Dot Foods
| Private - Family owned | |
| Industry | Food redistribution |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Headquarters | Mount Sterling, Illinois, United States |
| Revenue | $5.5 billion (2014) |
Number of employees | 4,200 |
| Website |
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Dot Foods is the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States.[1] Dot offers over 105,000 products from 600 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.
Locations
Dot Foods has nine distribution centers:
- Mt. Sterling, IL (headquarters)
- Ardmore, OK
- Burley, ID
- Cambridge City, IN
- Dyersburg, TN
- Liverpool, NY
- Modesto, CA
- Vidalia, GA
- Williamsport, MD
- Bullhead, AZ (Future)