastics USA. Lindsay obtained a Bachelor's degree in Communication from Wake Forest University and a Master's degree in Public Administration from Appalachian State University. Prior to pursuing higher education, Lindsay worked in Architectural Marketing/Sales at The Hardwood Company.
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.