The anticipated founding group of Supply America Group has been expanded by three companies and now numbers seven, with the recent addition of Palermo Supply Co., Bergenfield, N.J., and its affiliates; Plotkin Brothers Supply, Glassport, Pa.; and Express Pipe & Supply Co., Anaheim, Calif.

The other members, all PHCP distributors, are Coburn Supply Co., Beaumont, Texas, and its affiliates; D&C Plumbing and Heating Supply Co., Ann Arbor, Mich.; Davis & Warshow, Maspeth, N.Y.; and Kelly's Pipe & Supply Co., Las Vegas. All have executed letters of intent to negotiate toward definitive agreements to participate in Supply America Group's planned consolidation.