Resellers that sell our boxed product on a mass scale

Companies that, for a fee, represent publishers by handling the warehousing and shipping of books to retailers. They sometimes request an exclusive relationship with publishers and serve as the source for wholesalers.

In the 2020 program, the wholesalers who sell beverages to retailers and who initiate the payment process by recording each sale and sending a refund value (the California Redemption Value, or CRV) to the Department of Conservation for deposit into the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund.

Companies that buy and sell on their own account but tend to deal in the goods of only certain specified manufacturers.