December 9/Food Business Week -- Performance Food Group has announced the acquisition of Somerset Food Service, a broadline foodservice distribution company in Somerset, Kentucky. The transaction is expected to close by the end of December 2009.
Somerset Food Service was founded in 1962 as an independent broadline distributor, specializing in serving the needs of single-unit independent operators as well as multi-unit regional and national chains, schools, and healthcare foodservice operations. The company was acquired by its current owners in 1988, and they employ approximately 130 associates. Somerset Food Service will become one of the Performance Food Group broadline distribution operating companies, operating as "Performance Foodservice - Somerset." Tommy Jones, currently general manager, will become president of Performance Foodservice - Somerset.