How the Sysco-Restaurant Depot deal will affect operators

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the Sysco-Restaurant Depot deal on restaurant operators with expert David Henkes.

How will the big Sysco-Restaurant Depot deal affect restaurant operators? It’s a big question, so we brought in Technomic Senior Principal David Henkes to talk about it for this week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive. Henkes is a distribution expert with Technomic and we discuss the deal at length, including what it means for both Sysco and for Restaurant Depot. We talk about its chances of getting approved by the FTC, even as independent restaurant operators call for it to be blocked. We talk about the impact this will have on the restaurant industry and why Sysco wants the retailer in the first place. And we talk about potential challenges for the distributor in integrating Restaurant Depot. We’re talking the Sysco-Restaurant Depot on A Deeper Dive so check it out.

People in this episode

Host: Restaurant Business Magazine

Guest: David Henkes

Topics covered

• Sysco-Restaurant Depot deal
• restaurant operators
• distribution
• FTC approval
• restaurant industry impact

Keywords

• Sysco
• Restaurant Depot
• David Henkes
• restaurant operators
• FTC
• distribution
• restaurant industry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sysco, Restaurant Depot, Technomic, FTC, Restaurant Business

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