Vending

Performance Food Group completes Core-Mark acquisition

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September 2, 2021

Performance Food Group Co. has completed the acquisition of Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc., creating a convenience business within PFG's Vistar segment that includes the Core-Mark and Eby-Brown businesses, according to a press release.

The expanded convenience business will continue to operate under Core-Mark and will be headquartered in Westlake, Texas with Eby maintaining ongoing operations in Naperville, Illinois.

Scott McPherson will continue in his role as president and CEO of Core-Mark, while Tom Wake will continue as president and CEO of Eby-Brown, reporting to McPherson.

The addition of Core-Mark brings one of the largest wholesale distributors to the convenience retail industry in North America into PFG's family of companies, with approximately $17 billion in net sales. The company has approximately 8,000 employees and operates 32 distribution centers across the United States and Canada. Core-Mark services approximately 41,000 customer locations in all 50 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces.