Fripp's diaries were internationally discussed following his publication of documents from a dispute with Grooveshark, an on-line distributor of music.
The food service supply industry is highly fragmented: there are more than 2,000 so-called broad-line distributors in the country, and the industry leader, the Sysco Corporation, based in Houston, has just 13percentt of the market.
These range from 2% to 10%, with fabric producers, such as Fountain Set, and end-of-the-line distributors, such as Li & Fung and VF Asia, tending to be more profitable than contract garment-makers.Still, Vincent Cheung of VF Asia says that the new tax will affect future shipments.
Instead, most suppliers have meekly caved in to their old-line distributors and refused to sell online.
He explained the supply chain like this: Wholesalers sell to middlemen, who "step on" the heroin, diluting it with all manner of cutting agents, to increase their profits when they sell to end-of-the-line distributors.
Opinions differed as to whether the fuel line or distributor was to blame, but everyone agreed the car was not going to make it to Boston without a tow.
The companies said they had signed an agreement to use Motorola's wireless technologies, product line and distributors and Palm's core hand-held software technology.
"But the real money comes when you are able to recruit your own down line Herbalife distributors".
A third type of material consists of machine parts and other manufactured goods that can be transported in bulk to assembly lines or distributors.
No word on pricing or availability yet but the company is lining up distributors.
