Alex Lee, Inc.

120 4th St. SW
Hickory, NC 28602 (Map)
Phone: 828-725-4424
Fax: 828-725-4435
http://www.alexlee.com

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Overview

Wholesale groceries are only part of the story for Alex Lee. The company is a leading distributor of food and other products to retailers and foodservice operators. Its Merchants Distributors, Inc. (MDI) subsidiary supplies food and general merchandise to more than 850 retailers in 10 mostly southeastern states, and MDI's own Consolidation Services business provides warehousing and logistics services. Its Institution Food House is a foodservice supplier that serves customers in the hospitality industry. Alex Lee also operates Lowe's Food Stores, a chain of about 110 grocery stores in the Carolinas and Virginia. Alex and Lee George started the company in 1931. The George family continues to control Alex Lee.

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Company Type Private
Fiscal Year-End September
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CEO Boyd L. George
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