U.S. Foodservice Acquires Italian Specialty Food Distributor, Cerniglia Products

Foodservice distributor, U.S. Foodservice, has purchased Cerniglia Products, a distributor of Italian specialty foods to the southern Wisconsin market.

Foodservice distributor, U.S. Foodservice, has purchased Cerniglia Products, a distributor of Italian specialty foods to the southern Wisconsin market. The Middleton, Wis., company will become part of the U.S. Foodservice-Milwaukee division. Vito Cerniglia,  former owner of Cerniglia Products, will join U.S. Foodservice-Milwaukee as a consultant.

The acquisition gives U.S. Foodservice-Milwaukee access to Cerniglia’s Italian specialty foods, increasing the company's national brand and private label products  to more than 9,000.

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.