Industry News

IFDA Names Lori Fowler of Performance Foodservice the Winner of the Mike Roach Leadership Award ​

The award recognizes an outstanding participant from each annual class of the IFDA Executive Development Program

IFDA Announces the 2019 Class of the Truck Driver Hall of Fame

IFDA announced the 67 inductees for the 2019 class of the IFDA Truck Driver Hall of Fame. This annual program casts a spotlight on the industry's top drivers for their outstanding records of service, safety and skill.

Dot Foods Takes on Labor Shortage by Thinking Outside the Box

Diversity and inclusion programs prove to be the key to fighting the effects of today's labor shortage and high employee turnover.

Majority of Americans support federal legislation to address the nation’s truck driver shortage

Broad public support for the DRIVE-Safe Act matches backing from industry groups and bipartisan lawmakers

Congress introduces bipartisan plan to address critical truck driver shortage  

The DRIVE-Safe Act expands trucking candidate pool and modernizes safety training

Female Truck Driver Becomes Industry Trailblazer

Who says there aren’t magical stories in the foodservice distribution industry? Consider this one: Young woman defies the odds by building a successful career as a foodservice distribution truck driver in what has historically been a male-dominated field. The work helped to reverse her family’s financial challenges. She then landed in Disney World as the sole woman competing in the IFDA Truck Driving Championship, accompanied by her husband and four kids. Afterwards, the whole family got time to enjoy the Magic Kingdom, all expenses paid. Sounds like a real-life fairy tale?

Women’s Leadership Committee Puts Diversity in Spotlight

Women’s participation in the U.S. workforce has grown dramatically from the 1960s to today, but there are still segments where males dominate the workforce.   When the foodservice distribution industry recently took a look within itself, it did not take long to realize that there was a definite lack of gender diversity within its ranks. The goal became clear – the foodservice distribution industry needed to increase female representation in order to stay competitive serving the restaurant industry, where female ownership and participation is growing.