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Robert Tracy founds Associated Dairy Products Company in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, selling and distributing three dairy-derived milk powder ingredients to food manufacturers. RT makes three sales calls and writes three orders on his first day in business. |
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Dot Transportation and Associated Dairy Products Company merge to form a new corporation: Dot Associated Dairy Products Company, Inc. |
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The company is renamed Dot Foods, Inc. to better reflect its expansion into all forms of foodservice distribution beyond dairy. |
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Dot opens a distribution center in Memphis, Tennessee, to serve customers in the South and Southeast. |
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Dot opens a distribution center in New Castle, Delaware, to serve customers in the Northeast. |
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Dot opens a distribution center in Stockton, California. It is later relocated to Modesto. |
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Dot forms a separate corporation called Arctic Foods, Inc., to market frozen food products. Dot Foods continues to market dry food products. |
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Dot begins to communicate electronically via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) with food manufacturers and other trading partners. |
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