Food distributors face fierce competition, commodity purchasing risks, pricing pressures from their customers, and many other daily challenges that result in razor-thin margins. Fort Dearborn’s breadth and depth of experience in this sector has helped clients identify key strengths and weaknesses and implement profit improvements, ranging from laser-focused price increase strategies to improving pick and pack efficiencies, and more.
Fort Dearborn has worked with clients from some of the largest distributors in their respective markets, to smaller operations carving a niche in their space. Our clients have had distribution footprints that span North America or serve local markets and have distributed into all channels, including large format grocers, specialty stores, food-service, hospitality & amusement, convenience stores, restaurants, and food processors.