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• Two buyout firms may vie for U.S. Foodservice

  - 2008-02-18

  NEW YORK -- Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Inc. and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. may be bidding for U.S. Foodservice, or USF, the second-largest U.S. broadline distributor, according to Bloomberg.com. USF, which is owned by Royal Ahold, is valued at $6 billion.

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• Two buyout firms may vie for U.S. Foodservice

  - 2007-03-05

  NEW YORK -- Clayton Dubilier & Rice Inc. and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. may be bidding for U.S. Foodservice, or USF, the second-largest U.S. broadline distributor, according to Bloomberg.com. USF, which is owned by Royal Ahold, is valued at $6 billion.

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• U.S. Foodservice to be sold by Royal Ahold

  - 2006-12-04

  AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS -- Royal Ahold, based here, said it would exit the foodservice business by divesting U.S. Foodservice of Columbia, Md. A statement from the parent company said: "U.S. Foodservice has the potential to further improve its performance, but we see limited near-term synergies between it and retail operations....

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• Dutch Owners to Sell U.S. Foodservice Unit

  - 2006-11-13

  The decision by Dutch grocery chain Royal Ahold NV to reorganize its international holdings will lead to the breakup of North America's third-largest private truck fleet.On Nov. 6, the Amsterdam-based corporation announced a new "strategy for profitable growth" that involves selling its U.S. Foodservice unit, which it has owned since...

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• U.S. Foodservice's net sales rise 2.3% in 2nd quarter

  - 2006-10-02

  AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS -- Royal Ahold here, parent company of Columbia, Md.-based U.S. Foodservice, or USF, reported that USF had a net sales increase of 2.3 percent for the second quarter of this year, compared with the same period a year ago. The broadline division had an increase of 1.8...

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• U.S. Foodservice net sales rise 3.8%; Ahold breakup still rumored

  - 2006-06-26

  AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS -- Royal Ahold, parent company of Columbia, Md.-based U.S. Foodservice, reported that USF's first-quarter net sales increased by 3.8 percent. USF's Broadline division increased net sales by 3.9 percent, and its new systems division, North Star Foodservice, increased 3.6 percent. USF's 2005 revenues were $18.5 billion. ...

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• Netherlands-based Royal Ahold N.V. reports mixed retail performance

  - 2006-06-22

  Royal Ahold N.V., the Netherlands-based owner of Giant Food and Stop & Shop supermarkets and food distributor U.S. Foodservice Inc., among other units, reported a mixed retail performance for the first quarter of 2006. Stop & Shop, headquartered in Quincy, Mass., and Landover-based Giant saw net sales of $5 billion,...

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• Third-quarter loss worsens at global grocer Royal Ahold.

  - 2004-11-25

  By Paul Adams, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 25--The Dutch parent of U.S. grocers Giant Food Inc. and Stop & Shop reported a wider third-quarter loss yesterday as withering competition from Wal-Mart, Target and other non-traditional food sellers...

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• U.S. Foodservice Inc

  - 2004-08-01

  U.S. prosecutors last month leveled securities fraud charges against four former executives of U.S. Foodservice Inc. The charges accuse the group of orchestrating an accounting scandal that weakened the food distributor and its Dutch parent company, Royal Ahold. Federal prosecutors accused the onetime managers of conspiring to inflate the company's...

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• US District judge rules former USFoodservice CEO's lawsuit belongs in

  - 2004-07-09

  The breach of contract suit brought against U.S. Foodservice Inc. by its former chief executive officer was properly removed to federal court, a U.S. District Court judge in Baltimore has held. James L. Miller, who left the company last year, sued U.S. Foodservice, its parent company Royal Ahold...

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