Van Eerden

Doing business as Van Eerden Foodservice, The Distribution Group is a regional broadline foodservice distributor that serves restaurants, convenience stores, and institutional foodservice operations in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. It supplies more than 6,000 items including dairy goods, deli products, fresh and frozen meats, fresh produce, and ethnic food products. A member of the UniPro foodservice cooperative, Van Eerden also distributes kitchen supplies, paper products, and sanitary products. Andrew Van Eerden and two partners started the family-owned business in 1920.