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Peapod Corporate Office

Peapod is an online grocery delivery service that was founded in 1989 by brothers Andrew and Thomas Parkinson.

Before 1996 Peapod provided online grocery shopping in partnership with Jewel, Safeway, Randall’s, and Kroger, depending on the location.

In 1996 Peapod launched its own website and became one of the earliest internet start-ups. The same year Peapod went public on the NASDAQ.

In 2000 global grocery giant Royal Ahold bought 51% of Peapod’s shares. The next year in 2001 Royal Ahold bought out the rest of the company.

Today Peapod is available in Philadelphia, Maryland, Virginia, Chicago, Indiana, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. Peapod offers 12,000 products including natural and organic, videos, pet supplies, office and school supplies, and prepared foods.

Peapod

Peapod is an online grocery delivery service that was founded in 1989 by brothers Andrew and Thomas Parkinson.

Before 1996 Peapod provided online grocery shopping in partnership with Jewel, Safeway, Randall’s, and Kroger, depending on the location.

In 1996 Peapod launched its own website and became one of the earliest internet start-ups. The same year Peapod went public on the NASDAQ.

History

In 2000 global grocery giant Royal Ahold bought 51% of Peapod’s shares. The next year in 2001 Royal Ahold bought out the rest of the company.

Today Peapod is available in Philadelphia, Maryland, Virginia, Chicago, Indiana, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. Peapod offers 12,000 products including natural and organic, videos, pet supplies, office and school supplies, and prepared foods.

Gordon Food Service Corporate Office

Gordon Food Service (GFS) has its roots in the turn of the 20th century when Isaac Van Westenbrugge, a 23-year-old Dutch immigrant, started a business delivering dairy products to grocers in Michigan.

In 1916 Ben Gordon began to work at the company. He went on to marry Isaac’s daughter Ruth in 1921. He became president of GFS in 1946.

By the 1960’s the company was redefining its business as a food service distributor with product lines consisting mostly of frozen foods, grocery, and disposable items.

By 1974 GFS had 4,000 steady customers including restaurants, hotels, and schools in western Michigan and $36 million in sales.

By 1990 the company was offering 10,000 products to its 10,000 customers.

Today GFS has 20 distribution centers across the U.S. and Canada. The company distributes food items, ingredients, and  beverages to restaurants, schools, healthcare facilities, and institutional food service operators in 15 states and across Canada. GFS also operates 155 wholesale stores under the GFS Marketplace banner.

GFS is #39 on the Forbes list of America’s Largest Private Companies, has 13,000 employees, and had $8.6 billion in revenue in 2012.

Gordon Food Service

Gordon Food Service (GFS) has its roots in the turn of the 20th century when Isaac Van Westenbrugge, a 23-year-old Dutch immigrant, started a business delivering dairy products to grocers in Michigan.

In 1916 Ben Gordon began to work at the company. He went on to marry Isaac’s daughter Ruth in 1921. He became president of GFS in 1946.

By the 1960’s the company was redefining its business as a food service distributor with product lines consisting mostly of frozen foods, grocery, and disposable items.

History

By 1974 GFS had 4,000 steady customers including restaurants, hotels, and schools in western Michigan and $36 million in sales.

By 1990 the company was offering 10,000 products to its 10,000 customers.

Today GFS has 20 distribution centers across the U.S. and Canada. The company distributes food items, ingredients, and  beverages to restaurants, schools, healthcare facilities, and institutional food service operators in 15 states and across Canada. GFS also operates 155 wholesale stores under the GFS Marketplace banner.

GFS is #39 on the Forbes list of America’s Largest Private Companies, has 13,000 employees, and had $8.6 billion in revenue in 2012.

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Corporate Office

Tom and Judy Love spent $5,000 to lease an abandoned gas station in Watonga, Oklahoma in 1964 under the name Musket Corporation. Over the next 8 years Musket opened a further 40 gas stations.

During the 1973 oil crisis Tom Love diversified the gas stations to include convenience stores. The move was a success and he quickly converted all of his locations to include Mini Stop stores.

The company changed its name to Love’s Country Stores in 1973.

In 1978 the company had 60 locations, and in 1981, 100 locations.

In 1993 Love’s teamed up with Taco Bell. The move was a success and in 1995 Love’s opened its first triple-branded location with Subway, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. In subsequent years Love’s teamed up with Arby’s, Godfather’s Pizza, Hardee’s, Carl’s Jr., Chester’s Chicken, and Baskin-Robbins.

Today Love’s has 300 travel stops and 160 truck tire care centers in 39 states. Each travel stop contains a convenience store, fast-food restaurant, and gas outlets. The travel stops also offer services for truckers such as shower rooms, laundry facilities, game rooms, and mail drops.

Love’s is owned and operated by CEO and founder Tom Love. The company has 8,000 employees and had $24.40 billion in revenue in 2011.

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores

Tom and Judy Love spent $5,000 to lease an abandoned gas station in Watonga, Oklahoma in 1964 under the name Musket Corporation. Over the next 8 years Musket opened a further 40 gas stations.

During the 1973 oil crisis Tom Love diversified the gas stations to include convenience stores. The move was a success and he quickly converted all of his locations to include Mini Stop stores.

The company changed its name to Love’s Country Stores in 1973.

History

In 1978 the company had 60 locations, and in 1981, 100 locations.

In 1993 Love’s teamed up with Taco Bell. The move was a success and in 1995 Love’s opened its first triple-branded location with Subway, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. In subsequent years Love’s teamed up with Arby’s, Godfather’s Pizza, Hardee’s, Carl’s Jr., Chester’s Chicken, and Baskin-Robbins.

Today Love’s has 300 travel stops and 160 truck tire care centers in 39 states. Each travel stop contains a convenience store, fast-food restaurant, and gas outlets. The travel stops also offer services for truckers such as shower rooms, laundry facilities, game rooms, and mail drops.

Love’s is owned and operated by CEO and founder Tom Love. The company has 8,000 employees and had $24.40 billion in revenue in 2011.

C&S Wholesale Grocers Corporate Office

Israel Cohen and and Abraham Siegel founded C&S Wholesale Grocers in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1918. Three years later Cohen bought out Siegel’s share of the business.

C&S distinguished itself from its numerous competitors by increasing the speed of delivery through efficient warehouse procedures and putting the needs of customers as a first priority.

After WWII, Israel’s son Lester returned home from the war and began to sell to military commissaries.

In 1955 Lester became CEO of C&S.  For the next twenty years Lester grew the company, focusing on wholesale and by 1974 annual sales had reached $14 million.

In 1993 annual sales reached $1 billion.

By 2003 C&S was the third-largest wholesaler in the United States and the largest in New England.

Today C&S delivers over 100,000 food and non-food items to 3,900 independent supermarkets, regional and national chains, and military bases from 50 distribution centers. Its customers include Safeway, Target, A&P, Stop & Shop, and Foodtown.

C&S has 17,000 employees and had $20.40 billion in revenue in 2011.

C&S Wholesale Grocers

Israel Cohen and and Abraham Siegel founded C&S Wholesale Grocers in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1918. Three years later Cohen bought out Siegel’s share of the business.

C&S distinguished itself from its numerous competitors by increasing the speed of delivery through efficient warehouse procedures and putting the needs of customers as a first priority.

After WWII, Israel’s son Lester returned home from the war and began to sell to military commissaries.

History

In 1955 Lester became CEO of C&S.  For the next twenty years Lester grew the company, focusing on wholesale and by 1974 annual sales had reached $14 million.

In 1993 annual sales reached $1 billion.

By 2003 C&S was the third-largest wholesaler in the United States and the largest in New England.

Today C&S delivers over 100,000 food and non-food items to 3,900 independent supermarkets, regional and national chains, and military bases from 50 distribution centers. Its customers include Safeway, Target, A&P, Stop & Shop, and Foodtown.

C&S has 17,000 employees and had $20.40 billion in revenue in 2011.

US Foods Corporate Office

Many of the entities that make up US Foods have their roots in the 19th century: Monarch Foods was founded in 1853, John Sexton & Company began as a retail tea and coffee merchant in 1883, L.H. Parke Company began in 1889 and S.E. Rykoff & Co. was founded in 1911.

All of these companies were food distributors in the 20th century.

S.E. Rykoff & Co. bought John Sexton & Company in 1983 for $84.5 million, creating the new company, Rykoff-Sexton. This merged company was fourth among foodservice distributors and had $800 million in sales.

In 1989 PYA/Monarch’s management created a new holding company, JPF Holdings, Inc., and bought JP Foodservice Distributors from parent company Sara Lee. The new company passed $1 billion in sales the first year.

US Foodservice Inc. was formed in March 1992 and was comprised of five operating segments: White Swan, Bevaco Food Service, Kings Foodservice, Roanoke Restaurant Service, and Bigger Brothers Inc.

In the late 1990’s Rykoff-Sexton bought US Foodservice, then merged with JP Foodservice, changing its name to U.S. Foodservice in 1998.

In 2007 the company was bought out by investors and made a private company.

Today US Foods offers more than 350,000 national brand products as well as its own private-label products. The company provides food and related products to 250,000 customers such as restaurants, health care facilities, and government and educational facilities. US Foods has 25,000 employees and had $18.86 billion in revenue in 2011.

US Foods

Many of the entities that make up US Foods have their roots in the 19th century: Monarch Foods was founded in 1853, John Sexton & Company began as a retail tea and coffee merchant in 1883, L.H. Parke Company began in 1889 and S.E. Rykoff & Co. was founded in 1911.

All of these companies were food distributors in the 20th century.

S.E. Rykoff & Co. bought John Sexton & Company in 1983 for $84.5 million, creating the new company, Rykoff-Sexton. This merged company was fourth among foodservice distributors and had $800 million in sales.

History

In 1989 PYA/Monarch’s management created a new holding company, JPF Holdings, Inc., and bought JP Foodservice Distributors from parent company Sara Lee. The new company passed $1 billion in sales the first year.

US Foodservice Inc. was formed in March 1992 and was comprised of five operating segments: White Swan, Bevaco Food Service, Kings Foodservice, Roanoke Restaurant Service, and Bigger Brothers Inc.

In the late 1990’s Rykoff-Sexton bought US Foodservice, then merged with JP Foodservice, changing its name to U.S. Foodservice in 1998.

In 2007 the company was bought out by investors and made a private company.

Today US Foods offers more than 350,000 national brand products as well as its own private-label products. The company provides food and related products to 250,000 customers such as restaurants, health care facilities, and government and educational facilities. US Foods has 25,000 employees and had $18.86 billion in revenue in 2011.