Top 50 - 2007

15. Clark Foodservice, Inc.

Elk Grove Village, IL
Year founded: 1912
President/ceo: Donald D. Hindman
Website: www.clarknational.com
13 distribution centers
15,000 accounts
25% commercial, 75% noncommercial
25,000 SKUs
80% national brands
10% private label
10% group label
75% street accounts sales
25% multiunit accounts

COP & specialty products: Fresh meat, fresh produce, E&S, san-jan, packaging.
Best innovation: Installed product codes; re-launched HELP$; introduced Value-bundled program; commenced wait-staff training; and centralized purchasing of foodservice items.
Other news: Hired new management team, including vice president of sales, vice president of operations, vice president of purchasing and IT director.
Fuel prices: Instituting fuel surcharges and master routing and reducing idling time.
Key issues this year: Managing margins due to business mix changes and competition.

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#49 | Frank J. Catanzaro Sons and Daughters, Inc.

#48 | Pocono Produce Co., Inc.

#47 | Jordano's. Inc.

#46 | Jacmar Foodservice Distribution

#45 | Y. Hata & Co., Inc.

#44 | Costa Fruit & Produce

#43 | W. S. Lee & Sons, Inc.

#42 | Dierks Waukesha

#41 | Jose Santiago, Inc.

#40 | Yancey's Food Service

#39 | Cardinal Restaurant Supply (formerly Berner Foodservice)

#38 | DiCarlo Food Service

#37 | City Line Distributors

#36 | Goldberg and Solovy Foods, Inc.

#35 | HFM Foodservice

#34 | J. Kings Food Service Professionals, Inc.

#33 | Van Eerden Foodservice

#32 | Harker's Distribution

#31 | Banta Foods, Inc.

#30 | Upper Lakes Foods

#29 | Zanios Foods

#28 | Martin Bros. Distributing Co.

#27 | Hawkeye Foodservice Distribution, Inc.

#26 | Feesers, Inc.

#25 | Wood Fruitticher Grocery Co., Inc.

#24 | Pate Dawson Co.

#23 | Fox River Foods, Inc.

#22 | Merchants Foodservice

#21 | BiRite Foodservice

#20 | Cash-Wa Distributing Co.

#19 | C. A. Curtze Co.

#18 | Glazier Foods Co.

#17 | Nicholas and Co., Inc.

#16 | Perkins

#15 | Clark Foodservice, Inc.

#14 | Consolidated Companies, Inc.

#13 | IFH Foodservice Distribution

#12 | Labatt Food Service

#11 | IJ Co.

#10 | Cheney Brothers, Inc.

#9 | Shamrock Foods Co.

#8 | Ben E. Keith Foods

#7 | Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc.

#6 | Reinhart Foodservice

#5 | Food Services of America, Inc.

#4 | Gordon Food Service

#3 | Performance Food Group

#2 | U.S. Foodservice, Inc.

#1 | Sysco Corp.