U.S. Foodservice is one of the leading broad line foodservice distributors in the United States, with yearly revenues of more than $18 billion. The company markets and distributes more than 43,000 national, private label and signature brand items throughout the United States. It serves more than 250,000 foodservice customers, including restaurants, hotels, health care facilities, cafeterias and schools. The company s North Star Foodservice division focuses on the unique needs of casual dining, fast-casual and quick-service companies. U.S. Foodservice has headquarters in Columbia, Md., and more than 100 distribution centers throughout the United States.
Louis Broughton Whitfield Sr. founded Whitfield Foods in 1906 with two employees. The company is a parent company for Alaga Products (originally Alabama-Georgia Syrup Company), Yellow Label and Plowboy. All three of Whitfield Foods subsidiaries produce and distribute a variety of syrups, sauces and similar food products. The firm is primarily a supplier to grocery stores and other food distributors. The company has a variety of competitions and recipes on its Web site. The corporate office of Whitfield Foods in Montgomery, Ala., has a one chair barber shop and a bar and stage in the boardroom. The company has hosted such figures as Clark Gable, Willie Mays, George Wallace, Hank Aaron and Nat King Cole.
Founded in 1919, Flowers Foods is one of the leading producers and marketers of packaged bakery foods in the United States. Based in Montgomery, Ala., the company offers an array of products, such as breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes and pastries. The bakery store caters to brands that include Whitewheat, Cobblestone Mill, Mrs. Freshley's, Captain John Derst's, Evangeline Maid and Mary Jane & Friends. Flowers Foods has 39 bakeries and operates as a separate subsidiary of the company.
Buffalo Rock Pepsi is a branch of the Buffalo Rock Company, which is one of the nation s largest single-family privately owned Pepsi-Cola bottler. Today it operates 14 distribution centers in Alabama, Florida and Georgia, servicing a population of more than 6.5 million. In addition, it ships to many distribution points where it does not own the franchise rights.
