traded as nasdaq core founded san francisco 1888 founders glaser brothers headquarters south san francisco area served local revenue us 10 280.1 million 1 total assets us 1.029 billion 1 number of employees 5 933 2014 website http www.core mark.com core mark holding company nasdaq core distributes fresh chilled and frozen merchandise mainly to convenience stores in the united states . it also provides associated business services such as category management and management of promotions . contents 1 history 1.1 core mark holding company inc. 2 notes 3 references 4 external links history edit core mark was started in san francisco in 1888 by the glaser brothers . 2 after multi generational ownership the glaser family sold the company to david gillespie in 1974 who took the company public by listing on the toronto stock exchange in 1984 . by late 1987 private equity firms were an integral part of the ownership and the company went private in 1989 . core mark remained private until june 2002 when it was sold to fleming companies inc. less than one year later in april 2003 fleming filed for bankruptcy taking core mark with them . by august 2004 core mark had emerged from the fleming bankruptcy under the direction of president and ceo j. michael walsh . the company went public again in 2005 and listed on the nasdaq stock exchange . walsh remained the ceo until his retirement in january 2013 . his successor thomas b. perkins continues to lead the company . core mark holding company inc. edit this section contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message core mark is one of the largest marketers of fresh and broad line supply solutions clarification needed to the convenience retail industry in north america . founded in 1888 core mark serves some 30 000 customer locations in the u.s. and canada . citation needed the company operates 30 distribution centers including two which are operated as a third party logistics provider . core mark s headquarters are in south san francisco california and it employs about 5500 employees throughout north america . core mark services traditional convenience retailers grocers drug liquor and specialty stores and other stores that carry convenience products . notes edit a b form 10 k . securities and exchange commission . retrieved 11 march 2015 . over 120 years of helping independent customers grow their sales and profits . retrieved 11 march 2015 . references edit cjonline.com fleming files for bankruptcy ; trading halted . the capital journal 4 1 2003 . business.com dead link profile fleming companies inc. corporate ir.net supervalu press release 10 august 2006 . fleming companies inc. pre & post bankruptcy petition copyright infringement sec.gov august 22 2008 sec settles enforcement proceedings against former fleming companies inc. executives mark david shapiro albert m. abbood and james h. thatcher for their roles in financial fraud scheme . sec.gov september 14 2004 securities and exchange commission v. dean foods company and john d. robinson civil action no. 4 04 cv 321 eastern district of texas sherman division securities and exchange commission v. kemps llc f k a marigold foods llc james green and christopher thorpe civil action no. 4 04 cv 323 eastern district of texas sherman division securities and exchange commission v. digital exchange systems inc. rosario coniglio and steven schmidt civil action no. 4 04 cv 324 eastern district of texas sherman division securities and exchange commission v. john k. adams civil action no. 4 04 cv 322 eastern district of texas sherman division securities and exchange commission v. bruce keith jensen civil action no. 4 04 cv 320 eastern district of texas sherman division . external links edit core mark website core mark facebook retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title core mark & oldid 721405349 categories companies listed on nasdaqhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from january 2014all articles with a promotional tonewikipedia articles needing clarification from march 2014all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2015all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from december 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 may 2016 at 16 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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