Saladino's Inc

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Saladino's Foodservice
Company type Private
Industry Retail, foodservice
Founded1944;81 years ago (1944)
Headquarters3325 W Figarden Drive,
Fresno, California, United States
Key people
Craig Saladino, President & CEO
Don Saladino, Chairman
Services Foodservice distribution
Owner US Foods Holding Corp
Website www.saladinos.com

Saladino's, Inc. (also known as Saladino's Foodservice) is a privately owned foodservice distributor based in Fresno, California. Saladino's ranks 19th among the largest food distributors in the United States. [1]

In 2023, it was announced that US Foods Holding Corp. had completed the purchase of Saladino's for $56 million. [2]

History

Saladino's was founded in 1944 by Don Saladino. [3] Saladino gained experience working in his father's grocery store in Fresno, California. [4] Saladino combined his meatpacking experience with family recipes from the Calabrese region in Italy to form the Saladino's Sausage Company. [5] Initially, Saladino focused primarily on distributing sausage products to local grocery stores. In 1980, Don's son, Craig Saladino, joined the business, and the company expanded their products to include a wider variety of sausage and meat products while also beginning distribution to local pizzerias and restaurants.[ citation needed ]

In 2001, Saladino's moved to a larger facility located further north in Fresno.[ citation needed ] Their largest customer is the restaurant chain Subway.[ citation needed ] In that same year, they also expanded their operations to include additional warehouses located in Ontario, California, and West Sacramento, California.[ citation needed ] They operate in California, as well as parts of Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon.[ citation needed ]

US Foods acquired Saladino's Foodservice in November 2023. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Top 50 Distributors 2010" (PDF). Foodservicemarketing.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  2. ↑ "US Foods Holding Corp. completed the acquisition of Saladino's, Inc". MarketScreener. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  3. ↑ "Saladino's | About Us". Saladino's. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  4. ↑ "SALADINO'S - A Premiere Foodservice Distributor". Saladinos.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  5. ↑ "Saladino's | About Us". Saladino's. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  6. ↑ Dillard, Gabriel (2023-11-09). "79-year-old Fresno family foodservice operator acquired by New York Stock Exchange company". The Business Journal. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
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