Competitive Landscape
This organization boasts the largest Member group in Facilities Maintenance by volume.
What is Network Services?
Functioning much like a 401k, this program matches 10% of a Members’ overall DPA with a vested year of achieving growth goals for both Preferred Supplier and Strategic Brands purchases.
What is Stakeholder Equity?
This company is currently the largest supplier by eligible purchases to the AFFLINK Membership.
What is Essity?
Unavailable to AFFLINK Members today, this private brand is sold throughout the PFG enterprise.
What is First Mark?
Starting as an internal service business to help plan events, this department has expanded beyond AFFLINK corporate to contribute more than $500,000 in profit last year to help achieve our earnings budget.
What is Beacon Incentive & Events?
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, this Packaging group was created by former AFFLINK Members around 2003.
What is PDA (Packaging Distributors of America)?
Concentrating on state, local and education markets, this cooperative allows Members to piggy-back of the AFFLINK contract to avoid the lengthy bid process.
What is TIPS (The Interlocal Procurement System)?
Offering stretch film, tape, cushioning and systems this company is the largest Packaging supplier in our group today.
What is IPG?
DAILY DOUBLE: PFG purchased AFFLINK to augment its food business with more categories in the disposable, non-foods arena in this year shared with the blockbuster releases of Titanic and Saving Private Ryan.
What is 1998?
For more than 8 years now, AFFLINK has worked with our Member and Supplier partners to generate more than $800,000 in support of this California-based cancer research center.
What is the City of Hope?
Unlike AFFLINK who is a subsidiary of PFG, this is the primary business model of competitors in our space where each Member owns individual shares of the cooperative.
What are buying groups?
AFFLINK holds a servicing contract with this organization – one of the largest sources of employment in the US for people who are blind or have significant disabilities.
What is AbilityOne?
Known for protecting its customer service areas, this distributor-centric manufacturer takes its name from the highly-disciplined and warrior-focused society in ancient Greece.
Who is Spartan Chemical?
The PFG umbrella brand encompasses a variety of distribution companies, including food service, convenience, and the candy, snack and beverage markets – including the purchase of this former AFFLINK Member earlier this year.
Who is Cheney Brothers?
A volunteer group of individuals from across departments, this internal organization meets monthly to plan, budget and bring to life experiences that serve to improve the quality of life for our employees and our communities.
What is Team AFFLINK?
This competitor is known for having a robust private brand business.
Who is SSS?
This AFFLINK-owned blanket contract agreement allows Members to access both acute and long-term care markets, servicing hospitals and assisted living facilities who aren’t members of other GPOs today.
What is the SelectHealth program?
This resin-dependent manufacturer makes the private label brand of can liners for both AFFLINK Members and PFG OpCos.
Who is Berry Global / Amcor?
In 2025, Performance Food Group rose 4 spots, putting the food service giant at this number in the coveted Fortune 500® rankings.
What is 80?
AFFLINK’s flagship education program, this all-encompassing library of sales and industry training curriculum is available online and on-site to all AFFLINK Members.
What is AFFLINK Academy?
Much like AFFLINK, this competitive group is made up of both JanSan and Packaging Members.
Who is The United Group (TUG)?
Centralizing procurement for Members who wish to take advantage of pre-negotiated pricing, and reducing late and slow paying customers for vendors, this program originally started out as AFFLINK PRO.
What is OneBill?
This Preferred Supplier contributes the second most funding toward the New Latitudes program each year.
Who is Berry Global / Amcor?
The origin of PFG goes back to 1885, when this food peddler was working in the Richmond, VA area.
Who is James Capers?
This individual is the longest serving employee at AFFLINK, serving customers from Tuscaloosa, AL for more than 35 years.
Who is Denise Hargrave?