Exhibit 23.1
 
The Board of Directors
Core-Mark International, Inc.
 
The audits referred to in our report dated February 23, 1996, included the
related financial statement schedule as of December 31, 1995, and for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1995, included in the
registration statement. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this
financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial
statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated
financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects
the information set forth therein.
 
We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference to our
firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
 
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
San Francisco, California
December 2, 1996