US Foods acquires Alabama-based meat processor

Business Wire

ROSEMONT - US Foods said it will acquire SRA Foods, a meat processor and distributor in Birmingham, Ala.

Terms of the acquisition were not announced.

Family owned since 1940, SRA started out as a butcher shop in Birmingham. Today, SRA Foods occupies a nearly 70,000 square foot facility, runs a fleet of nearly 20 trucks and features a product line of more than 1,000 distinct items. The company has annual sales of approximately $80 million.

With a large population of BBQ and meat-centric restaurants throughout the South, the acquisition will help strengthen US Foods' center-of-the-plate offerings to its customers throughout the region, the company said.

"The Anselmo family has built an incredible reputation for providing only the highest quality meats to more than 1,000 customers throughout the Birmingham area," said David Norton, president, US Foods' Stock Yards. "We are excited to be able to expand our offering throughout the South region and beyond by bringing SRA Foods into the US Foods family."

US Foods will continue to operate the SRA Foods facility in Birmingham, and expects to welcome its more than 100 employees to the company. The location will become part of the company's Stock Yards organization, which provides high-quality meat and seafood, custom cut and packaged for customers' specifications.

The transaction is expected to close in late March.