Sysco, the country's largest food distributor to hotels, restaurants, and other food-service operations, tried to acquire rival U.S. foods for $8.2 billion. As part of its overall strategic plan, Sysco beloved that merging with largest rival would help reduce costs and allow savings to be passed on to customers. The deal would have created a single company valued at more than $65billion in annual sales with 25% of the U.S. market