What Is The Difference Between: A Supplier; A Distributor and A Wholesaler?

Question

Thanks for your answers.....

Answer 1

Supplier is the cereal factory company.

Distributor is the trucking company that ships the cereal to Costco or WalMart

Wholesaler is Costco or Walmart.

Answer 2

A supplier is the person who SUPPLIES the

product to the store (to be sold).

A Distributor is a person who (usually) has

a specific territory that he covers to take sales

for the company HE works for.  He makes the

sales to the stores that sell to the general public.

A wholesaler is any company that sells at

wholesale price...that means without a

profit mark up.  Most wholesalers only sell

to the end-line store, that sells to the general public.

Answer 3

Supplier is just a general term that can cover wholesaler and distributor.

Wholesalers own big warehouses where retailers come to purchase goods.

Distributors actually deliver goods and are usually licensed by a manufacturer to do so. For example, an air conditioning company will license another company to distribute and fit its products rather than go to the expense of doing it itself.