SYSCO Portland's History

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	1925	Tom and Panos Lampros became partners in Portland Supply Co., distributing a limited line of grocery related products to Greek restaurants. Their work was conducted from a little cubicle of space on NW Couch Street, using a covered flatbed delivery truck and two hand trucks.

	1931	Portland Supply Co. moved into 10,000 square feet on NW Glisan and began to purchase on a direct basis. A new Ford truck was purchased and operated by one driver and an assistant, who began to deliver to many non-Greek customers.

	1951	Portland Supply Co. changed its name to Portland Wholesale Grocery Co. and moved into a new 25,000 square foot facility on NW Quimby. There were now four trucks and $3000 was a big business day.

	1964	The Company moved into a modern, fully racked 60,000 square foot facility on SE 26th (off Powell Blvd.) Expansion into frozen foods followed soon thereafter.

	1974	Portland Wholesale was acquired by International Foodservice Corp. and expanded into meat, seafood, and poultry. Sales were approximately $14 million. About that time came the purchase of the Company's first tractor/trailer.

	1975	The Company purchased IQF Foods and further penetrated the healthcare market.

	1979	The Company merged with Valley Wholesale and aggressively entered the Southern Oregon market.

	1980	Portland Wholesale Grocery Co. and Portland Frozen Foods merged. The Company occupied 200,000 square feet of the Heleco Distribution Center and sales were approximately $45 million.

	1981	The Company merged with CFS Continental and became Continental-Portland.

	1985	The Company merged with Garden Products Company and, with the addition of produce, truly became a full service distributor.

	1988	Continental-Portland, along with 18 other CFS Continental branches, was acquired by Sysco Corporation -- the largest food service distribution and marketing company in the world.

	1991	Sysco Food Services of Portland, Inc. moved to its present facility in Wilsonville, OR. A brand new 268,902 square foot distribution center, with annual sales totaling $240 million.
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	1995

	Visit the photo galley for some interesting historical pictures.