Dot Foods is the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States. Dot offers over 112,000 products from 830 food industry manufacturers. Dot consolidates those products and delivers in

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(LTL) quantities to

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nationwide on a weekly basis. Distributors can buy a mix of temperatures and products, with a combined minimum of just 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 out of the back of the family station wagon. Tracy was originally from

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, and moved to Mount Sterling after his marriage. In 2016, Dot Foods was listed at number 65 on

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' list of America’s Largest Private Companies with a reported revenue of $6.2 billion in 2016. 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 eleven distribution centers in addition to its headquarters: * Mount Sterling, Illinois (headquarters) * Ardmore, Oklahoma * Bullhead City, Arizona * Burley, Idaho * Cambridge City, Indiana * Dyersburg, Tennessee * Liverpool, New York * Modesto, California * Vidalia, Georgia * Williamsport, Maryland * University Park, Illinois * Bear, Delaware * Chesterfield, Missouri (Sales headquarters, offices only)

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* {{Illinois Corporations 1960 establishments in Illinois Catering and food service companies of the United States Companies based in Brown County, Illinois Privately held companies of the United States Food and drink companies established in 1960