Two former employees of the food distribution giant Performance Food Group have set out to run a business that helps smaller food distributors buy in bulk – essentially a for-profit co-op.
Stephen Push and Don Hughes recently launched Legacy Foodservice Alliance. The company will soon be launching a website, Push said.
Both used to work at Progressive Group Alliance, which was a division of Performance Food Groups that was sold in February to Atlanta-based UniPro.
Push declined to be interviewed.
The company said in a press release that it has a handful of customers already.
One customer, the William George Co. in Lufkin, Tex., formerly did its ordering through UniPro. An executive at the company said he wanted to go with a smaller bulk-buying firm.
The concept will only work if Legacy can line up enough food distributors throughout the country to generate enough buying power. Typically such businesses are meant to give small distributors similar prices to giants such as Sysco and U.S. Foodservice.
Aaron Kremer is the BizSense editor. Please send news tips to Editor@richmondbizsense.com.
