Membership
Members representing this channel of distribution make up approximately 40% of AFFLINK’s total Membership.
What are Packaging Members?
Before rebranding in 2000 to AFFLINK, LLC, this was the original name of the company.
What is Affiliated Paper Company?
This marketing incentive trip began in 2005 and has been the envy of the industry for more than 20 years now.
What is New Latitudes?
"To set new standards that create sustainable growth for all customers by empowering them with transformative, supply chain solutions."
What is the AFFLINK Vision Statement?
This Swedish-based manufacturer currently produces both the AFFEX line of towel, tissue and napkins.
What is Essity?
Independence, Kansas is well-known for the Little House on the Prairie Museum, but the city is also home to this strategic AFFLINK Member.
What is Hugo’s Industrial Supply?
In 2023, AFFLINK celebrated this company milestone.
What is its 50th Anniversary?
AFFLINK’s consultative selling tool that helps Members escape the race to zero and provide customers a total cost solution is known by this name.
What is ELEVATE®?
Leveraging cost-of-good savings, logistical efficiencies and technology investments, AFFLINK Members gain strategic market value being affiliated with this Fortune®100 company.
What is Performance Food Group (PFG)?
On average, AFFLINK generates approximately 6% more in earnings on these products versus Preferred Supplier purchases.
What are Strategic Brands?
AFFLINK serves Members in Canada, Puerto Rico, and this number of U.S. States.
What is 47?
This 3-letter acronym is a primary revenue driver for the AFFLINK organization.
What is BSF (Business Support Fees)?
This proprietary E-Commerce platform is used by AFFLINK Members for their own businesses, to consolidate purchases for AFFLINK Strategic Accounts and serves as the order site for all Strategic Brands purchases today.
What is Shopfront™?
With this trademarked slogan, AFFLINK emphasizes its support of driving growth and providing differentiation to smaller, autonomous, family-owned distributors servicing customers in the B2B space.
What is "Home of the Independent"?
Year over year, this item continues to be the best selling AFFEX® SKU.
What is Jumbo Roll Bath Tissue (JRT)?
These two Members are the longest serving, active Members of AFFLINK.
Who are Empire Paper and Thornton Brothers?
Expanding its footprint over the years, AFFLINK has formed partnerships with these two adjacent member-driven groups.
Who are Golbon and AOPD?
This four-letter acronym allows AFFLINK Members to earn up to 10% in additional rebates each year for participating in activities that drive awareness and participation of many programs and services.
What is GAIN (Generate Additional Income Now)?
DAILY DOUBLE: These are AFFLINK’s Four pillars of value.
What are
AFFLINK Strategic Brands has this many categories in its robust portfolio of products.
What is 25?
This traditional (Non-PFG / Non-Golbon) Member holds the current title of “Most Eligible / Biggest Member” today.
Who is Associated Packaging?
This Japanese philosophy inspires the AFFLINK culture, emphasizing continuous improvement with a people-first approach toward building positive, collaborative change.
What are the Kaizen principles?
Leveraging the size and scale of the Membership much like our Preferred Supplier network, this program offers Members access to everyday business services they rely on to run their businesses.
What is the Preferred Service Provider (PSP) program?
These are the five Advisory Councils who serve as the voice of our customers, each with elected representatives who make up the AFFLINK Advisory Board.
What are Facilities Maintenance; Industrial Packaging; Emerging Executives; Preferred Suppliers; Strategic Brands?
The AFFLINK private label brand received its trademark name AFFEX® in this year.
What is 2002?