Join The Southern and enjoy special membership benefits!
Members receive substantial discounts on events, unprecedented networking opportunities and special recognition.
The Southern Annual Meeting
Our 2027 Annual Meeting will be June 14-17 in Bonita Springs! You won’t want to miss this!
Southern Leadership Division
We are heading to Richmond, VA, for our 2026 SLD Business Resource Meeting. Save the dates: November 10-11, 2026
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Our Mission: To provide informed, authentic leadership for diversity, equity and inclusion for the wholesale distributor industry.
Did you know?
Our members generate over $50 billion in annual gross revenue and our 14-state region alone contains over 46% of all c-store sales in the country.
Our Mission
To lead the effort to promote professional standards by improving the quality of wholesale distributor programs, services and operations.
To be a representative and advocate for wholesale distributors by promoting understanding of the responsibilities, functions and needs of wholesale distributors before government, corporations, foundations and community leaders throughout the state, region and nation.
To provide professional development opportunities for wholesale distributors, and their employees through publications, training, meetings and other activities.
To provide member services that give members access to selected goods and services which might otherwise be unavailable to them.
Regards,
April Garver, President
Southern Association of Wholesale Distributors
