Dot Foods

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Dot Foods, Inc.
Type	Private - Family Owned
Founded	1960 - Mount Sterling, Illinois
Headquarters	Mount Sterling, Illinois
Industry	Food Redistribution
Revenue	$2.5 billion (2007)
Employees	3,000
Website	www.dotfoods.com

Dot Foods is the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States. Dot offers over 70,000 products from 500 food industry manufacturers. Dot consolidates those products and delivers in less-than-truckload (LTL) quantities to distributors in all 50 states on a weekly basis. Distibutors can buy a mix of temperatures and products, with a combined minimum of just 5,000 pounds.

[edit] 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. Mr. Robert Tracy began the enterprise by selling an assortment of dairy products out of the back of the family station wagon. Robert was originally from Jerserville, IL and moved to Mt. Sterling, IL after marriage.