Harris Teeter Distribution Center

Founded in 1891, H.T. Hackney Company s programs are created around the concept of offering customers the ability to obtain their entire store needs from one reliable source. As one of the largest wholesale distributors in the United States, the company services more than 20,000 retail customers and stocks thousands of products. Its customers include oil and convenience stores, drug stores, supermarkets, restaurants, travel centers, smoke shops and gift shops. H.T. Hackney has more than 30,000 products to choose from. Its main categories include cigarettes, tobacco, grocery, general merchandise, confections, snacks and beverages. With strategically located distribution centers, Hackney provides a distribution network covering 21 states. H.T. Hackney Company has a location in Newton, N.C.

W. K. HILE COMPANY, INC provides manufacturer's representation in North Carolina and South Carolina. Hile Equipment Company, or HECO, is a distributor division which stocks products and provides packaging service for our clients. Founded in 1955, our corporate focus is the sales and support of technical instrumentation, which requires engineering expertise. Our staff of sales engineers meets this criteria, two of whom are PE's. Our success is also related to the longevity and continuity of our workforce, some members of whom have been with us for many years. A stable sales force has allowed us to cultivate long-term relationships with key customers in the utility, chemical, pharmaceutical, municipal and industrial areas. The educational background, experience, and resultant expertise of the founder, Bill Hile has defined our focus ( temperature sensing and control, heat transfer, gas and liquid flow, mass flow, and process control ) for almost 50 years. Kirk Hile - Sales Manager and CEO ( with Key accounts in Utilities, A&E, Chemical and Industrial ), is a BSMS graduate of the Florida Institute of Technology and has been an outside salesman for 34 years. Michael Fenk - Eastern & Western NC territory - is a BSEE graduate of Penn State and an outside salesman with us for 14 years. Brooks Saucier - Western SC & Key Accounts in NC - is a graduate of Clemson BS AG & BIO ENG and Washington State MS BIO ENG, and an outside salesman with us for 9 years. Ali Hosseini - Inside & Systems Sales Engineer, is a BSEE graduate of UNCC, and has been with us for 30 years.

Tropical Nut & Fruit is a food manufacturer, importer and distributor of bulk and packaged snacks and specialty foods. Founders Jerry York and Garland Williamson opened the first Tropical office in 1977 in Orlando, Fla. The company began with approximately 100 items consisting mostly of snack mixes, dried fruit, nuts, seeds, a few candies, beans, grains and flours. Its primary customers were health food stores, hotels and grocery stores. Its product line has grown to more than 3,000 items. It also has four Nut House retail outlets located in Atlanta; Charlotte, N.C.; Columbus, Ohio; and Memphis, Tenn. The company ships products anywhere in the United States from locations in Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbus, Dallas, Memphis, Orlando and Washington, D.C. Its production plants manufacture roast nuts and seeds daily and blend more than 50 bulk snack mixes. These facilities also package and rebox many items to meet customers' varied needs. Tropical Nut & Fruit maintains a location in Charlotte.