TriMark acquires San Diego restaurant equipment distributor

TRIMARK USA LLC, a provider of design services, equipment and supplies to the food service industry, has acquired two companies in recent weeks.
TRIMARK USA LLC, a provider of design services, equipment and supplies to the food service industry, has acquired two companies in recent weeks.

ATTLEBORO – TriMark USA LLC, a provider of design services, equipment and supplies to the food service industry, has acquired R.W. Smith & Co. in San Diego, a restaurant equipment and supplies distributor.

The acquisition was announced Thursday by TriMark President and CEO Jerry Hyman. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Hyman said he is pleased to welcome R.W. Smith & Co. to the company, and noted it is the company’s second acquisition in less than 30 days.

According to the trade publication, Foodservice Equipment & Supplies magazine, TriMark, with 13 divisions, leads the nation in sales among the top 100 food service equipment and supplies dealers at $1.2 billion. R.W. Smith was 18th on the list with $101.9 million. The other recent acquisition, Landover, Md.-based Adams-Burch Inc., another food service equipment and supplies distributor, ranked 50th on the FE&S list with revenue of $29.3 million. It also was acquired for an undisclosed price, according to a company spokesman.

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“Our second acquisition in less than 30 days compliments TriMark’s presence in Southern California, extends our distribution into the San Diego and Los Angeles markets and adds depth in Texas, Florida and Arizona,” Hyman said in a statement.

R.W. Smith & Co. President Allan Keck called it a “great day for our company and especially our customers.”
“Joining TriMark offers us the opportunity to expand our products and services while continuing to give our customers the personalized service they have grown to expect. It also gives our employees new opportunities to grow with TriMark’s national footprint,” Keck said.
Keck will continue to serve as president of TriMark R.W. Smith.

Patrick Maness, TriMark’s corporate director of marketing, said TriMark has added 170 employees from Adams-Burch and 223 employees from R.W. Smith. With the acquisition of TriMark R.W. Smith, he said the company has approximately 2,343 employees.

He said no changes in personnel are planned.

“Both divisions fill a gap,” Maness said Friday. “It’s business as usual.”

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