Each load that is photographed is tagged to ensure that it is the same citrus when it arrives at a distributor, Mr. Cane said.
Before they hired a distributor, Mr. Gruet and his brother-in-law carted cases of wine across the state to restaurants, liquor stores and tasting events, aggressively marketing it any chance they got.
"The demand for the seeds is so high that the seed distributors actually sell the material at a much higher price than retail, so the farmer ends up paying much more to the distributor," Mr. Choudhary said.
In a 2005 letter to Star Gas Partners, a fuel distributor, Mr. Loeb called its chief, Irik P. Sevin, "one of the most dangerous and incompetent executives in America".
Though the documentary does not yet have a distributor, Mr. O'Brien has made peace with the fact that it will most likely be shown in theaters or on home video, and reluctantly plans to attend its South by Southwest premiere.
Now a film distributor, Mr. Minford was living in Brussels and doing market research for American film studios when, in 1990, he moved to Warsaw, attracted by the business opportunities available in Poland's young free-market economy.
A salesman for a convenience store distributor, Mr. Reynolds used to spend several evenings a week eating in New York restaurants with friends and relatives after making the rounds of customers in the city.
In 1984, with the blessing of Alfa Romeo's American distributor, Mr. Callaway added not one but two turbochargers to the Alfa GTV6, which had been selling slowly in the United States.
On Feb. 15, after the White House contacted MGM, the film's distributor, Mr. Rusesabagina found himself in the Oval Office discussing "Hotel Rwanda" with Mr. Bush, Laura Bush and senior White House staff members.
"The key question in electronic publishing -- and one that's been worked out over many years in traditional publishing -- is who is a publisher, and who is a retailer and distributor?" Mr. Romanos said.
In one example, a 2005 letter to the chief executive of Star Gas, a heating oil distributor, Mr. Loeb said: "It is time for you to step down from your role as C.E.O. and director so that you can do what you do best: retreat to your waterfront mansion in the Hamptons where you can play tennis and hobnob with your fellow socialites".
