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☒    QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

☐    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes ☒    No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes ☐    No ☒

222,941,412 shares of the registrant’s common stock were outstanding as of October 31, 2025.

Statements in this Quarterly Report (“Quarterly Report”) which are not historical in nature are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements often include words such as “believe,” “expect,” “project,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “target,” “seek,” “will,” “may,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “forecast,” “mission,” “strive,” “more,” “goal,” or similar expressions (although not all forward-looking statements may contain such words) and are based upon various assumptions and our experience in the industry, as well as historical trends, current conditions, and expected future developments. However, you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results, and there are a number of risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including, among others:

For a detailed discussion of these and other risks, uncertainties and factors, see Part I, Item 1A— “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024 filed February 13, 2025.

In light of these risks, uncertainties, and other important factors, the forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report might not prove to be accurate, and you should not place undue reliance on them. All forward-looking statements attributable to us, or others acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above and contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. All of these statements speak only as of the date made, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Comparisons of results between current and prior periods are not intended to express any future trends, or indications of future performance, unless expressed as such, and should be viewed only as historical data.

US Foods Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries are referred to in these consolidated financial statements and notes as “we,” “our,” “us,” the “Company,” or “US Foods.” US Foods Holding Corp. conducts all of its operations through its wholly owned subsidiary US Foods, Inc. (“USF”) and its subsidiaries. All of the Company’s indebtedness, as further described in Note 9, Debt, is a direct obligation of USF and its subsidiaries.

Business Description—The Company, through USF, operates in one business segment in which it markets, sells and distributes fresh, frozen and dry food and non-food products to foodservice customers throughout the United States (“U.S.”). These customers include independently owned single and multi-unit restaurants, regional concepts, national restaurant chains, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels and motels, country clubs, government and military organizations, colleges and universities and retail locations.

Basis of Presentation—The Company operates on a 52- or 53-week fiscal year, with all periods ending on a Saturday. When a 53-week fiscal year occurs, the Company reports the additional week in the fiscal fourth quarter. Fiscal years 2025 and 2024 are both 52-week fiscal years.

The consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and disclosures normally included in financial statements and notes prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The Company believes that the disclosures included in this Quarterly Report are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These interim consolidated financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Report”).

The consolidated interim financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring items) necessary for the fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that might be achieved for any other interim period or the full fiscal year.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No 2023-09 Income Taxes (“Topic 740”) “Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures Topic 740”, which enhances the transparency of income tax disclosures primarily related to rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. This guidance is effective on a prospective basis, though retrospective application is permitted. The Company plans to adopt the provisions of ASU No. 2023-09 in its annual reporting in fiscal year 2025 and does not expect the provisions of the new standard to materially affect our financial position, results of operation or cash flows.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No 2024-03 Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—“Expense Disaggregation Disclosures: Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses”, which requires disclosure of disaggregated information about certain income statement expense line items within the footnotes to the financial statements. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06 Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (“Subtopic 350-40”) “Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software”, which amends the accounting guidance on the timing of capitalization of internally-developed software costs by removing references to software development stages, and provides guidance on how to determine when it is probable that a project will be completed and a software will be used to perform the function intended. This guidance is effective for interim and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The standard updates may be applied prospectively, retrospectively, or via a modified prospective transition method. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Company recognizes revenue when the performance obligation is satisfied, which occurs when a customer obtains control of the promised goods or services. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration which the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for these goods or services. The Company generates substantially all of its revenue from the distribution and sale of food and food-related products and recognizes revenue when title and risk of loss passes to the customer and the customer accepts the goods, which occurs at delivery. Customer sales incentives, such as volume-based rebates or discounts, are treated as a reduction of revenue at the time the revenue is recognized. Sales taxes invoiced to customers and remitted to governmental authorities are excluded from net sales. Shipping and handling costs are treated as fulfillment costs and included in distribution, selling and administrative costs.

The Company did not have any material outstanding performance obligations, contract liabilities or capitalized contract acquisition costs as of September 27, 2025 or December 28, 2024. Customer receivables, which are included in accounts receivable, less allowances in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, were $2.2 billion and $2.0 billion as of September 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively.

The Company has certain customer contracts under which incentives are paid upfront to its customers. These payments have become industry practice and are not related to financing any customer’s business, nor are these payments associated with any distinct good or service to be received from any customer. These incentive payments are capitalized in prepaid expenses and other assets and amortized as a reduction of revenue over the life of the contract or as goods or services are transferred to the customer. The Company’s contract assets for these upfront payments were $60 million and $43 million included in prepaid expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively, and $68 million and $50 million included in other assets in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively.

The following table presents the disaggregation of revenue for each of the Company’s principal product categories:

Jake’s Finer Foods Acquisition—On January 10, 2025, the Company acquired Jake’s Finer Foods, a broadline distributor in Texas, for a purchase price of $92 million subject to holdbacks and adjustments (less the amount of cash received). The acquisition was funded with cash on hand and allows US Foods to further expand its reach into key markets in south Texas. The Jake’s Finer Foods acquisition, reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements commencing from the date of acquisition, did not materially affect the Company’s results of operations or financial position. The Company recorded goodwill of $4 million and intangible assets of $5 million for this acquisition. The goodwill recognized from the Jake’s Finer Foods acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes. Jake’s Finer Foods is integrated into the Company’s foodservice distribution network.

IWC Food Service—During the fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2024, the Company acquired IWC Food Service, a broadline distributor in Tennessee, for a purchase price of $220 million (less the amount of cash received, which was $6 million) for a net purchase price of $214 million, subject to adjustments. The acquisition, which was a stock acquisition, was funded with cash from operations and allows US Foods to further expand its reach into Tennessee and distribution channels to the southeast United States.

The IWC Food Service acquisition, reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements commencing from the date of the closing of the acquisition on April 5, 2024, did not materially affect the Company’s results of operations or financial position. The Company recorded goodwill of $81 million and intangible assets of $82 million for this acquisition. The intangible assets included $78 million related to customer relationships and $4 million related to noncompete agreements, which will be amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of 15 and 5 years, respectively. The goodwill recognized from the IWC Food Service acquisition is deductible for tax purposes. IWC Food Service is integrated into the Company’s foodservice distribution network.

Freshway Divestiture—During the fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2025, the Company completed the sale of the Freshway business for net proceeds of approximately $38 million. The Freshway business processes, repacks, and distributes fresh fruit and vegetables in the eastern half of the U.S. The Company recognized an immaterial loss included within distribution, selling and administrative costs in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. The sale of the Freshway business did not represent a strategic shift that had a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results and, therefore, did not qualify for presentation as discontinued operations.

The Company’s inventories, consisting mainly of food and other food-related products, are primarily considered finished goods. Inventory costs include the purchase price of the product, freight costs to deliver it to the Company’s distribution and retail facilities, and depreciation and labor related to processing facilities and equipment and are net of certain cash or non-cash consideration received from vendors. The Company assesses the need for valuation allowances for slow-moving, excess and obsolete inventories by estimating the net recoverable value of such goods based upon inventory category, inventory age, specifically identified items, and overall economic conditions.

The Company records inventories at the lower of cost or market primarily using the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method. For our LIFO based inventories, the base year values of beginning and ending inventories are determined using the inventory price index computation method. This “links” current costs to original costs in the base year when the Company adopted LIFO. LIFO reserves in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets were $613 million and $549 million as of September 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively. As a result of changes in LIFO reserves, cost of goods increased $46 million and $23 million for the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, respectively. As a result of changes in LIFO reserves, cost of goods increased $65 million and $68 million for the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, respectively.

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation of property and equipment is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from 3 to 40 years. Property and equipment under financing leases and leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the remaining terms of the related leases or the estimated useful lives of the assets, if reasonably assured the Company will purchase the assets at the end of the lease terms. As of September 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, property and equipment-net included accumulated depreciation of $3,454 million and $3,303 million, respectively. Depreciation expense was $103 million and $99 million for the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, respectively and $303 million and $288 million for the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, respectively.

Goodwill includes the cost of acquired businesses in excess of the fair value of the tangible and other intangible net assets acquired. Other intangible assets include customer relationships, noncompete agreements, amortizable trade names, the brand names comprising the Company’s portfolio of exclusive brands, and trademarks. Brand names and trademarks are indefinite-lived intangible assets and, accordingly, are not subject to amortization, but are subject to impairment assessments as described below.

Customer relationships, noncompete agreements and amortizable trade names are intangible assets with definite lives, and are carried at the acquired fair value less accumulated amortization. Customer relationships, noncompete agreements and amortizable trade names are amortized over their estimated useful lives (which range from 3 to 15 years). Amortization expense was $15 million for the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, and $42 million and $39 million for the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, respectively.

Goodwill and other intangibles—net consisted of the following:

			September 27, 2025						December 28, 2024
Goodwill			$	5,767					$	5,781
Reclassification to assets held for sale(1)			—						(15)
Total Goodwill			5,767						5,766
Other intangibles—net
Customer relationships—amortizable:
Gross carrying amount			$	803					$	798
Accumulated amortization			(282)						(241)
Net carrying value			521						557
Trade names—amortizable:
Gross carrying amount			4						4
Accumulated amortization			(2)						(2)
Net carrying value			2						2
Noncompete agreements—amortizable:
Gross carrying amount			9						8
Accumulated amortization			(3)						(2)
Net carrying value			6						6
Brand names and trademarks—not amortizing			258						271
Total other intangibles—net			$	787					$	836

1. Relates to the reclassification of goodwill allocated for the Freshway divestiture.. Refer to Note 4 Acquisitions and Divestitures for additional information.

The change in goodwill is attributable to the Freshway divestiture, offset by the Jake’s Finer Foods acquisition in the first quarter of 2025. The increase in the gross carrying amount of customer relationships and noncompete agreements is attributable to the Jake’s Finer Foods acquisition.

The Company assesses for impairment of intangible assets with definite lives only if events occur that indicate that the carrying amount of an intangible asset may not be recoverable. The Company assesses goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives for impairment annually, or more frequently if events occur that indicate an asset may be impaired. For goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, the Company’s policy is to assess for impairment as of the beginning of each fiscal third quarter. As a part of this assessment, the Company determined that there were no future plans to utilize several acquired brand names and trademarks - not amortizing, which had upcoming trademark registration expirations. This resulted in a $13 million impairment during the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025. No indefinite-lived intangible asset impairments were recognized for the 39 weeks ended September 28, 2024. No goodwill impairments were recognized for the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024.

Certain assets and liabilities are carried at fair value under GAAP, under which fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement. The Company’s fair value measurements are based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. As a basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, fair value accounting standards establish a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

•Level 1—observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets

•Level 2—observable inputs other than those included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active or inactive markets that are observable either directly or indirectly, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data

•Level 3—unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions

Any transfers of assets or liabilities between Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy will be recognized as of the end of the reporting period in which the transfer occurs. There were no transfers between fair value levels in any of the periods presented below.

There were no significant assets or liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis for the periods presented above, except as further disclosed in Note 7, Goodwill and Other Intangibles.

Money market funds include highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three or fewer months. These funds are valued using quoted market prices in active markets and are classified under Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy.

The Company has in the past, and may in the future, use interest rate hedges, designated as cash flow hedges, to manage its exposure to interest rate movements in connection with its variable-rate debt. In April 2023, the Company entered into two, two-year rate cap agreements, which matured on April 30, 2025, with a total notional amount of $450 million (“2023 interest rate caps”). On April 10, 2025, the Company entered into a one-year interest rate cap agreement, which will mature on April 30, 2026, with a total notional amount of $450 million (“2025 April interest rate cap”). In June 2025, the Company entered into another one-year interest rate cap agreement effective April 30, 2026 which will mature on April 30, 2027 with a notional amount of $450 million (“2025 June interest rate cap”). The 2025 April interest rate cap and the 2025 June interest rate cap hedges effectively cap the interest rate on approximately 34% of the current principal amount of the Term Loan Facilities. The Company’s maximum exposure to the variable component of the interest rate on the Term Loan Facilities will be 5% on the notional amount covered by the 2025 April interest rate cap and the 2025 June interest rate cap. The Company’s derivative financial instruments are classified as Level 2 assets. As of September 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, the fair value of the Company’s Level 2 assets recorded within other current assets was immaterial for both periods.

The Company records its interest rate caps within other current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet at fair value, based on projections of cash flows and future interest rates. The determination of fair value includes the consideration of any credit valuation adjustments necessary, giving consideration to the creditworthiness of the respective counterparties or the Company, as appropriate.

The effective portion of gains and losses on the interest rate caps are initially recorded in other comprehensive income, net of tax and reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax to interest expense within the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income during the period in which the hedged transaction affects income. There was no ineffectiveness attributable to the Company’s interest rate caps during the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025. During the next twelve months, the Company estimates an immaterial amount will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to income.

The carrying value of cash, accounts receivable, vendor receivables, cash overdraft liability and accounts payable approximate their fair values due to their short-term maturities.

The fair value of the Company’s total debt approximated $5.0 billion and $4.8 billion as of September 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively, as compared to its carrying value of $5.0 billion and $4.9 billion as of September 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively.

The fair value of the Company’s senior notes is based upon their quoted market prices on the respective dates and are classified under Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of all of the Company’s individual senior note issuances approximates carrying value. The fair value of the balance of the Company’s debt is primarily classified under Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, with fair value estimated based upon a combination of the cash outflows expected under these debt facilities, interest rates that are currently available to the Company for debt with similar terms, and estimates of the Company’s overall credit risk.

Total debt consisted of the following:

The Company’s asset based senior secured revolving credit facility (the “ABL Facility”) provides the Company with loan commitments having a maximum aggregate principal amount of $2,300 million. The ABL Facility is scheduled to mature on December 7, 2027.

Borrowings under the ABL Facility bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the Company’s periodic election, Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“Term SOFR”) or Adjusted Borrowing Rate (“ABR”), as described in the ABL Facility, plus the following margin and credit spread adjustment:

On April 30, 2024, the ABL Facility was amended to provide certain providers of supply chain financings a security interest in certain assets of the Company under the ABL Facility.

The Company had outstanding borrowings totaling $162 million, and had outstanding letters of credit totaling $315 million, under the ABL Facility as of September 27, 2025. The outstanding letters of credit primarily relate to securing USF’s obligations with respect to certain real estate leases. There was available capacity of $1,822 million under the ABL Facility as of September 27, 2025. During the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025, outstanding letters of credit were reduced by approximately $254 million after additional surety bonds were issued in the first and second quarter of 2025 to secure the Company’s obligations with respect to its insurance program.

The Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2016 (as amended, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”), provides the Company with an incremental senior secured term loan borrowed in October 2024 (the “2024 Incremental Term Loan Facility”), an incremental senior secured term loan borrowed in November 2021 (the “2021 Incremental Term Loan Facility”) and the right to request additional incremental senior secured term loan commitments.

Borrowings under the Term Loan Credit Agreement bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the Company’s periodic election, Term SOFR or ABR, as described in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, plus the following margin:

USF’s maximum exposure to the variable component of the interest rate on the Term Loan Facilities is 5% on the notional amount covered by the interest rate caps described above. Borrowings under the Term Loan Credit Agreement may be voluntarily prepaid without penalty or premium, other than customary breakage costs related to prepayments of SOFR-based borrowings. The Term Loan Credit Agreement may require mandatory repayments if certain assets are sold.

On February 27, 2024, the 2021 Incremental Term Loan Facility was amended to reduce the interest rate margins under the term loan facility to 2.00% for Term SOFR borrowings and 1.00% for ABR borrowings and eliminate the credit spread adjustment. The Company applied modification accounting to the majority of the continuing lenders as the terms were not substantially different from the terms that applied to those lenders prior to the amendment. For the remaining lenders, the Company applied debt extinguishment accounting. The Company recorded $1 million of third-party costs related to the February 27, 2024 amendment in interest expense. Unamortized deferred financing costs of $3 million as of February 27, 2024 were carried forward and will be amortized through November 22, 2028, the maturity date of the term loan facility.

On October 3, 2024, the Company amended the 2021 Incremental Term Loan Facility, entered into the 2024 Incremental Term Loan Facility, and completed a private offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.75% Unsecured Senior Notes due 2033 (the “Unsecured Senior Notes due 2033”). Proceeds from the incremental term loans and senior notes, along with cash on hand, were used to repay all of the then outstanding borrowings under the incremental senior secured term loan facility borrowed in September 2019 (the “2019 Incremental Term Loan Facility”). The 2021 Incremental Term Loan Facility amendment reduced the interest rate margins under the term loan facility to 1.75% for Term SOFR borrowings and 0.75% for ABR borrowings.

In connection with the repayment of the 2019 Incremental Term Loan Facility during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, the Company applied debt extinguishment accounting and recorded $10 million in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, primarily consisting of a write-off of pre-existing unamortized deferred financing costs related to the incremental Term Loan Facility. Lender fees and third-party costs of $10 million related to the 2021 Incremental Term Loan amendment, issuance of the 2024 Incremental Term Loan Facility and the Unsecured Senior Notes due 2033 were capitalized as deferred financing costs.

Each of the Company’s outstanding senior notes are redeemable, at USF’s option, in whole or in part, at a price multiplied by the remaining principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but not including the applicable redemption date. The senior notes are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of the Company’s existing and future wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries that provide guarantees under the Company’s senior secured term loan credit facilities.

As of September 27, 2025, the Term Loan Facility, ABL Facility and certain variable rate finance leases, which were approximately 31% of the Company’s total debt, bore interest at a floating rate.

The agreements governing our indebtedness contain customary covenants. These include, among other things, covenants that restrict our ability to incur certain additional indebtedness, create or permit liens on assets, pay dividends, or engage in mergers or consolidations. The Company had approximately $2.7 billion of restricted payment capacity under these covenants, and approximately $1.7 billion of its net assets were restricted after taking into consideration the net deferred tax assets and intercompany balances that eliminate in consolidation as of September 27, 2025.

The Company computes EPS in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 260, Earnings per Share. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding.

Diluted EPS is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock, plus the effect of potentially dilutive securities. The Company applied the treasury method to calculate the dilution impact of share-based awards—stock options, non-vested restricted shares with forfeitable dividend rights, restricted stock units, and employee stock purchase plan deferrals. For the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025, share-based awards representing less than 1 million underlying common shares were not included in the computation because the effect would have been anti-dilutive. For the 13 weeks ended September 28, 2024, there were no anti-dilutive shares excluded from the dilutive share-based calculation. For both the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, share-based awards representing less than 1 million underlying common shares were not included in the computation because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted EPS:

On November 2, 2022, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program (“2022 Share Repurchase Program”) under which the Company was authorized to repurchase up to $500 million of its outstanding common stock. On June 1, 2024, the Board approved an increase in the amount of common stock that could be purchased under the 2022 Share Repurchase Program to $1 billion (collectively, the “Original Share Repurchase Program”). On May 7, 2025, the Board of Directors approved, and on May 8, 2025, the Company announced a new share repurchase program (“New Share Repurchase Program”) under which the Company is authorized to repurchase up to an additional $1 billion of its outstanding common stock. As of September 27, 2025, there were no remaining funds authorized under the Original Share Repurchase Program and approximately $467 million in remaining funds authorized under the New Share Repurchase Program.

The size and timing of any repurchases will depend on a number of factors, including share price, general business and market conditions and other factors. Under the New Share Repurchase Program, repurchases can be made from time to time using a variety of methods, including open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchases and Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The New Share Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of shares, and the New Share Repurchase Program may be suspended or discontinued at any time at the Company’s discretion. The New Share Repurchase Program does not have an expiration date.

The Company sponsors various retirement plans for eligible employees, and provides certain postretirement health and welfare benefits to eligible retirees and their dependents.

Certain employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) plan. The Company made employer matching contributions to the 401(k) plan of $22 million and $21 million for the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, respectively, and $66 million and $63 million for the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, respectively.

The Company is also required to contribute to various multiemployer pension plans under the terms of collective bargaining agreements that cover certain of its union-represented employees. The Company’s contributions to these plans were $16 million and $15 million for the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, respectively, and $48 million and $44 million for the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, respectively.

During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, the Company terminated the majority of its defined benefit plan (“Terminating Plan”). After the Terminating Plan was settled, the net funded status of the remainder of the defined benefit plan (“Ongoing Plan”) was recorded within other long term assets and other long term liabilities as of December 28, 2024. The Company does not expect to make any material contributions to its defined benefit pension plan in fiscal year 2025.

The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component for the periods presented:

(1)    Amounts are presented net of tax.

(2)    Included in the computation of net periodic benefit costs.

(3)    Included in other expense—net in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

Included in the retirement benefit obligations balance for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025 is $45 million of tax effects, $44 million of which represents tax effects on items within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the presence of a valuation allowance in certain historical periods. The Company expects the tax effects to remain in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) until the Retirement Plan ceases to exist.

The determination of the Company’s overall effective income tax rate requires the use of estimates. The effective income tax rate reflects the income earned and taxed in U.S. federal and various state jurisdictions based on enacted tax law, permanent differences between book and tax items, tax credits and the Company’s change in relative income in each jurisdiction.

The Company estimated its annual effective income tax rate for the full fiscal year and applied the annual effective income tax rate to the results of the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, and then recognized the impact of discrete tax items for purposes of determining its year-to-date tax provision.

For the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025, the Company’s effective income tax rate of 26% differed from the 21% federal corporate income tax rate primarily as a result of state income taxes and the recognition of various discrete tax items. The discrete tax items were not material individually or in the aggregate.

For the 13 weeks ended September 28, 2024, the Company’s effective income tax rate of 26% differed from the 21% federal corporate income tax rate primarily as a result of state income taxes and the recognition of various discrete tax items. These discrete tax items included a tax benefit of $1 million related to a decrease in an unrecognized tax benefit as a result of the expiration of the statute of limitations in several jurisdictions and a tax benefit of $1 million, primarily related to excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation.

For the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025, the Company’s effective income tax rate of 25% differed from the 21% federal corporate income tax rate primarily as a result of state income taxes and the recognition of various discrete tax items. These discrete tax items included a tax benefit of $8 million, primarily related to excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation.

For the 39 weeks ended September 28, 2024, the Company’s effective income tax rate of 23% differed from the 21% federal corporate income tax rate primarily as a result of state income taxes and the recognition of various discrete tax items. These discrete tax items included a tax benefit of $17 million, primarily related to a decrease in an unrecognized tax benefit as a result of the expiration of the statute of limitations in several jurisdictions, a tax benefit of $8 million, primarily related to excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation and a tax expense of $3 million, primarily related to adjustments to prior year tax provision estimates.

On July 4, 2025, the President of the United States signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“the Act”) into law. The Act made changes to the U.S. tax code including, but not limited to, permanently extending bonus depreciation that permits full expensing of qualified property, removal of the requirement to capitalize and amortize domestic research and development expenditures, and changes to limitations on the deductibility of interest expense. The Company has reflected the effect of the Act in its results for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025. The Act did not have a material impact on the Company’s effective tax rate. We will continue to evaluate the effects of the Act on our results as further guidance is issued.

Purchase Commitments—The Company enters into purchase orders with vendors and other parties in the ordinary course of business and has a limited number of purchase contracts with certain vendors that require it to buy a predetermined volume of products. The Company had $766 million of purchase orders and purchase contract commitments as of September 27, 2025 to be purchased in the remainder of fiscal year 2025 and continuing through fiscal year 2029 and $125 million of information technology commitments through 2028 that are not recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company has entered into various minimum volume purchase agreements at various pricing terms. Minimum amounts committed to as of September 27, 2025 totaled approximately $0.3 billion. Minimum amounts committed to by year are as follows:

To minimize fuel price risk, the Company enters into forward purchase commitments for a portion of its projected diesel fuel requirements. The Company had diesel fuel forward purchase commitments totaling $27 million through December 2026 as of September 27, 2025. Additionally, the Company had electricity forward purchase commitments totaling $2.5 million through July 2026, as of September 27, 2025. The Company does not measure its forward purchase commitments for fuel and electricity at fair value, as the amounts under contract meet the physical delivery criteria in the normal purchase exception.

Legal Proceedings—The Company is subject to a number of legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. These legal proceedings, whether pending, threatened or unasserted, if decided adversely to or settled by the Company, may result in liabilities material to its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. The Company has recognized provisions with respect to the proceedings, where appropriate, in its Consolidated Balance Sheets. It is possible that the Company could settle one or more of these proceedings or could be required to make expenditures, in excess of the established provisions, in amounts that cannot be reasonably estimated. However, the Company, at present, believes that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Surety Bonds—As of September 27, 2025, the Company had approximately $327 million of surety bonds that were not recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The surety bonds are primarily used as security against certain insurance program contractual commitments in the normal course of business.

The Company operates as one operating segment. The Company markets, sells, and distributes fresh, frozen and dry food and non-food products to foodservice customers throughout the U.S. The Company uses a centralized management structure, and its strategies and initiatives are implemented and executed consistently across the organization. The Company uses shared resources for sales, procurement, and general and administrative activities across each of its distribution facilities and operations. The Company’s distribution facilities form a single network to reach its customers; it is common for a single customer to make purchases from several different distribution facilities. Capital projects, whether for cost savings or generating incremental revenue, are evaluated based on estimated economic returns to the organization as a whole.

The Company’s consolidated results represent the results of its one operating segment based on how the Company’s chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”), the Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”), views the business for purposes of evaluating performance and making operating decisions.

The CODM utilizes the U.S. GAAP measurement of consolidated net income to assess financial performance and allocate resources. This financial metric is used by the CODM to make key operating decisions, such as allocation of budget between net sales, cost of goods sold, distribution costs and selling and administrative costs. The measure of segment assets is reported on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as total consolidated assets. In addition, the measure of capital expenditures, depreciation and amortization is reported on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The following table presents selected financial information with respect to the Company’s single operating segment for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024:

The following discussion and analysis should be read together with the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report and the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto in the 2024 Annual Report. The following discussion and analysis contain certain financial measures that are not required by or presented in accordance with GAAP. We believe these non-GAAP measures provide meaningful supplemental information about our operating performance and liquidity. Information regarding reconciliations of and the rationale for these measures is discussed under “Non-GAAP Reconciliations” below. Results of operations for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025 are compared to the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 28, 2024, unless specifically noted otherwise.

At US Foods, we strive to inspire and empower chefs and foodservice operators to bring great food experiences to consumers. This mission is supported by our brand promise of WE HELP YOU MAKE IT™. Our promise brings three key elements to the forefront for our customers; (1) more quality products, like our large and diverse Exclusive Brand portfolio that is based on consistency, freshness and innovation, (2) more tools, centering on our best-in-industry ecommerce platform, MOXē, and (3) more deliveries, with expanded options for on-time delivery enabled by our traditional broadline services and our convenient and flexible Pronto™ program. We operate as one business with standardized business processes, shared systems infrastructure, and an organizational model that optimizes national scale with local execution, allowing us to manage our business as a single operating segment. We have centralized activities where scale matters and our local field structure focuses on customer-facing activities.

We supply approximately 250,000 customer locations nationwide. These customer locations include independent restaurants, chain restaurants, healthcare, hospitality, education and other customers. We provide fresh, frozen, and dry food products, as well as non-food items, sourced from thousands of suppliers. Approximately 4,000 sales associates manage customer relationships at local, regional, and national levels. Our sales associates are supported by sophisticated marketing and category management capabilities, as well as world-class chefs, new business development managers and others that help us provide more comprehensive service to our customers. Our extensive network of over 70 distribution facilities and fleet of over 6,500 trucks, along with over 90 cash and carry locations, allow us to operate efficiently and provide high levels of customer service. This operating model allows us to leverage our nationwide scale and footprint while executing locally.

Case growth—Case growth, by customer type (e.g., independent restaurants) is reported as of a point in time. Customers periodically are reclassified, based on changes in size or other characteristics, and when those changes occur, the respective customer’s historical volume is included within the new classification.

Organic growth—Organic growth includes growth from operating businesses that have been reflected in our results of operations for at least 12 months.

For the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025, compared to the same period a year ago, total case volume increased 1.1%, driven by a 3.9% increase in independent restaurant case volume, a 3.9% increase in healthcare volume and a 2.4% increase in hospitality volume, partially offset by a 2.4% decrease in chain volume.

For the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025, compared to the same period a year ago, total case volume increased 1.0%, driven by a 3.0% increase in independent restaurant case volume, a 4.9% increase in healthcare volume and a 2.8% increase in hospitality volume, partially offset by a 3.6% decrease in chain volume.

For the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025, compared to the same period a year ago, total organic case volume increased 0.8% and 0.5%, respectively, which includes 3.5% and 2.4% organic independent restaurant case volume growth for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025, respectively.

Net sales increased $463 million, or 4.8%, and $1,238 million, or 4.4%, for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025, respectively, driven by case volume growth and food cost inflation of 3.0% and 2.8% for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025, respectively.

Gross profit increased $86 million, or 5.2%, to $1,753 million for the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025, and increased $276 million or 5.7%, to $5,144 million for the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025. For the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025 the increase was primarily a result of an increase in total case volume, improved cost of goods sold and inventory management, partially offset by an unfavorable year-over-year LIFO adjustment. For the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025, the increase was primarily a result of an increase in total case volume, improved cost of goods sold, inventory management and a favorable year-over-year LIFO adjustment. Gross profit was negatively impacted by LIFO expense of $46 million and $65 million for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025, respectively. Gross profit was negatively impacted by LIFO expense of $23 million and $68 million for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 28, 2024. As a percentage of net sales, gross profit was 17.2% and 17.1% for the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025, and September 28, 2024, and 17.4% and 17.1% for the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025, and September 28, 2024, respectively.

Total operating expenses increased $83 million, or 6.0%, to $1,471 million for the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025, and increased $195 million, or 4.8%, to $4,266 million for the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025. For the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025, the increase was primarily a result of an increase in total case volume and higher distribution, selling and administrative costs, partially offset by continued distribution productivity improvement as well as actions to streamline administrative processes and costs. As a percentage of net sales, operating expenses were 14.4% and 14.3% for the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, respectively, and 14.4% and 14.3% for the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024, respectively.

The following table presents selected historical results of operations for the periods indicated:

(1)    EBITDA is defined as net income, plus interest expense—net, income tax provision, and depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA adjusted for: (1) restructuring activity and asset impairment charges; (2) share-based compensation expense; (3) the impact of LIFO reserve adjustments; (4) loss on extinguishment of debt; (5) business transformation costs; and (6) other gains, losses, or costs as specified in the agreements governing our indebtedness. Adjusted EBITDA Margin is Adjusted EBITDA divided by total net sales. Adjusted Net Income is defined as net income excluding the items used to calculate Adjusted EBITDA listed above and further adjusted for the tax effect of the exclusions and discrete tax items. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Net Income as presented are supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. They are not measurements of our performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP. For additional information, see the discussion under the caption “Non-GAAP Reconciliations” below.

(2)    Free Cash Flow is defined as cash flows provided by operating activities and proceeds from sales of property and equipment less cash capital expenditures. Free Cash Flow as presented is a supplemental measure of our liquidity that is not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. It is not a measure of our liquidity under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to cash flows provided by operating activities or any other liquidity measures derived in accordance with GAAP. For additional information, see the discussion under the caption “Non-GAAP Reconciliations” below.

We provide EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income and Free Cash Flow as supplemental measures to GAAP financial measures regarding our operating performance and liquidity. These non-GAAP financial measures, as defined above, exclude the impact of certain items and, therefore, have not been calculated in accordance with GAAP.

We believe EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin provide meaningful supplemental information about our operating performance because they exclude amounts that we do not consider part of our core operating results when assessing our performance.

We believe that Adjusted Net Income is a useful measure of operating performance for both management and investors because it excludes items that are not reflective of our core operating performance and provides an additional view of our operating performance including depreciation, interest expense and income taxes on a consistent basis from period to period. We believe that Adjusted Net Income may be used by investors, analysts and other interested parties to facilitate period-over-period comparisons and provides additional clarity as to how factors and trends impact our operating performance.

Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures (1) to evaluate our historical and prospective financial performance as well as our performance relative to our competitors as they assist in highlighting trends, (2) to set internal sales targets and spending budgets, (3) to measure operational profitability and the accuracy of forecasting, (4) to assess financial discipline over operational expenditures, and (5) as an important factor in determining variable compensation for management and employees. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are also used in connection with certain covenants and activity restrictions under the agreements governing our indebtedness. We also believe these and similar non-GAAP financial measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors, and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin and Adjusted Net Income are not measurements of our performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP.

We use Free Cash Flow as a supplemental measure to GAAP financial measures regarding the liquidity of our operations. We measure Free Cash Flow as cash flows provided by operating activities and proceeds from sales of property and equipment less cash capital expenditures. We believe that Free Cash Flow is a useful financial metric to assess our ability to pursue business opportunities and investments. Free Cash Flow is not a measure of our liquidity under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to cash flows provided by operating activities or any other liquidity measures derived in accordance with GAAP.

We caution readers that amounts presented in accordance with our definitions of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income, and Free Cash Flow may not be the same as similar measures used by other companies. Not all companies and analysts calculate EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income or Free Cash Flow in the same manner. We compensate for these limitations by using these non-GAAP financial measures as supplements to GAAP financial measures and by presenting the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measures.

The following table reconciles EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income and Free Cash Flow to the most directly comparable GAAP financial performance and liquidity measures for the periods indicated: