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    After the breakup: US Foods CEO Pietro Satriano on how the company has moved on from failed Sysco merger

    by Greg Trotter, Chicago Tribune Mar 14, 2018 4 minutes

    Just a few years ago, Rosemont, Ill.-based US Foods wouldn't have sold brisket that had been braised and smoked for 13 hours to its restaurant customers. It would have sold them slabs of raw brisket.

    Likewise, in the not-so-distant-past, the second-largest food service distributor in the country wasn't selling cake made with fair trade chocolate and bananas certified by the Rainforest Alliance.

    The point? US Foods is increasingly seizing upon food trends to grow its business with independent restaurants, according to CEO Pietro Satriano. Customers are willing to pay more for products they consider to be healthier, more natural and sustainably sourced. And US Foods, which employs about 1,400 people at its Rosemont headquarters,

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