Food cost inflation was 2.5 percent for the 13-week period.
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Former Carr Supply owners have retained their positions and a substantial equity stake.
Fourth-quarter sales increased 3.5 percent year-over-year.
Grainger's fourth-quarter sales growth slowed, but sales overall were still up 11% for the year.
Fastenal opened 80 new stores and installed 13,642 new industrial vending machines in 2012.
Global bearing manufacturer is expanding and accelerating its cost reduction program announced in 2010.
Profit increased 5.6 percent to $63.2 million.
FCX Performance plans to continue acquisitions in 2013.
Kaman's seven branches in Canada had US$20M in annual sales.
The PMI rose 1.2 percentage points to 50.7 percent.
The General Services Administration and the U.S. Postal Service alleged Grainger failed to provide pricing agreed to in the government contracts.
Kaman will become a distributor for Schneider's industrial automation and control products.
Pennsylvania-based Techni-Tool serves manufacturers in the electronics, telecommunications and medical services industries.
Daily sales in the U.S. rose 6 percent.
The diversified distributor reported a loss of $50 million for the quarter.
JanPak has 17 distribution centers across the Southeast and South Central U.S.
Contraction reflects concerns over fiscal cliff, slowdown in demand in second half of year.
App is organized not by product category but by solution.
Combined sales in Canada for AD/IED are more than $1.5 billion.
Daily sales in the U.S. rose 4 percent versus October 2011.