owned industry food redistribution founded 1960 1960 headquarters mount sterling illinois united states revenue 5.5 billion 2014 number of employees 4 200 website www.dotfoods.com dot foods distribution truck whitmore lake michigan dot foods is the largest foodservice redistribution company in the united states . 1 dot offers over 105 000 products from 600 food industry manufacturers . 2 dot consolidates those products and delivers in less than truckload ltl quantities to distributors nationwide on a weekly basis . 3 distributors can buy a mix of temperatures and products with a combined minimum of just 5 000 pounds . 4 contents 1 history 2 locations 3 references 4 external links history edit dot foods was founded in 1960 by robert f. tracy and was originally named associated dairy products to reflect the nature of the business at the time . 5 mr. robert tracy began the enterprise by selling an assortment of dairy products out of the back of the family station wagon . 6 robert was originally from jerseyville illinois and moved to mount sterling after marriage . locations edit dot foods has nine distribution centers mt. sterling il headquarters ardmore ok burley id cambridge city in dyersburg tn liverpool ny modesto ca vidalia ga williamsport md bullhead az future references edit http www.dotfoods.com http www.dotfoods.com intro.html id . id . http www.dotfoods.com intro4.html id . external links edit official website v t e illinois based corporations fortune 500 corporations by size 2013 walgreens boots alliance archer daniels midland boeing caterpillar inc. state farm insurance abbott laboratories sears holdings united continental holdings deere & company mondel z international allstate mcdonald s exelon kraft heinz illinois tool works baxter international navistar international rr donnelley cdw hillshire brands discover financial w. w. grainger motorola solutions dover corporation tenneco officemax ingredion anixter cf industries holdings telephone and data systems united stationers old republic international other major public companies alphabetically abbvie acco brands accretive health allscripts amcol international corporation arthur j. gallagher & co. beam inc. brookdale senior living brunswick corporation calamos career education corporation catamaran corporation cboe holdings cme group cna financial continental materials corporation equity residential fortune brands home & security general growth properties hospira hyatt hotels corp. integrys energy group jones lang lasalle kemper corporation nalco holding company nicor rli corp. rubicon technology stericycle titan international tribune media tronc tootsie roll industries ulta beauty usg corporation westell zebra technologies other major private companies alphabetically ace hardware baker & mckenzie blue cross blue shield association claire s country financial danfoss power solutions dot foods eby brown electro motive diesel flex n gate follett corporation gardner denver grant thornton llp health care service corporation heico cos. hendrickson international hub international jenner & block kirkland & ellis marmon group mayer brown medline industries molex nestl frozen pizza osi group pactiv reyes holdings ryerson inc. sidley austin skidmore owings & merrill solo cup company tellabs transunion true value us foods wirtz corporation related topics breweries in illinois companies in the chicago metropolitan area food manufacturers of chicago newspapers in illinois retailers on the magnificent mile wineries in illinois retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dot foods & oldid 736297930 categories 1960 establishments in illinoiscatering and food service companies of the united statescompanies based in brown county illinoisprivately held companies in the united statescompanies established in 1960 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 august 2016 at 14 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view