Smart & Final sheds Florida business.(sells business to Gordon Food Service)(Brief Article)

Food Institute Report, The, June, 2003

Grand Rapids, MI-based foodservice distributor Gordon Food Service, plans to purchase the Florida food-service direct delivery and stores businesses of Los Angeles-based Smart & Final Inc. subject to the negotiation of a definitive agreement.

"By selling our Florida operations, Smart & Final will be able to focus its management and capital resources on its core West Coast operations," said Ross Roeder, Smart & Final chairman and chief executive officer of which 58.8% is owned by France's Casino Guichard-Perrachon, S.A.

Dan Gordon, GFS President and CEO, said, "Smart & Final's Florida businesses are a great fit with our existing operations and provide us a strategic entry into the Florida market, which historically has been one of the strongest...

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