About David Flitman
In September 2024, Flitman stated that US Foods had built "great momentum" as an organization, citing record results in the second quarter. He noted that the company had achieved nine consecutive quarters of market share gains in the independent restaurant segment, and reported 7% organic growth with 177% earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) growth. Flitman described the company's strategy as resting on four pillars: culture, productivity and efficiency, growth, and profit.
Flitman has also discussed his views on company culture. In a 2019 address, he said that culture is something a leader can influence even when they cannot influence every hiring decision. He outlined five tenets of his company's culture: safety as the top priority, integrity, customer priority, a commitment to continuous improvement ("be the best"), and valuing associates ("people count").
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We're a company of 9,000 people in 19 states, over 40 major metropolitan markets. I'd have a tough time influencing all those local hiring decisions, but what I can influence and set the tone for is the culture in the company. So, you think we said the word culture a lot. Let me just give you a little insight as to our culture. It starts with five key tenets in our company. The first is safety is our top priority. If we can't keep our associates safe every day, that's a problem, and the financial output of the company really doesn't matter. I'm saying that as a leader of a three and a half billion dollar public company. Second one is integrity matters. How you achieve those results is really important. The third is customer priority, so we put the customer at the center of everything that we do. And finally, the last two are be the best, which speaks to a company culture of continuous improvement, and then people count. Our associates really matter and how we treat them. So that kind of is the hallmark and the framework for our culture.
