2009-01-13 01:38:04 -

Performance Food Group announced today that Sean Griffin, previously serving as President of PFG - Springfield, MA, has been promoted to East Region Broadline President. Sean joined Performance Food Group in 2003. During his tenure as President at PFG - Springfield, Sean and his team tripled sales, while still attaining all planned financial measures, and successfully managing the transition into

a new 236,000 square food distribution center.


Prior to joining Performance Food Group, Sean served as EVP / General Manager for US Foodservice (formerly Alliant Foodservice) in Boston. With over twenty-eight years in the foodservice industry, Sean brings immeasurable experience and solid leadership.


Mac Pearce, Corporate EVP and President/CEO of Performance Food Group's Broadline segment states, "Sean has been a great president and leader for PFG. We are excited about Sean's enthusiasm for this new assignment and we are confident that he will serve his operating companies well and be extremely successful in guiding this region."


About Performance Food Group:


Performance Food Group operates various businesses that focus on diverse segments within the food distribution industry. These businesses operate as Performance Food Group, Vistar, and Roma Food. Performance Food Group markets and distributes more than 68,000 national and private label food and food-related products to over 41,000 restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, schools, healthcare and other institutions. Vistar is the leading specialty food distributor to the vending, office coffee services, theatre, and fund-raising markets, with the leading market share in each of these categories. Roma Food is a specialty foodservice distributor with a particular focus on Italian foods and products that cater to independent Italian pizzerias, holding the number one market share in the independent pizza distribution market.





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