Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.. The Group's principal activity is to sell propane and related appliances and services in the retail and wholesale markets. The operations of the Group are concentrated in the east and west coast regions of the United States. The Group operates through its subsidiary, Suburban Propane, L.P. As of 28-Sep-2002, the Group served more than 7,50,000 active residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural customers from approximately 330 customer service centers in over 40 states. The retail propane sales volume of the Group was approximately 456.0 million gallons. In addition, the Group sold approximately 95.3 million gallons of propane, at wholesale, to large industrial end users and other propane distributors. Propane accounted for 86% of fiscal 2002 revenues and Other, 14%.