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| Company type | Private - Family owned |
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| Industry | Food redistribution |
| Founded | 1960 (1960) |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Dick Tracy (CEO) George Eversman (President) |
| Revenue | $8.6 billion (2022)[1] |
Number of employees | 6,300 |
| Website | www |
Dot Foods is the largestfoodservice redistribution company in the United States.[2] Dot offers over 125,000 products from 1,020 food industry manufacturers.[3] Dot consolidates those products and delivers inless-than-truckload (LTL) quantities todistributors nationwide on a weekly basis. Distributors can buy a mix of temperatures and products,[clarification needed] with a combined minimum of just 5,000 pounds.[4]
Dot Foods was founded in 1960, by Robert F. Tracy, and was originally namedAssociated 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.[2] Tracy was originally fromJerseyville, Illinois, and moved toMount Sterling after his marriage.[citation needed]
In 2016, Dot Foods was listed at number 65 onForbes' list of America’s Largest Private Companies with a reported revenue of $6.2 billion in 2016.[1]
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.[5]
Dot Foods has fifteen locations including its headquarters:[6]
