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In 1992, with 29 Western Steers and nine Prime Sirloin Steak and Seafood restaurants to its name, WSMP grossed $150 million from its underperforming dining establishments.
Hash stayed with the company until 1993, when he was replaced by James Richardson as chair and chief executive officer.
Meanwhile Mom 'n' Pop's Bakery was generating the best revenue within the company, the division having grown to $30 million by 1993 from $10 million five years prior.
In 1994, in another attempt to branch out beyond the family steakhouse theme, WSMP teamed up with the Denver-based Bennett's Bar-B-Que to launch Bennett's Smokehouse & Saloon.
In a further move toward developing and streamlining its system, Fresh America signed a 1996 agreement with DoleFresh Vegetables, Inc., agreeing to provide forward distribution of packaged salads and other fresh-cut produce through its Chicago distribution center.
Programs with Alliant and Dole showed an increase of 35 percent, while their specialty food service companies increased revenues 47 percent over the fourth quarter of 1996.
In February 1997 the company announced that Sam's Club exercised an option under its agreement to distribute to 40 clubs directly, in effect beginning in May of the same year, meaning that Sam's would take over the produce business for 40 clubs previously supplied by Fresh America.
The original agreement allowed for the company's servicing of 10 Alliant districts in the Northeast, which soon grew to 16 additional districts, and should encompass Alliant's remaining 13 districts by the end of 1997, with the size of deliveries in each district steadily increasing.
In June 1998, it acquired Pierre Foods for $122 million cash after issuing $155 million of senior unsecured notes and securing a $75 million syndicated bank loan.
Since shoppers apparently preferred branded items to generics, WSMP focused its efforts in 1998 on creating a national network of restaurant brand sandwich lines for distribution to grocery stores, convenience stores, discount club stores, and coin-operated vending machines.
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| Elizabeth Arden | 1910 | $966.7M | 1,200 | - |
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| Concessions International | 1979 | $175.0M | 3,000 | 75 |
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| Tropical Sno | 1984 | $2.1M | 15 | - |
| DENIOS US | 1990 | $6.5M | 100 | - |
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