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Sales for the fourth quarter were $955.2 million, a 0.3% increase year-over-year.
The acquisition of RV Evans further diversifies LINCs business across customers and end markets, as well as geographically with the combined businesses now serving customers in 30 states.
While this privately held industrial supplier with more than 300 employees may not be a Harvard Business School case study in management structure, the three-brother leadership team has managed to buck the odds of many third-generation businesses by nurturing an entrepreneurial culture in an 85-year-old company. Listen to Doug Ruggles share whats worked to drive growth with a customer-centric solutions approach, with host Tom Gale.
Under-investing in customer-facing resources and tools can erode a distributors value, says management consultant Andrew Horvath. However, he cautions that being all things to all customers is often an expensive and inefficient approach. Successful distributors differentiate commercial service levels (CSLs) based on customer need and value, Horvath says.
The acquisition of MTS significantly extends BlackHawks service capabilities into large manufacturing markets.
For the first six months, Sysco reported sales of $30.3 billion, a 1.2% increase from the same period a year ago.
The company reported first-quarter sales of $4.2 billion, up 0.1% compared with the year-ago period.
