AMCON Distributing Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of a range of consumer products in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions, as well as in the operation of retail health food stores in Florida and the Midwest. The company operates through two segments: Wholesale Distribution and Retail Health Food. The Wholesale Distribution segment has 5 distribution centers that sell approximately 14,000 consumer products, including cigarettes and tobacco products, candy and other confectionery, non-alcoholic beverages, groceries, paper products, health and beauty care products, frozen and chilled products, and institutional food service products. It primarily distributes these products to approximately 4,000 retailers, such as convenience stores, discount and general merchandise stores, grocery stores and supermarkets, drug stores, and gas stations, as well as serves institutional customers, including restaurants and bars, schools, sports complexes and vendors, and other wholesalers. The Retail Health Food segment operates retail health food stores, which carry natural supplements, groceries, health and beauty care products, and other food items. As of September 30, 2008, the company had six retail health food stores in Florida under the name, Chamberlin's Market & Cafe, and seven in the Midwest under the name, Akin's Natural Foods Market. AMCON Distributing Company was founded in 1981 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.
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