Food Distributors and Wholesalers

Comprehensive market research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Report contents include:

The Hale Group
Foodservice 2020 Strategic Issues Series
http://www.halegroup.com/

Strategic issues series explores the future environment for foodservice distributors, with titles in this series including "Foodservice 2020: Global, Consolidated, and Structured", "GPOs in Foodservice: Landscape & Growth Opportunities", "Consumer of the Future: The Arbiter of Success or Failure", and "Foodservice Distributors of the Future: The Evolution of the Foodservice Distributor Sector".

Food Wholesalers
https://www.firstresearch.com/

First Research profiles cover key aspects of an industry's size, scope, and operations and include a five-year growth forecast. Profile contents include:

International Foodservice Distributors Association
Publications available from this trade association include:

Research & Publications
http://www.ifdaonline.org/
Research and publications section features an extensive selection of reports and studies dealing with various aspects of the foodservice distribution industry, with content categories covered in this section including sales and marketing, warehouse and transportation operations, supply chain management, economic outlook reports, strategic research, human resources, and industry benchmarking surveys.

IFDA Semi-Annual Economic Report
http://www.ifdaonline.org/
Semi-annual economic report prepared by ITR Economics analyzes current macro-economic trends and provides forecasts for leading indicators that impact the foodservice distribution industry. Reports are published in the first and third quarters of each year, with a summary of top-line findings from the report included in the online report description. Complimentary copies are available to members only.

IFDA Operational Trends Survey
http://www.ifdaonline.org/
Biennial operational trends survey allows IFDA members to compare their operational practices and performance to other similar distributors based on annual sales volume and type of facility, with key areas of the business covered by the survey including inbound and outbound distributor warehouse practices, transportation and delivery practices, fuel and energy practices, and regulatory matters.

Technomic, Inc.
Publications available from this organization include:

U.S. Foodservice Digest
https://www.technomic.com/
Monthly e-digest features news and information for foodservice distributor executives, with contents including the front-page headlines section which addresses the most important news stories for the month; operations, menu, and noncommercial segment sections which highlight leading trends and news in each of these specific areas, and restaurant industry and economic trends data and charts.

Distributor Intelligence Report
https://www.technomic.com/
Monthly e-report features news and information for foodservice distributor executives, with contents including the "DI Indices" section which provides business performance indices for measures such as dollar and unit sales growth, cost of goods sold, gross profit, and operating costs, and in-depth studies covering topics such as best practices, growth and performance, and broker relationships.

Industry Financial Ratios
Food Distributors and Wholesalers
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Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level.

First Research
Food Wholesalers
https://www.firstresearch.com/

Financial information section of this profile provides income statements, balance sheets, and financial ratios by company size range based on annual revenue for companies that distribute food and related products on a wholesale basis to food retailers (grocery stores, convenience stores) and foodservice customers such as restaurants, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutional facilities.

International Foodservice Distributors Association
IFDA Hourly Compensation Survey
http://www.ifdaonline.org

Comprehensive survey provides compensation data for hourly personnel in warehouse and driver job positions on a national, state, and local market basis, with job positions covered in the survey including inventory control specialist, warehouse team leader, warehouse worker, shipper/receiver, forklift operator, order selector, loader, dispatcher, and route delivery driver (with/without helper).

PayScale, Inc.
Food Wholesalers
https://www.payscale.com/

Free online service provides salary, bonus, and hourly wage rate data for positions such as district sales manager, outside sales representative, warehouse manager, forklift operator, order selector, and delivery driver, with food distributors for which salary or wage data is provided including Sysco Food Services, Inc., US Foods, Inc., Gordon Food Service, Inc., and Performance Food Group, Inc.