Dot Foods is among the leading food redistributors in the United States. The company purchases and warehouses more than 57,000 products from nearly 550 food manufacturers. It features dry, refrigerated and frozen foods, as well as equipment and supplies. Dot Foods consolidates products and delivers less-than-truckload quantities to distributors throughout the nation. The company operates a fleet of multitemperature trucks and maintains 1.8 million-plus square feet of warehouse space. It provides manufacturers with an efficient pipeline to distributors in various channels, including food service, convenience, retail, vending, ingredients and bakery. Through its subsidiary, Principal Resource, Dot Foods offers telesales, telemarketing and database services to food manufacturers. The company was established in 1960 and is headquartered in Mount Sterling, Ill. In 2006, Dot Foods was listed by Forbest as the 160th-largest private company.