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Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Corporate Office

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.

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Ernst & Young Corporate Office

Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young is the result of a long history of mergers.

The oldest of the firms that make up Ernst & Young was founded in 1849 in England as Harding & Pullein. That year Frederick Whinney joined the firm. When he made partner, and with his sons in the business, the firm was renamed Whinney Smith & Whinney.

The firm Ernst & Ernst was founded in 1903 in Cleveland. Arthur Young & Co. was founded by Arthur Young in Chicago.

History

In 1979 Whinney Smith & Whinney merged with Ernst & Ernst to form the fourth-largest accounting firm in the world, Ernst & Whinney.

In 1989 Ernst & Whinney merged with the fifth-largest accounting firm, Arthur Young, to create Ernst & Young.

Ernst & Young went through a rebranding in 2013 and the name of the company was officially changed to EY, which had been an informal name for the company previous to the rebranding.

Today EY is a multinational professional services firm. The firm creates a network of member firms which are separate legal entities in different countries.

EY is #8 on the Forbes list of America’s Largest Private Companies. The company has 152,000 employees and more than 700 offices in 150 countries. EY’s revenue for 2011 was $22.88 billion.

Ernst & Young is the result of a long history of mergers. The oldest of the firms that make up Ernst & Young was founded in 1849 in England as Harding & Pullein. That year Frederick Whinney joined the firm. When he made partner, and … [Continue reading] about Ernst & Young Corporate Office

C&S Wholesale Grocers Corporate Office

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.

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US Foods Corporate Office

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.

Cox Enterprises Corporate Office

Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises was founded in 1898 by James M. Cox, a former school teacher who had always dreamed of owning a newspaper. He realized this dream when he bought the Dayton Evening News with $26,000 he had borrowed from friends and family.

James Cox’s newspaper was a success. He entered politics and became Ohio’s first three-term governor and the 1920 Democratic nominee for president of the United States. When he lost the election he decided to concentrate on his growing media business.

In 1935 Cox started Ohio’s first radio station and in 1939 bought The Atlanta Journal newspaper and started WSB, the South’s oldest radio station, which later became became its first television station in 1948.

History

After Gov. Cox’s death in 1957, his son, James Cox Jr., assumed leadership of the company.

In 1969 the company acquired Manheim Auto Auction, which has grown to be a leading provider of used vehicle services.

Today Cox Enterprises encompasses media and non-media companies. Cox Communications is the #3 cable provider in the United States and has more than 6 million customers. The company owns eight daily newspapers, 15 local television stations, and 80 radio stations.

Cox Enterprises employs 60,000 people through 300 businesses. The company had $14.6 billion in revenue in 2011.