RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Performance Food Group (PFG) has entered into an Information Technology (IT) support arrangement with HCL Technologies, Ltd., a leading global IT services provider. This partnership will help mitigate data center risk for the Company’s critical business systems, reduce certain of our costs, and allow PFG to accelerate IT projects to meet its business priorities.
As part of the transition, 28 IT professionals will be retained by PFG and 27 additional professionals will be offered positions with HCL to work on Performance Food Group projects. 47 IT positions within Performance Food Group will be eliminated; PFG will offer outplacement services and severance packages for these associates. The transition is expected to take several months. No other job losses are expected in other functional areas due to this support arrangement. PFG will still employ over 500 associates in the Richmond area and 10,000 associates nationwide.
“PFG recognizes that this transition creates difficulty for the affected associates and their families,” said George Holm. “We are committed to working closely with both our associates and our operating companies to ensure a smooth transfer and to assist those impacted by this business decision. At the same time, these IT initiatives will provide long-term strategic benefits to PFG and ultimately to our customers. These initiatives will ensure that PFG will remain competitive in today’s market while positioning the Company for future growth.”
About Performance Food Group:
Performance Food Group Company is the parent company of the leading family of foodservice distributors – Performance Foodservice, Vistar, and PFG Customized Distribution. Through these three segments, it delivers over 94,000 national and proprietary branded food and food-related products to more than 115,000 independent and national chain restaurants, quick-service eateries, pizzerias, theaters, schools, hotels, healthcare facilities, and other institutions via its 65 distribution centers and 12 Merchant’s Mart locations across the United States. Altogether, Performance Food Group Company’s family of distributors offers outstanding service with a wide variety of high quality products that, along with the strength of our industry wide relationships and expertise, helps customers run their businesses successfully. For more information, visit www.pfgc.com.
About HCL
HCL is a $5.5 billion leading global technology and IT enterprise comprising two companies listed in India – HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems. Founded in 1976, HCL is one of India's original IT garage start-ups. A pioneer of modern computing, HCL is a global transformational enterprise today. Its range of offerings includes product engineering, custom & package applications, BPO, IT infrastructure services, IT hardware, systems integration, and distribution of information and communications technology (ICT) products across a wide range of focused industry verticals. The HCL team consists of over 77,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 29 countries including over 500 points of presence in India. HCL has partnerships with several leading Global 1000 firms, including leading IT and technology firms. For more information, please visit www.hcl.com
About HCL Technologies
HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses. Since its inception into the global landscape after its IPO in 1999, HCL focuses on ‘transformational outsourcing’, underlined by innovation and value creation, and offers integrated portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL leverages its extensive global offshore infrastructure and network of offices in 26 countries to provide holistic, multi-service delivery in key industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Consumer Services, Public Services and Healthcare. HCL takes pride in its philosophy of ‘Employee First’ which empowers our 72,267 transformers to create a real value for the customers. HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, had consolidated revenues of US$ 3.1 billion (Rs. 14,101 crores), as on 31st December 2010 (on LTM basis). For more information, please visit www.hcltech.com.