Sherwood Food Distributors

In 1969, Alex Karp and Earl Ishbia founded Regal Packing Company in the US. In 1987, the company was renamed Sherwood Food Distributors. Based in Detroit, Michigan, Sherwood Food Distributors is a food distributor.

Sherwood Food Distributors has around 8000 clients including retailers, wholesalers, foodservice businesses, cruise lines, institutions, etc. In the case of foodservice, Sherwood Food Distributors distributes to Thai, Oriental and Italian restaurants as well as various fast food chains. 

In 2017, Sherwood Food Distributors partnered with Harvest Food Distributors.

In 2017, Sherwood Food Distributors achieved a turnover of € 2.03 billion and employs 1200 people.

The business is ranked 210th on America’s Largest Private Companies 2018 published by Forbes. 

Sherwood Food Distributors offers products in the following categories:

• Dairy: cheese, milk, yoghurt, butter, etc.

• Frozen Food: meat, poultry, ready-meals, pastries, fries, etc.

• Chilled Food: an assortment of charcuterie products

Sherwood Food Distributors also offers organic products and ethnic foods. 

Brands such as Hormel, Gusto, Cooper Farms, Dannon, Ore-Ida, Chung’s, etc. are distributed by the company. 

Concerning the logistics, Sherwood Food Distributors operates 6 distribution centres across the country with a total area of 1 million sq.ft.