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Dot Foods

American food redistributor

Summary

American food redistributor

Field	Value
name	Dot Foods, Inc.
logo	Dot Foods logo.svg
logo_size	150px
type	Private - Family owned
foundation
location_city	Mount Sterling, Illinois
location_country	United States
key_people	Dick Tracy (CEO)

industry	Food redistribution
revenue	$10.6 billion (2024)
num_employees	6,300
homepage

George Eversman (President)

Dot Foods distribution truck, [[Whitmore Lake, Michigan

Dot Foods is the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States. Dot offers over 123,500 products from 1,530 food industry manufacturers. Dot consolidates those products and delivers in less-than-truckload (LTL) quantities to distributors nationwide on a weekly basis. Distributors can purchase a combination of products with various temperature requirements as long as the combined total weight is at least 5,000 pounds.

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. Tracy began the enterprise by selling an assortment of dairy products from the back of the family station wagon.

In 2016, Dot Foods was listed at number 65 on Forbes' list of America’s Largest Private Companies with a reported revenue of $6.2 billion.

In 2017, John Tracy moved from CEO to executive chairman in the company, and his brother, Joe Tracy, became CEO. Another brother, Dick Tracy, was appointed president. All three are sons of founder Robert Tracy and his wife, Dorothy.

Locations

Dot Foods has fifteen locations including its headquarters:

Mount Sterling, Illinois (headquarters, distribution center)
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Bear, Delaware
Bullhead City, Arizona
Burley, Idaho
Cambridge City, Indiana
Chesterfield, Missouri (Sales headquarters, offices only)
Dyersburg, Tennessee
Liverpool, New York
Manchester, Tennessee
Modesto, California
Vidalia, Georgia
Williamsport, Maryland
University Park, Illinois

References

Forbes. (January 1, 2025). "Dot Foods Company Overview".
"Nation's Largest Food Redistributor".
"Food Products List".
"Helping Partners increase Profits through Redistribution {{!}} Dot Foods".
(2020-03-27). "Dot Foods co-founder dies at 91". Jacksonville Journal-Courier.
(March 1, 2017). "Dot Foods names new CEO, president". Jacksonville Journal Courier.
"Nationwide Food Redistribution {{!}} Dot Foods".

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