Selecting a single value using linq if already duplicate values exist in mvc4 - linq

Question

I have a table
public class Product
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Model_Name { get; set; }
public string Company_Name { get; set; }
public Nullable<int> Price { get; set; }
public string Photo { get; set; }
Now the table contains multipe items so I just want to retrive the name of the company and dispay it. However the column Company_Name contains duplicate values. How do I need to check if it contains duplicate names then also display the value only once.I want to check it within view. Here is the View.
#foreach (var item in Model)
{
<tr>
//Anything extra could be added here to check the duplicate values
<td>#Html.ActionLink(item.Company_Name, "Brand",
new { Company_Name = item.Company_Name })
</td>
</tr
}
Here is how the table looks like
Id Model_Name Company_Name price photo
1 S7862 Samsung 1500 something
2 Galaxy Samsung 1500 something
3 Apple Apple 2000 something
4 Desire HTC 1500 something
5 Desire X2 HTC 1500 something
6 Nokia Lumia Nokia 1500 something
Now in the above table a few records are missing and if I write
#foreach(var item in Model)
{
<tr>
<td>
#Html.ActionLink(item.Company_Name, "Brand", new {Company_Name=item.Company_Name})
</td>
</tr>
}
now here I get the result as
Brand
Samsung
Samsung
Apple
HTC
HTC
Nokia
I want it to be as
Brand
Samsung
Apple
HTC
Nokia
Any ideas will be appreciated. I want the Linq to come within the view.

Answer 1

Try using a Distinct() on that Property:
#foreach (var companyName in Model.Select(m => m.Company_Name).Distinct())
{
<tr>
//Anything extra could be added here to check the duplicate values
<td>#Html.ActionLink(companyName, "Brand",
new { Company_Name = companyName })
</td>
</tr
}

Answer 2

How about Grouping them on Company_Name:
#{
var grouped = Model.GroupBy(x=>x.Company_Name);
}
#foreach (var item in grouped)
{
<tr>
//Anything extra could be added here to check the duplicate values
<td>#Html.ActionLink(item.Key"Brand",
new { Company_Name = item.Key })
</td>
</tr
}