Top Food Distributors and Suppliers in the USA
Top Suppliers
There are a couple of restaurant chains that have big enough distribution networks to make it into the top 20 food distribution list- specifically Panera and Domino’s. However, the majority of the top distributors are independent companies that specialize in supplying food to multiple restaurants, caterers, institutions, and other organizations. In this article, we’ll be going over the top 20 food distributors in the US by the number of highway tractors, as determined by Transport Topics.
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Top Food Distribution Companies in the USA
This table outlines details on the top food distributors in the United States, as ranked by Transport Topics. Rankings are based on number of highway tractors (trucks that can pull an independent trailer) in each company’s fleet. We’ve included additional information on each company’s headquarters location and year founded, where the data was available.
Sysco Corp., based in Houston, TX, specializes in meat, seafood, produce, dairy, desserts, beverages, ingredients, and imported foods. They also offer restaurant consulting services, including business and menu consultations.
In Rosemont, IL, US Foods distributes deli and fine foods, as well as meats, beverages, seafood, bakery products, ingredients, and ethnic foods. The company’s services include management and staffing, online ordering, POS, and website and menu design.
McLane Foodservice, in Temple, TX, offers grocery, foodservice, and alcoholic beverage distribution, as well as third party management services. They serve restaurants, pharmacies, mass market retailers, and C-stores, among others.
Based in Richmond, VA, Performance Foodservice’s offerings include pork, beverages, seafood, beef, oils, cheese, appetizers, tea, coffee, ingredients, bakery and pantry products, dairy, produce, desserts, and Latin, Asian and Italian food.
Gordon Food Service, in Wyoming, MI, supplies appetizers, sides, entrees, meats, bakery products, beverages, dairy, fruits and vegetables, seafood, specialty products, and kitchen and cleaning tools and supplies.
Reinhart Foodservice provides meat, seafood, produce, dairy, baked goods, grocery, appetizers, beverages, deli, Italian, and Mexican foods. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, they serve the restaurant, military, entertainment, school, and healthcare sectors.
The Martin-Brower Company specializes in restaurant supply chain management and logistics. They offer supply chain programs and tools as well as warehousing, inbound and outbound logistics software and services.
DOT Transportation, in Mt. Sterling, IL, supplies more than 130,000 food products, including natural, specialty, imported, coronavirus-related food and packaging, dairy, protein, seafood, vending, frozen, dry, refrigerated, and bakery foods, as well as ingredients.
In Fort Worth, TX, Ben E. Keith Co. offers fine food and beverages. Their products include meat, seafood, sauces, Italian food, tea, imported foods, coffee, boxed meals, fresh ingredients, sweeteners, and frozen products. Beverages encompass craft beer, wine, flavored malt, and nonalcoholic drinks.
Golden State Foods supplies protein, produce, dairy, and liquids in more than 40 countries. The company, which offers custom distribution and central freight management, is headquartered in Irvine, CA.
Shamrock Foods, based in Phoenix, AZ, serves the restaurant, healthcare, and education industries. Their food offerings include specialty, dairy, produce, dry goods, beverages, frozen and ethnic foods, and entrees, as well as kitchen supplies.
In Naperville, IL, KeHE Distributors is an employee-owned company that provides specialty foods, organics, natural, and fresh foods. They serve grocery stores, restaurants, online stores, mass merchandisers, vitamin shops, pharmacies, delis, and other retail stores.
Maines Paper & Food Service, in Conklin, NY, offers fresh fruit and vegetables, meats, frozen foods, dairy, deli, grocery, and beverages, as well as equipment and supplies, to the foodservice and restaurant industries.
PFG Customized supplies custom food orders and delivery systems for the casual and fast casual restaurant industry. The company, which specializes in perishable foods, is based in Lebanon, TN.
Vistar Transportation, based in Englewood, CO, is a retail food distributor for vending, retail, theater, concessions, hospitality, campus retail, corrections, and office applications. Their food products include candy, snacks, frozen food, fresh food, coffee, and cold beverages.
In Birmingham, AL, Buffalo Rock Co. offers office snack vending and catering services. Their offerings include snacks, coffee, sodas, and water, as well as micromarkets with vending machines and fresh food for workplaces.
Domino’s is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI. The company offers retail food through its restaurant chain for the consumer market.
Panera, based in St. Louis, MO, supplies baked goods to consumer retailers. The company also specializes as a consumer-oriented fast casual restaurant chain specializing in baked products.
Conclusion
This article covered statistics and summaries of the top 20 food distributors according to Transport Times. If you’d like to find more distributors like this, filtering by location, certifications, diversity status, and more, you can find them on our Supplier Discovery page. There you can find companies offering several categories of food, including food products, food ingredients, organic foods and supplements, food contract manufacturing, and private label food.
