The Merchants Company LLC
Location
Mississippi
Founded
1904-02-28
Website
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2024-09-16 (wdam.com)
Forrest Co. BOS name 3 new members to Forrest Health Board of Trustees
Andrew “Andy” B. Mercier, Harry “Chip” McArthur, III and Shea E. McNease were sworn in before the board's August meeting.
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2023-08-25 (ttnews.com)
Private Fleet Sector Rankings Illustrate Market Shifts
The biggest private motor carriers across a variety of industries experienced ups and downs during the past year as they adapted to changing freight market conditions.
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2023-01-23 (picayuneitem.com)
Lumberton resident inducted into Truck Driver Hall of Fame - Picayune Item
Lumberton, MS resident Homer Whitten was recently inducted into the International Foodservice Distributors Association’s (IFDA) Truck Driver Hall of Fame. Homer has been driving for Merchants Foodservice for 25 years and is being honored for his exceptional safety record and contribution to the
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2021-04-26 (cbsnews.com)
Mississippi prisons end contract with controversial food provider
Inmates in Mississippi prisons have accused the food of being rotten, spoiled and sometimes covered in animal or insect feces.
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2021-02-23 (vendingtimes.com)
Feds award Merchants Foodservice $86M contract to serve military facilities
Merchants Foodservice, a warehouse foodservice distributor in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has been awarded an $86.1 million Defense Logistics Agency contract to provide food to military installations in Mississippi and Louisiana, according to a press release from the office of U.S.
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2020-11-12 (djournal.com)
TOP 100 — Merchants Foodservice continues to overcome
Merchants Foodservice, in business since 1904, has faced down a string of challenging historical events - world wars, the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression and countless natural disasters. But Andy
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2020-07-14 (fastcasual.com)
Merchants Foodservice CEO urges support for emergency foodservice relief bill
Andy Mercier, president and CEO of Merchants Foodservice, based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has called for support of the bipartisan bill introduced to Congress last month to provide $120 billion for independent foodservice establishments hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.
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2020-06-27 (merchantsfoodservice.com)
Merchants Foodservice | The Big M Family Mourns the Passing of Former President & CEO, Donald B. Suber.
The Big M Family Mourns the Passing of Former President & CEO, Donald B. Suber. Donald Byron Suber, 85, of Hattiesburg, MS passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2020, after a brief battle with cancer. He was born January 25, 1935 in Long Beach, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday,
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2018-10-25 (globenewswire.com)
Merchants Foodservice Streamlines Distribution Operations with Descartes’ Mobile Solution
WATERLOO, Ontario, Oct. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive...
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2016-10-31 (hattiesburgamerican.com)
Merchants Foodservice honors business partners
Merchants recognized 2016 Suppliers of the Year during an awards banquet and appreciation reception.
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2016-05-09 (refrigeratedfrozenfood.com)
Merchants Foodservice acquires E.G. Forrest Co.
Merchants Foodservice, Hattiesburg, Miss., acquired E.G. Forrest Co., a food distributor headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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2015-09-28 (hattiesburgamerican.com)
Merchants Foodservice honors 2015 Suppliers of the Year
Vendors were recognized for sales support, sales growth, service capabilities, program support and product innovation
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