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Performance Food Group Buys Rock Island, Ill.-Based Distributor.

Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)

| July 27, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Richmond Times-Dispatch. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Greg Edwards

Jul. 27--Performance Food Group of Richmond has bought Thoms-Proestler Co., a Midwestern food-service distributor.

The purchase, announced yesterday, was for $95 million in cash, stock and assumed liabilities.

Thoms-Proestler, a privately owned company based in Rock Island, Ill., is a full-service broadline distributor. It serves customers, including restaurants and health-care facilities, in Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois, including the Chicago area.

The company had sales of $230 million last year compared with Performance Food Group's $3.2 billion.

C. Michael Gray, president and chief executive officer …

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