The story
Founded by Michael Gray and Robert Sledd in 1885.1
The company traces its roots to a business founded by James Capers in 1885 in Richmond, Virginia. It later became Pocahontas Foods.
The company became Performance Food Group in 1987.
In 2008, the company was acquired by investment funds managed by Wellspring Capital Management and Blackstone Inc. for $1.3 billion and it was merged with Vistar and Roma Foods.
In October 2015, the company became a public company via an initial public offering.
In May 2017, Blackstone sold its remaining stake in the company.
From Wikipedia’s article on Performance Food Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.9