Article: PYA/Monarch Purchase Broadens Royal Ahold's Distributor Holdings.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Royal Ahold, the international food provider, is broadening its reach in the U.S. foodservice industry with an agreement to acquire PYA/Monarch from Chicago-based Sara Lee Corp. for $1.57 billion in cash.

The deal between Sara Lee and U.S. Foodservice, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Ahold, is expected to be finalized by the end of October. The transaction also includes a supply agreement between Sara Lee's food and beverage manufacturing operations and Ahold.

PYA/Monarch is a major foodservice distributor in the southeastern United States, operating 15 distribution centers and providing more than 38,000 food and nonfood items to almost 40,000 ...

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