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Tel: (770) 952-0871
Fax: (770) 952-0872
www.uniprofoodservice.com
Total Group Fiscal 2010 Sales: $58 Billion
Percentage of Sales in Exclusive Brands: N/A
Principal Business: UniPro Foodservice calls itself “the leading foodservice distribution network
in the United States.” Comprising of 328 shareholder companies (food and nonfood), each
distributor is independently owned, marketing the products and services provided by UniPro. With
its members’ collective sales volume of $ 58 billion from 650+ independent shareholder
companies (900+ locations) and more than 550 approved suppliers 500,000+ foodservice
operations, the company is positioned as a broadline and systems cooperative distribution group.
Unipro serves (restaurants, colleges, universities, health care, elementary schools, recreation
facilities, business & industry, and lodging). UniPro also has international members in Australia,
Canada, Guam, Japan, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
EB Identities: ComSource NIFDA, NIFDA Prime Pak, Chef Pak; CODE (Elite, Regal, Majestic);
ComSource (Medallion, Merit, Traditional); Red, Medallion), Embassy Black, CODE-Red,
CODE-Orange, all 1st quality; ComSource-Traditional (NIFDA-Green), Three Castles Blue,
CODE-Blue (all 2d quality); and ComSource-Citation, Econo-Pak Brown, and Emco Red, CODE-
Green (all 3d quality), Reflections (coffee, tea, cappuccino), Companions (disposable cutlery and
service-ware); Nugget (black label 1st quality fancy grade, Nugget red label 2d quality extrastandard
grade, Nugget green label 3d quality standard grade), Oro Fino (specialty, upscale Italian
foods), Nugget Nutri-Gold (low-sodium, low-fat, low-cholesterol foods.
EB skus: N/A
Profile: The August 1997 merger of the two largest buying groups in the world, EMCO TS
Systems and ComSource independent Food Service Companies, Inc., formed one “supergroup.”
Its 200 diverse, independently owned and operated food and nonfood distributor members
serviced 300,000+ products in all market segments: restaurants, colleges & universities, health
care, schools, recreation, business & industry, and so on. In 2009, UniPro acquired Progressive
Group Alliance LLC of Richmond, VA, from Performance Food Group company or PFG (also in
this database). This deal made PFG a member-owner of UniPro. In effect, PFG outsourced its
purchasing functions to UniPro and joined the latter’s network, thus pushing UniPro’s total yearly
revenues from $ 31 billion up to $ 48 billion--pushing UniPro ahead of the foodservice segment
leader, Sysco (also in this database).
Procurement Contacts: Bob Caswick, Vice-President of Procurement