Previous Exhibitors

Allover Media:AllOver Media knows alternative out-of-home media. Our president, Tony Jacobson was one of the founders of the indoor advertising industry! No company knows the complexities or has successfully executed as many indoor and gas pump campaigns over the years as our enthusiastic and entrepreneurial team.

Anheuser-Busch: AB holds a 48.5 percent share of U.S. beer sales, and is the brewer of the world’s two best-selling beers – Budweiser and Bud Light and offers more than 100 varieties of beer, spirits, and specialty beverages.

BIC Corporation: The range of lighters expanded with the introduction of the BIC Mini in 1985, the decorative fixed flam lighter in 1990, the Electronic lighter in 1991 and the BIC Spicy Minie electronic Mini lighter in 1998. Since 1998, BIC has developed a range of utility lighters, including BIC Megalighter and Superstart Candle Lighter.

Boyd Coffee Company: A strong brand presence and comprehensive merchandising create the feeling of a warm inviting coffeehouse. This all encompassing program provides free POS, site by site category analysis (to maximize each locations coffee category) availability, very competitive coffee pricing, additional Royal Buying Group rebate program, promotional calendars, exciting product innovation, hot and cold beverage options, branded cups and supplies, excellent service…a true partner to support your coffee program.

CAO International, Inc.Cafe Creme is “The World’s Number One Selling Small Cigar” with over 900 million sticks sold in 2007 and is the most widely available Cigar in the World. Cafe Creme was first manufactured in 1963 by Henri Winterman and distributed in the US by CAO International, we are all part of the World’s 3rd largest cigar manufacturer the ST Group.

Cardtronics: Cardtronics listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. Cardtronics operates the largest ATM network in the world – with over 32,000 ATMs including significant networks in the United Kingdom and Mexico through our subsidiaries Bank Machine and Cardtronics Mexico respectively.

Cheyenne International, LLC: Cheyenne International, a tobacco manufacturing company based in Grover, NC, is pleased to be a part of Royal Buying Group.  Cheyenne International offers Cheyenne Little Cigars, Derringer Little Cigars and 901’Z Cigarettes.  Our mission statement is...”Why Pay More For What Your Looking For”

Dearborn Wholesale Grocers: Dearborn offers a full line of convenience store products to meet all your store needs. They have professional sales and marketing teams to help assist your retail operations in maintaining your store through category management, promotions, ordering procedures, and technical support.

DS Waters of America / Hinckley Springs: Hinckley Springs has been supplying the highest quality and best tasting bottled water in the Midwest for over 100 years. This makes it the oldest branded water in Chicago. Gross Profit Margins reach up to 74%; numbers that will surely lead to a more profitable water program for your store.

Eby-Brown Company:For over 100 years, Eby-Brown has been a leading convenience store supplier and wholesale food distributor of more than 11,000 name-brand products. We are the largest privately owned tobacco, candy, and convenience distributor in the United States.

Frito-Lay:Frito-Lay brands account for 59% of the U.S. snack chip industry. These days, our founders’ dream to be America’s favorite snack food company continues to be fulfilled by more than 45,000 Frito-Lay employees in the United States and Canada who make, sell, and deliver a wide variety of fun and environmentally friendly foods for you to enjoy.

General Mills:General Mills markets some of the world’s best loved brands, including Betty Crocker, Häagen-Dazs, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso and Cheerios. Our brand portfolio includes more than 100 leading U.S. brands and numerous category leaders around the world.

Greenleaf Paper:Greenleaf Paper, a manufacturer of quality Receipt Paper Rolls and Ribbons for Point of Sale transactions, including Credit Card Verification Printers, Pay at the Pump printers, Tank Monitor Printers, ATM printers, and Cash Registers. We are also committed to the manufacturing of only the highest quality imaging supplies including Ribbons, Toner and Ink Jet Cartridges.

InComm:InComm is the industry leading marketer, distributor and technology innovator of stored-value gift and prepaid products. Our 145,000 partner locations generated nearly $8 billion in retail sales of prepaid products in 2007 and reaches hundreds of millions of customers every week. With InComm, retailers can unleash new revenue streams by offering the industry’s most appealing products. Our patented technology solutions, best-in-class category management expertise and award-winning vendor service produce exceptional results for our retail partners.

Intercontinental Cigar:Inter-Continental Cigar Corporation in the c-store channel is known for their Al-Capone brand. Geraldo Dannemann, born in Bremen and a citizen of the world, was able to fulfill his dream: the dream of producing the best cigars in the world. He began their company’s adventure in 1873 in the small town of Sao Félix, Brazil.

JH Equipment Leasing:We specialize in micro-leasing equipment for use in convenience stores, college bookstores, restaurants and assorted small businesses. In addition to micro-leasing, we offer traditional leasing with asset values ranging from $500 to over a million dollars.

Joe and Ross Ice Cream:Joe and Ross is one of the largest distributors in the Chicagoland of ice cream and frozen novelty products in the U.S. The company distributes major brands such as Breyers Ice Cream and Good Humor, Klondike, and Popsicle frozen novelties.

Kellogg’s:Kellogg’s Food Away From Home offers “one-stop shopping” such as Kellogg’s, Keebler, Rice Krispies Treat Squares, Cheez-it, Famous Amos Cookies, Nutri-Grain Bars, Fudge Shoppe as well as many other brands.

Kraft:Kraft is a leader in the snack food industry with well known brands: Oreo, Ritz, Chips Ahoy, Fig Newtons, Triscuits, Planters Nuts and Balance Bars. We make some of the world’s most trusted, best-known brands. Every day, people in more than 150 countries choose delicious Kraft products that fit the way they live.

Krispy Krunchy Chicken:Krispy Krunchy Chicken provides stores a “branded” or “co-branded” image, unique and delicious complete menu offering, flexibility to utilized existing equipment (where possible), numerous graphics/signage options, thorough onsite training, marketing development support, free design/layout (you’ll get to see what the program will look like in your store before you decide!)...all with no contract to sign and no franchise or royalty fees.

Lancer Corporation:Lancer is a leading manufacturer and marketer of beverage dispensing systems serving customers throughout the world. Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, Lancer maintains sales and/or manufacturing facilities in United States, Mexico, Australia, Belgium, and New Zealand. Lancer is a subsidiary of Hoshizaki Electric Co. Ltd., one of the world’s largest suppliers of commercial kitchen equipment.

Lance Snacks, Inc:Lance is the largest regional snack food company in the United States and is anchored by two #1 brands, Cape Cod Chips and Lance Sandwich Crackers (Source: AC Nielsen). Lance offers fresh, high quality snacks to “On the Go” consumers, while providing one of the highest blended margins and service standards in the industry

Layfield Energy, Inc:Layfield Energy is offering a new brand of energy products that will become a new category in the energy field. It will be called functional beverages. Layfield Energy products is now offering three products that offer the consumer a distinctive benefit. We are proud to offer the following products: Layfields Energy Plus No Pain, Layfields Mamajuana Extreme, and Layfields Drank Duece.

Lorillard Tobacco Company:Lorillard manufactures Newport -- the number one selling menthol cigarette in the U.S. – as well as brands Kent, True, Old Gold, Maverick, Satin and Max.

McLane Midwest:McLane Company is one of the nation’s leading distribution and logistics companies, serving more than 50,000 customer locations around the world including the convenience store, mass merchandise, quick service restaurant, drug store and movie theater industries.

Mr.Z:Mr.Z Premium Beef Jerky are a nutritious beef snacks, easy and ready to use, any time, anywhere, combining great all-flavor taste with convenience for all-family appeal. They are made from premium cuts of beef and finest seasonings and ingredients, especially prepared to satisfy the most demanding consumer’s need for a delicious meat snack. Made with Grass-fed Beef. Perfect for quick snacks, happy hour with friends and sports activities, matching today’s consumer activity lifestyle.

Mueller Sports Medicine - Quench Gum:New flavors for America’s #1 Sports Gum, a tried and true favorite is now even better! Quench gum 10-stick pack has two new flavor combinations: Double Raspberry & Strawberry Watermelon. Kids love it! Athletes demand it! For over 40 years, no one has been able to match the combination of great taste and dry mouth relief that you get from Quench Gum. Athletes worldwide have been succeeding with Mueller products since the early 1960s.

Perfetti Van Melle:Perfetti Van Melle’s current success story reaches back to 1946 when the brothers Ambrogio and Egidio Perfetti founded the Perfetti Dolcificio Lombardo in Lainate, near Milan. They are the manufacturers of the popular Mentos and Airhead candies.

Philip Morris USA:Philip Morris USA brands include Marlboro, Virginia Slims, Benson & Hedges, Merit, Parliament, Alpine, Basic, Cambridge, Bristol, Bucks, Chesterfield, Collector’s Choice, Commander, English Ovals, Lark, L&M, Players and Saratoga.

Rayovac:Seek long term growth in both sales and profits by providing innovative, high quality products that create significant value for our customers. Some of their products include: Rechargeable Batteries, Watch & Calculator Batteries, Keyless Entry, Cordless Batteries, Photo & Electronic, Flashlights, Hearing Aid Batteries, and Max Plus Alkaline Batteries

RJ Reynolds:R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is the second largest tobacco company in the United States, manufacturing about one of every four cigarettes sold in the United States. Reynolds Tobacco’s product line includes four of the nation’s best selling brands: Camel, Winston, Salem, and Doral.

S. Abraham & Sons Inc:S. Abraham & Sons, Inc. is a wholesale distributor specializing in the food industry, servicing retail stores throughout the Midwest. Our principal philosophy is based upon a commitment to understanding our customers and meeting their needs.

Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company:American Spirit Cigarettes are 100% additive free cigarettes using only the highest quality leaf of the tobacco plant. American Spirits contain no chemicals, stems or reconstituted paper , which would change the flavor profile of the cigarette. American Spirits have 25% more tobacco than any other brand. Consumers say they” burn slower, last longer and taste better”.

Smokey Mountain Snuff:Smokey Mountain is America’s original and best-selling tobacco-free and nicotine free snuff. Smokey Mountain uses the finest ingredients available in order to emulate the leading smokeless tobacco brands. To provide superior mouthfeel, they begin with hand selected corn silk, an expensive herb, but one that they believe is the best alternative to tobacco.

Spike Hardcore Energy:SPIKE has six times the kick and six times the flavor of other energy drinks. All of this mind-blowing energy and luscious taste is delivered with No Calories, No Carbs, and No Sugar! SPIKE is so potent, the label warns newbies to take it slow, but the flavo’s so good, you’ll want to slam the whole can.

Staples Business Advantage:Staples Business Advantage®—a supplier with vision. If your company has a strong interest in driving down the overall cost of procurement, you’ve come to the right place. Because at Staples Business Advantage (SBA), we go further than simple product savings.

STAR Scientific, Inc.:Our corporate mission is centered on reducing toxins in tobacco so that adult consumers can have access to products that expose them to sharply reduced toxin levels. The company was founded on the belief that is technologically possible to lessen the health risks associated with long-term tobacco use, and particularly smoking.

Success Systems, Inc.:For nearly twenty five years, Success Systems® has been offering turn-key store automation services to petroleum, convenience, and grocery stores. Success Systems, Inc. specializes in single store locations to mid-sized chains. We provide proven software, hardware, unparalleled customer support, as well as nationwide on-site installation and training.

Swisher International, Inc.:Swisher International is the manufacturer of such venerable, popular-priced brands as King Edward, Swisher Sweets, Blackstone, and Optimo: handmade and imported cigars such as Vieja Tradicion, Casino Gold and Macbeth; and a smokeless tobacco that includes Silver Creek, Redwood and Kayak moist snuff and loose leaf chewing tobacco such as Lancaster, Mail Pouch and Chattanooga Chew.

Talking Rain Beverage Co.-Activwater:Talking Rain’s mission is to be a world class company with the common goal of producing the most innovative, high quality, and health conscious beverages for our retail, distributor, and direct partners. With RBG they are proud to promote their activWater. This is an all natural, vitamin enhanced water filled with electrolytes and antioxidants.

The Hershey Company:The Hershey Company is a leading snack food company and the largest North American manufacturer of quality chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products. The Hershey Company markets such well-known brands as Hershey’s, Reese’s, Hershey’s Kisses, Kit Kat, Almond Joy, Mounds, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and Mauna Loa, as well as innovative new products such as Take 5 candy bar and Hershey’s Cookies.

WRIGLEY Sales Company:The Wrigley Company is the world’s largest manufacturer of chewing gum and home to some of the best known brands in the world including Juicy Fruit, Doublemint, Big Red, and Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum. Worldwide, Wrigley also makes Airwaves, Alpine, Eclipse, Extra, Freedent, Orbit, P.K, and Winterfresh brands of gum in a variety of flavors.