U.S. Foodservice has purchased the assets of WVO Industries of Bluffton, South Carolina. U.S. Foodservice has been providing WVO with waste cooking oil from restaurant deep fryers since 2009. WVO removes impurities from the oil and then ships it to a processing company that produces an 80/20 diesel/biodiesel fuel blend, which is used to fuel hundreds of food delivery trucks at the U.S. Foodservice-Columbia Division. Michael Frank, Vice President of Operations Excellence at U.S. Foodservice stated that “We expect to duplicate the success of the Columbia biodiesel operation at other U.S. Foodservice divisions to offer customers nationwide an opportunity to contribute to the sustainability of our environment by reducing dependence on petroleum and cutting greenhouse gas emissions." The use of biodiesel made from cooking oil reduces lifecycle carbon emissions by 80 percent over carbon-based diesel. U.S. Foodservice avoided 101,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, the equivalent of taking more than 8,000 cars off of the road and taking more than 8,600 homes off the electrical grid.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
