Merchants Foodservice, a division of The Merchants Company, is one of the nation\'s fastest growing broadline food service distributors. For close to a century now, Merchants Foodservice has provided that \"extra measure of service\" which customers have come to depend upon. Each day, the company\'s \"Big M\" mark of service travels the highways of eight southeastern states delivering quality food products to over 5,000 restaurants, hospitals, schools and institutions.