Dot Foods

{{Short description|American food redistributor}}

{{primary sources|date=November 2016}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Dot Foods, Inc.

| logo = Dot Foods logo.svg

| logo_size = 150px

| type = Private - Family owned

| foundation = {{start date|1960}}

| location_city = Mount Sterling, Illinois

| location_country = United States

| locations =

| key_people = Dick Tracy (CEO)

George Eversman (President)

| industry = Food redistribution

| products =

| revenue = $8.6 billion (2022){{cite web|title= Dot Foods Company Overview |url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/dot-foods/?sh=5618ba4d7254|author=Forbes|date=January 1, 2023 |website=www.forbes.com|access-date=October 3, 2023}}

| operating_income =

| net_income =

| num_employees =6,300

| parent =

| subsid =

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.dotfoods.com/}}

| footnotes =

}}

Image:Dot Foods Distribution Truck Whitmore Lake Michigan.JPG]]

Dot Foods is the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States.{{cite web|title=Nation's Largest Food Redistributor|url=http://www.dotfoods.com/about-dot/|website=www.dotfoods.com|language=en}} Dot offers over 125,000 products from 1,020 food industry manufacturers.{{cite web|title=Food Products List|url=http://www.dotfoods.com/products/|website=www.dotfoods.com|language=en|access-date=October 3, 2023}} Dot consolidates those products and delivers in less-than-truckload (LTL) quantities to distributors nationwide on a weekly basis. Distributors can buy a mix of temperatures and products, with a combined minimum of just 5,000 pounds.{{cite web|title=Helping Partners increase Profits through Redistribution {{!}} Dot Foods|url=http://www.dotfoods.com/about-dot/what-we-do/|website=www.dotfoods.com|language=en}}

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. Tracy was originally from Jerseyville, Illinois, and moved to Mount Sterling after his marriage.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

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 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.{{cite news|title=Dot Foods names new CEO, president|newspaper=Jacksonville Journal-Courier |url=http://myjournalcourier.com/news/106431/dot-foods-names-new-ceo-president|publisher=Jacksonville Journal Courier|access-date=April 2, 2017|date=March 1, 2017}}

Locations

Dot Foods has fifteen locations including its headquarters:{{cite web|title=Nationwide Food Redistribution {{!}} Dot Foods|url=http://www.dotfoods.com/about-dot/where-we-are/|website=www.dotfoods.com|language=en}}

  • 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

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