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Home > Company Index > Food, Beverage & Tobacco > Food Wholesale - to Grocers > Eby-Brown Company

Eby-Brown Company
 PROFILE
Eby-Brown makes its money on vices such as munchies and nicotine. The company is a leading supplier of more than 11,000 name-brand products, including tobacco, candy, snacks, health and beauty aids, and general merchandise, to convenience stores. The company's nine distribution centers serve 28 midwestern and southeastern states and more than 25,000 stores, including the Speedway and SuperAmerica chains owned by Marathon Ashland Petroleum. Eby-Brown also has a marketing division that offers its customers advertising and promotion services. Co-CEOs Tom and Dick Wake, the sons of William Wake (who started the company more than 100 years ago), own and operate Eby-Brown.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 3,250.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 17.2%
Employees: 2,267
Revenue per employee: $1,433,612.70

 KEY PEOPLE
• Thomas G. Wake
    CEO
• Mark Smetana
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
280 W. Shuman Blvd., Ste. 280
Naperville, IL 60566
US
Phone: 630-778-2800
Fax: 630-778-2830
Online: Web Site

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