M&A Deal Summary

US Foods Acquires Variety Foods

On July 14, 2017, US Foods acquired distribution company Variety Foods from TOBA

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is US Foods’ 10th transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is US Foods’ 21st transaction in the United States.
  • This is US Foods’ 1st transaction in South Dakota.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-07-14
Target Variety Foods
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) US Foods
Sellers(s) TOBA
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Variety Foods

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Variety Foods is a distributor of food. Variety Foods is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

US Foods

Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Distribution
Employees30,000
Revenue 35.6B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to US Foods' headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois.
Entrance to US Foods' headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois.

US Foods is a food distributor to restaurants, healthcare and hospitality facilities, government operations and educational institutions. The Company offers more than 350,000 national brand products and our own high-quality private label items ranging from meats to produce to frozen foods. US Foods was founded in 2007 and is based in Rosemont, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 24
Sector (Distribution) 10 of 11
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 4
State (South Dakota) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 21 of 24
Year (2017) 7 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-14 The Thompson

Grand Island, Nebraska, United States

The Thompson Co. is a broad-line food service distributor. The Thompson is based in Grand Island, Nebraska.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-30 SGA’s Food Group of Companies

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

SGA’s Food Group of Companies is comprised of five businesses providing a broad array of foodservice solutions to a wide spectrum of customers including independent and chain foodservice operators. The businesses are Food Services of America, Systems Services of America, Amerifresh, Ameristar Meats and GAMPAC.

Buy $1.8B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

TOBA

Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
Category Company
Sector Distribution
DESCRIPTION

TOBA, Inc. is a distributor is food. TOBA's distribution facilities are UniPro members. UniPro is a collection of over 650 independent food service distributors in 900 locations across America; whose combined purchases form the largest food service organization in the world. Purchases for UniPro are larger than Sysco and US Foods combined, topping $66 billion annually.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector (Distribution) 3 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 3
State (South Dakota) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2017) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-14 The Thompson

Grand Island, Nebraska, United States

The Thompson Co. is a broad-line food service distributor. The Thompson is based in Grand Island, Nebraska.

Sell -
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