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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...

FDI Files Supreme Court brief to preserve standard industry practices through PACA

Food Distributors International (FDI), Falls Church, VA, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve many legitimate, off-invoice practices that food...

FDI, Tax Reform Coalition set aside priorities to back Bush crisis plans

Food Distributors International (FDI), Falls Church, VA, and other members of the Tax Reform Coalition have announced that they will set aside individual...

FDI/FMI to discuss alliance possibilities; Block looks down the road to IFDA's Gray as his successor

Food Distributors International (FDI), Church, VA, and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Washington, DC, will hold discussions later this year on alliance...

Local distributors aid in rescue efforts

As the nation mobilized in the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., distributors were doing their part.In the New...

PFG completes SFC acquisition

Performance Food Group (PFG), Richmond, VA, has completed its acquisition of SFC-Springfield Foodservice Corp., Springfield, MA, the largest independent...

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