History Of

COMPANY HISTORY:
In 1948, Joseph A. Waugh, Sr. founded Waugh Frozen Food Company. Saving $5,000 from WWII, Joe had a dream that frozen food was the way of the future, and what a dream it was! The firm sold to both retail and institutional markets. At that time we were considered pioneers in the industry, since few others had ventured into the field of frozen foods. Sales were 90% to the retail market. However, as the market was changing, our company was too. Joe Sr. decided to focus primarily on the institutional market and eliminate retail sales.

A new warehouse was built in 1974, to accommodate the growth of the company. The facility had 8,000 square feet of frozen and refrigerated space and 3,000 square feet of office space. The second generation started joining the company in the late 1970's. Joe Sr.'s sons graduated college between the years of 1979 & 1982 and all joined the business. Joe Jr. joined the sales force while Tim handled purchasing and John started the marketing department. At this time the company had 12 employees and 3 trucks running out of one warehouse.

The 1980's saw double digit growth each year. The next major change was the addition of fresh dairy products, which were added to the mix in 1990. This started the diversification of a frozen foods specialist to a broadline foodservice distributor. An additional 3,000 square feet was added to the office with a state of the art test kitchen in 1994. In 1995 the assests of M. Capodice & Sons of Bloomington, IL. were purchased and this added fresh produce to our growing product mix.

Our name changed to Waugh Foods, Inc. in 1996 and key personnel were hired from Fleming Foods. Following this was the addition of boxed beef, dry goods, paper goods and chemicals. A 20,000 square foot warehouse expansion took place in 1997 to accommodate the ever-growing dry & refrigerated products. We joined Pocahontas Foods USA marketing Group in 1997. They share over 100 years of experience along with 30 billion dollars in annual purchases.

In 1999, Joe Waugh, Sr. appointed his son John Waugh as the company's new President and Joe Sr. became the CEO of the company. Rick Look joined Waugh Foods in 1999 and is now our Executive Vice President. We moved into a new state of the art distribution facility in 2003 to accommodate the growth of the company, complete with 50,000 square feet of warehouse space, 7,200 square feet of offices and a 1,250 square foot test kitchen and training facility. In 2005 we added on to our parking lot and added eight new dock doors.

The current leadership team has been instrumental in the continued growth of Waugh Foods and building our business around delivering what we promise to our customers. At Waugh Foods, We DELIVER!