US Foods Chef'Store
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US Foods CHEF'STORE (formerly Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores and Cash&Carry Smart Foodservice) is a chain of
History
Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores operated as an independent division of Smart & Final, LLC between 2008 and 2020. In March 2020, US Foods agreed to acquire the Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores from Apollo Global Management for $970 million.[3] In March 2021, US Foods rebranded all Smart Foodservice Warehouse stores as US Foods CHEF'STORE.
Cash&Carry was established in 1955 by United Grocers and operated under the name United Grocers Cash&Carry with a single store in Oregon City, Oregon. In 1998, Smart Foodservice was acquired by Smart & Final and became known as Cash&Carry Smart Foodservice.[4] In 2018, Cash&Carry Smart Foodservice announced its rebranding to Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores.[5] In June 2022, CHEF’STORE named Irfan Badibanga as the company president, succeeding Derek Jones.
References
- ^ Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ S&F Store Locations
- ^ "US Foods to acquire Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores for $970m". 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Smart & Final to Buy Cash & Carry Stores". Los Angeles Times. 1998-03-07. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ "Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores to be Rebannered as US Foods Chef'store". Progressive Grocer. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
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