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Ben E. Keith Foods Acquires Winn Meat Company FORT WORTH, TX (November 11, 2008) -- Ben E. Keith Foods, the ninth largest institutional foodservice distributor in the nation, based in Fort Worth, Texas, announced today that it has acquired Winn Meat Company of Dallas, Texas. Winn Meat Company has been providing foodservice clients with top quality meat products and services for over 100 years. In addition to its award-winning custom cutting operation, portion control of raw meat products, and cooked food production, the Winn Meat Company procurement team provides customers with a product array of the finest proteins to please their customers’ palates from: Sterling Silver Premium Meats, Meyer Natural Angus Beef, Nueske's, Provimi Foods, Maple Leaf Farms, Mountain States Rosen Co., D'Artagnan, Pilot Brands, Snake River Farms, The Town Dock, North American Bison Cooperative, Hudson Valley Foie Gras, Sullivan Harbor Farm and Salumeria Biellese. Mike Roach, President of Ben E. Keith Foods, said “We welcome Winn Meat Company to the Ben E. Keith family. Both Winn Company and Ben E. Keith share a proud century-long history providing Southwest-based restaurants and institutions with top quality foodservice supplies and services. Ben E. Keith’s specialty foodservice product lines, including Winn Meat Company, Markon Cooperative produce, and Admiral of the Fleet seafood, help us develop comprehensive relationships with our customers – we work hand in hand to build their business to make them more successful. And, no small detail in today’s economy, joining forces with Winn also enables us to combine ordering and deliveries to reduce our customers’ time and labor in both purchasing and receiving, a boon in today’s economy”. Jim Lavender, Executive Vice President, said “Our sales force urged us to make center of the plate a strategic imperative. Winn Meat is the ideal partner to help lead this initiative.” Todd Winn, Co-Owner of Winn Meat said “We’re very pleased to join our longtime neighbors, Ben E. Keith Foods. We’ve been strategic partners of Ben E. Keith’s for many years now, helping us to make it more economically efficient for our customers to receive great protein products, regardless of where they are in the Southwest and beyond”. Walter Wilkerson, Co-Owner said “Selling Winn to Ben E. Keith will allow us to provide an even more seamless foodservice relationship for restaurants, hotels and other foodservice operators. Our customers mean the world to us, and we want to provide them with the best quality service we can, every day.” Ben E. Keith will operate the company as Winn Meat Company, a division of Ben E. Keith Foods, effective immediately. Todd Winn and Walter Wilkerson will remain with the new division. The acquisition was facilitated by Keiter Stephens Advisors of Glen Allen, VA. About Winn Meat Company Winn Meat Company has been providing food service clients with top-quality meat products and services for over 100 years. The company was originally founded as Bunting’s Wholesale Market in 1902. Robert Winn bought the company in 1974. Today, Mr. Winn’s son Todd and son-in-law Walter Wilkerson continue the family tradition of service excellence that is now the hallmark of Winn Meat Company. From specialty cuts to custom orders, Winn Meat Company is dedicated to giving customers not only high-quality products and services, but value. Capabilities range from sourcing unique products to in-house development of products to meet customer specifications. Winn Meat Company is proud of many longstanding relationships built on a commitment to quality and service.  Winn Meat Company offers a broad range of products, from true dry-aged beef to fresh foie gras.  For more background, please visit www.winnmeat.com.