Overview

Peer Marketing Associates, Inc. (PMA), is a cooperative organized on November 1, 1991. PMA is a bargaining cooperative whose members are wholesale distributors to the convenience store class of trade. Typical products purchased and sold by convenience distributors include cigarettes, candy, tobacco, snacks, beverages, health and beauty care items, general merchandise, foodservice and groceries. In addition to convenience stores, their largest customer segment, our group services grocery stores, drug stores, tobacco shops, mass merchants, newsstands, concession stands, gift shops, fundraising groups, restaurants, institutions and more. The cooperative is owned by 105 convenience distributor companies. PMA's network totals 243 distribution centers that service 125,000 unique retail outlets. Included in this total are 47,500 lower volume single store operators. Our distributors quickly and efficiently move FMCGs (fast moving consumer goods) to their retail customers. In 2015, PMA members purchased $120+ MM of product from PMA preferred suppliers. The mission of Peer Marketing Associates, Inc. is to provide its members with quality buying, marketing, and service programs that enhance members’ profitability. We welcome interested convenience distributors who wish to discuss membership in Peer. We also welcome interested suppliers who wish to partner with our group. PMA members and Associates work together to: * Purchase in an economic manner as a group. * Achieve product distribution strength operating as a group. * Share in rewards earned by the group, based on proportion of contribution by individual members in the total cooperative. *Perform in accordance with agreed upon parameters. * Members are able to earn agreed upon Patronage Dividends on an annual basis when a program has been successfully implemented in accordance with the objectives of a specific program.