LISTEN: Gene Carbonara, vice president of ecommerce and digital at US Foods, joins From the Cold Corner to talk using tech to optimize customer experience. 

With an eye toward product innovation and a new customer value proposition, the Illinois-based foodservice distributor delivers to a quarter-million American businesses.

This episode honors Longbow Advantage, R&FF’s 2023 Logistics Provider of the Year, and discusses the ways in which technology and automation are changing the food logistics landscape.

The winning foodservice distributor or logistics provider will be featured in R&FF's September issue and on an upcoming podcast episode.

The 2022 Logistics Provider of the Year weathered a worldwide pandemic, growing in both revenue and reach.

At this time last year, we at Refrigerated & Frozen Foods decided to put our annual Foodservice Distributor of the Year Award on hold. The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated unprecedented shutdowns in foodservice—restaurants, hotels, schools, caterers, stadiums, and other volume venues—leaving behind thousands of shuttered businesses. To put it lightly, there was very little to celebrate in foodservice last year.

From promoting employee well-being to improving efficiency across its facilities and fleet to developing on-trend products, here’s why US Foods was named Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ 2019 Foodservice Distributor of the Year.

Discover how the Houston, Texas-based company’s continued efforts in fleet optimization, energy efficiency and sustainable distribution deem it our first ever Foodservice Distributor of the Year.