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Fish & Trips

The aftershocks of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York didn't just hit operators who had to deal with empty tables and canceled reservations.

Sysco 1st quarter registers 1.65 percent internal real sales growth

Sysco Corp., Houston, has announced sales of $5.83 billion for its first fiscal 2002 quarter, ended September 29. This is a 9 percent increase over the same...

IN BRIEF

*Avalon Distributing, Canal Fulton, Ohio, a $45-million broadliner, has been awarded a contract worth at least $1.5 million for TCBY stores in a four-state...

Multifoods Distribution sales up, earnings down, during 1st half; terrorist attacks not expected to

Net sales for Multifoods Distribution Group, Denver, during the second quarter ended September 1, 2001, climbed 20 percent to $561.6 million. This is as...

Phil Freedman: Find me a contractor

Two years ago, Phil Freedman wanted to grow.

Sam King: Expansion king

Sam King is a major fan of the Golden State. King, president of Long Beach-based King's Seafood Company, has built a thriving stable of 11 restaurants—five casual King's Fish Houses along with a handful of upscale seafood and steak concepts—all in Southern California.

Holm leaves Alliant prior to acquisition by USF

George L. Holm, ceo of Alliant Foodservice, Inc., Deerfield, IL (ID July), has left the distributor, which is to be acquired by U.S. Foodservice, Inc. (USF),...

UniPro/Premier merger plans in due diligence phase

The merger plans of UniPro Foodservice, Inc., Atlanta, and Premier Foodservice Distributors of American, Inc., Stockton, CA, (ID October), creating a $16-$17...

Avendra taps USF, DMA as primary suppliers

Avendra, LLC, Rockville, MD, the independent procurement company formed this year by five major hospitality companies, has selected U.S. Foodservice (USF),...

Technomic revises '02 forecast; distributor sales trimmed by $3 billion

Foodservice sales projections have been slashed, a casualty of the tragic events of September 11 and their aftermath.New, reduced growth estimates were...

PFG public offering to help finance Fresh Express deal; GA Ag Dept. says contamination finding a mis

Performance Food Group (PFG), Richmond, VA, plans to make a public offering of 4.6 million shares of its common stock and $125 million of its convertible...

Sysco further penetrates hotel supply market

Guest Supply Inc., Monmouth, NJ, a specialty hotel supplies subsidiary of Sysco Corp., has completed the acquisition of Franklin Supply Co., Louisburg, NC, a...

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