ITWAL

ITWAL Limited, with its national network of independent, diversified retail and foodservice wholesale distributors, provides a competitive distributor alternative. ITWAL's member distributors from coast to coast, provide a full range of products to support business operators of all sizes, whether they be retail convenience stores, drug stores, gas... bars, independent grocers or foodservice restaurants, institutions and other end-users. ITWAL Limited was founded in 1966 by a small group of independent wholesale distributors in Southern Ontario. They formed ITWAL to combine their collective buying power, thereby enabling them to compete effectively for the benefit of their customers. Since those early days, ITWAL has evolved into a national distribution network of wholesale distributor members operating 100+ warehouses covering all of Canada from Victoria, BC to St. John's, NF in both urban and rural markets, both large and small. It is this national distribution network which gives ITWAL its strength and importance with suppliers. With the support of suppliers, ITWAL distributors are able to offer competitive, valued-added services and pricing which their retail and foodservice customers require in order to survive in today's ever-increasingly competitive market place. Notwithstanding the large buying power of the group, ITWAL is positioned as a "selling group" - an extension of the suppliers' selling and distribution investment. This functional partnership with suppliers is based on ITWAL distributors getting sales and distribution of their products more efficiently and effectively than suppliers could do on their own. Originally the ITWAL group was made up of tobacco and confectionery distributors, and to this day, they still represent the largest distributor base in Canada for these products. However, evolving with the changing dynamics of the market place over time, new members who specialized in either retail grocery or in foodservice products, joined the group . The expanded member base along with the ...Read More