According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the majority of foodservice professionals work part-time.
Ahold has already acquired GFG Foodservice of Grand Forks, Minnesota, for an undisclosed amount.
Over time, Bettcher expanded the types of meat to be processed and added foodservice equipment.
Headquarters staff numbers only 80, a tiny fraction of Ahold's worldwide work force of about 350, 000 (including U.S. Foodservice's).
The company also owns Reinhart FoodService, one of the largest food service distributors in the U.S. Chris and Jude are co-chairmen.
With the U.S. Foodservice purchase, Ahold will see its share of American appetites growing faster than those of any of its competitors.
Last year the French munched their way through 1.3 billion sandwiches, 50m more than in 2007, according to GIRA Foodservice, a consultancy.
U.S. Foodservice supplies some of the best restaurants in the country, often with higher quality ingredients than those found in the average grocery store.
Sysco is making the right moves by cutting costs and seeking operating efficiencies, and appears to be claiming additional share in a fragmented foodservice market.
Global ketchup grew 9% y-o-y on an organic basis in Q3 led by strong performance by the company in Latin America, U.S. Foodservice and Russia.
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Working women like le sandwich, says Jean Rossi at GIRA Foodservice.
It also points to its work for U.S. Foodservice, helping the unit of the disgraced Dutch grocery chain Royal Ahold overcome its accounting and legal headaches.
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Positioned with high growth plans in emerging markets, a likely U.S. Foodservice rebound and easing commodity inflation, Heinz is well positioned for growth in coming years.
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U.S. Foodservice, which distributes bulk food supplies to restaurants and institutions, gives Ahold some of the business that grocers have lost to Americans' penchant for eating out.
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According to investigators from PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the events that directly caused the scandal were focussed very much on Ahold's Foodservice business in America, and may even have involved just a very few people.
"Polystyrene foam foodservice products are two to five times less expensive than alternatives, which saves the City's agencies a significant amount of tax dollars, " the trade group American Chemistry Council said.
It was a job with a major foodservice company.
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In addition to the investment, Food Genius also announced data partnerships with GrubHub, an online food delivery platform, and CHD Expert, a provider of data for foodservice sales and marketing.
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The company now operates 44 bakeries that produce breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and pastries, which are distributed fresh to foodservice and retail customers in the Southeastern, Southwestern, mid-Atlantic states and frozen to national foodservice and retail customers.
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