New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers has signed an agreement to acquire Newington’s Davidson Specialty Foods. No financial details were released for the sale, which is expected to close in June.
Davidson Specialty Foods provides direct-store delivery services for over 6,000 specialty, kosher and ethnic products to independent and chain retailers across New England and the New York metropolitan area. Davidson is the largest specialty distributor in New England. Current owner operators, Bob Rowe and Jim Rowe, will continue to manage the day-to-day operations.
C&S Wholesale Grocers, based in Keene, N.H., is the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the U.S. It services customers of all sizes, supplying approximately 6,500 independent supermarkets, chain stores, military bases and institutions with over 170,000 different products.
