McClure’s Pickles’ Informal Distribution Cooperative, which started in July 2011, helps specialty food purveyors with lower distribution prices

Traditional distributors charge a mark up of 15 – 20%. For businesses that hosts their product in the same space as McClure’s, the distribution charge is only 4% for 11 – 20 cases. Bob McClure, owner of McClure’s Pickles, now distributes product for Early Bird Granola, School House Kitchen
and more.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn thinks the McClure model of business has the potential to grow and is currently drafting a proposal to expand on the idea