Dec 9, 2004 10:07 AM, from staff and wire reports

Diamond Ranch Foods Ltd, a custom meat processing and distribution conglomerate, has added to its list of clients US Foodservice, a Columbia MD-based nationwide distribution company and division of Koninklijke Ahold.

US Foodservice is one of the leading broad line foodservice distributors in the United States, with yearly revenues exceeding $17 billion. With more than 100 distribution centers nationwide, it markets and distributes more than 43,000 national, private label, and signature brand items across America.

According to Philip Serlin, chief operating officer of Diamond Ranch Foods, the company is currently servicing a US Foodservice full distribution facility in the New Jersey/Pennsylvania region, one of the highest-volume facilities in its distribution network.