Brooks Brothers Group

C&S Wholesale Grocers is of one of the largest privately held companies in the United States. Since 1918, the company has provided warehousing and distribution services to customers. It offers wholesale food distribution to grocery chains and independent food stores throughout the United States. The company purchases goods directly from manufacturers, stores stock in warehouse facilities and distributes products to grocery stores, supermarkets and military bases. The company provides more than 53,000 food and nonfood items, including produce, meat, dairy products, delicatessen products, fresh and frozen bakery items, health and beauty aids, candy and tobacco to nearly 4,000 customers. Its customers include Pathmark, Safeway, Giant Food Stores, Shaw's, Stop and Shop, A&P Food Mart, Big Y Foods, BJ's Warehouse, Great American, SavMart/Foodmax, Demoulas, and independent store and supermarket owners and operators. C&S Wholesale Grocers has headquarters in Keene, N.H., and more than 50 warehouse facilities throughout the United States, including Windsor Locks, Conn.

Hampden Engineering Corporation manufactures electrical power distribution systems for education. The quality of its systems has made them a standard for engineering production process controls, maintenance and test facilities in the United States and abroad. All Hampden stockholders are engaged in the management of the company. Hampden Engineering has never undergone any changes in management, policy and overall corporate philosophy. The main office and factory of Hampden Engineering Corporation is located on a large tract in East Longmeadow, Mass. The company s factory contains a complete metal fabrication shop, a machine shop, manufacturing and assembly areas and a dust-free electronics room for the wiring and programming of computers and digital simulators. Hampden Engineering Corporation was established in 1954.