TriMark USA Inc. announced it has acquired Economy Restaurant Fixtures Inc., a San Francisco-based dealership headed by Jeff Weinstock. The acquisition also includes Economy Restaurant Fixtures’ BigTray division, an online foodservice distribution center headed by Josh Weinstock. 

“This acquisition not only gives us the benefit of Jeff and Josh’s talents, it also puts us into two additional market segments – cash-and-carry and internet sales, both of which we intend on expanding,” said Jerry Hyman, TriMark’s president and chief executive officer. “It also gives us much needed West Coast distribution capabilities.”

The Weinstocks said they believe the acquisition “will allow us to expand our superstore concept as well as strengthen the already robust national presence BigTray enjoys.”

This latest acquisition follows three others by TriMark since last summer, including the purchase of the Gill Group of Crofton, Md./Gill Marketing, of Phoenix, and Cleveland-based S.S. Kemp & Co.

FE&S ranked TriMark as the industry's third largest dealer, according to results from the 2007 Distribution Giants study published in April. The combined annual revenue reported by TriMark, Economy Restaurant Fixtures (ranked 12th), Gill (ranked 11th), and S.S. Kemp (22nd) totaled $492.50 million, according to the 2007 survey results. 

Stay tuned for the results from the 2008 survey next month.