- Dot Foods
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Dot Foods, Inc. Type Private - Family Owned Industry Food Redistribution Founded 1960 - Mount Sterling, Illinois Headquarters Mount Sterling, Illinois Revenue $3.6 billion (2010) Employees 3,300 Website www.dotfoods.com Dot Foods is the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States.[1] Dot offers over 100,000 products from 700 food industry manufacturers.[2] Dot consolidates those products and delivers in less-than-truckload (LTL) quantities to distributors nationwide on a weekly basis.[3] Distributors can buy a mix of temperatures and products, with a combined minimum of just 5,000 pounds.[4]
History
Dot Foods was founded in 1960 by Robert F. Tracy and was originally named Associated Dairy Products to reflect the nature of the business at the time.[5] Mr. Robert Tracy began the enterprise by selling an assortment of dairy products out of the back of the family station wagon.[6] Robert was originally from Jerseyville, Illinois, and moved to Mount Sterling after marriage.
References
Categories:- Catering and food service companies of the United States
- Companies based in Illinois
- Brown County, Illinois
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