Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-Op

We are extremely proud of the progress we have made, and continue to make, in promoting supplier diversity in the U.S. Led by our Unified FoodService Purchasing Co-op (UFPC) partners and our Support Educate Encourage Diversity (SEED) Team, our associate network focuses on building the impact of minority- and women-owned enterprises in vital areas of our business. In 2006, we asked our key suppliers to track and report their purchasing from minority-owned businesses. This resulted in an increase in our supplier diversity awareness and output to more than eight percent of our overall purchasing expenditures. We are pleased We are extremely proud of the progress we have made, and continue to make, in promoting supplier diversity in the U.S. Led by our Unified FoodService Purchasing Co-op (UFPC) partners and our Support Educate Encourage Diversity (SEED) Team, our associate network focuses on building the impact of minority- and women-owned enterprises in vital areas of our business. In 2006, we asked our key suppliers to track and report their purchasing from minority-owned businesses. This resulted in an increase in our supplier diversity awareness and output to more than eight percent of our overall purchasing expenditures. We are pleased We are extremely proud of the progress we have made, and continue to make, in promoting supplier diversity in the U.S. Led by our Unified FoodService Purchasing Co-op (UFPC) partners and our Support Educate Encourage Diversity (SEED) Team, our associate network focuses on building the impact of minority- and women-owned enterprises in vital areas of our business. In 2006, we asked our key suppliers to track and report their purchasing from minority-owned businesses. This resulted in an increase in our supplier diversity awareness and output to more than eight percent of our overall purchasing expenditures. We are pleased