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 FoodsMany 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.