Who We Are

IMA is the procurement, marketing, and product development facilitator of:

  • Conco Food Service
  • Food Services of America (FSA)
  • Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc.
  • Nicholas & Company
  • Reinhart FoodService
  • Shamrock Foods Company
Conco FSA Maines
Nichols Reinhart Shamrock Foods


IMA companies operate 54 distribution centers serving all of the 48 contiguous U. S. states and Alaska as well as parts of the Caribbean and Europe and have combined trade sales of over $13 billion. IMA companies are the new force, the independent force, in American foodservice!

IMA companies have worked together for years and are involved in several alliance programs. All are members of the Distribution Marketing Advantage group through which they cooperate on chain account sales. IMA companies work together on numerous fronts and foster the benefits of information sharing and of common action.

Another Buying Group?

IMA is not a "buying group"; rather IMA is a unique cooperative organization. IMA builds selected programs rather than taking a "shot gun" approach.