US Foods Holding Corp. (USFD)
Foodservice distributor, 89% in the field. Read October 3, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 27, 2025, filed February 12, 2026. Ranked 2 of the 31 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
22%
End of 2028
35%
Employees, annual report
30,000
Leading staffing pattern
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now22%
- End of 202732%
- End of 202835%
- End of 203036%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 64%
- Becomes checking a model's work 23%
- Handed over with lighter checks 12%
The filing states approximately 30,000 associates, 89% in field roles and 11% in shared service or corporate roles, so the two stated shares give the patterns their shares (a).
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 22% now, 32% at the end of 2027, 35% at the end of 2028, 36% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 36% desk work, 18% people work and 46% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 64% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 23% becomes checking a model's work and 12% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
30,000 employees as of December 27, 2025 (stated). Substantially all employees are in the United States, in the filing's words.
The filing: “Human Capital Management Employees As of December 27, 2025, we employed a total of approximately 30,000 associates.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) | 89% | Approximately 89% of associates in field roles in broadline distribution, retail operations and production facilities, a stated share (a) (NAICS 4244, the SIC 5140 business). |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 11% | The remaining 11% in shared service or corporate roles, a stated share, so rule 6 gives management of companies this share and only this share (a). |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 30,000 associates, substantially all in the United States and full-time; about 70% hourly; about 6,600 (22%) in unions under 58 collective bargaining agreements; 89% in field roles and 11% in shared service or corporate roles; over 4,000 sales associates.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Sysco Corporation (SYY, 75,000 employees)22% now, 32% by 2028
- Performance Food Group Co (PFGC, 44,000 employees)22% now, 32% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
14 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names technology and AI as forces transforming the foodservice industry toward efficiency and deeper customer engagement, and in its risk factors.
- “These statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors, many of which are beyond our control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including, among others: changes in consumer eating habits, including economic factors affecting consumer confid...”
- “Technology in foodservice and Artificial Intelligence ("AI").”
- “Technology and AI are transforming the foodservice industry, driving efficiency and deeper customer engagement.”
- “AI-powered tools such as self-ordering kiosks, predictive scheduling, kitchen robotics and real-time inventory systems reduce waste, optimize labor and improve profitability.”
- “Customers also get AI-powered, real-time delivery alerts and smart business tools like Inventory and a Food Cost Calculator, intended to save time and boost profits.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20243median 4
- Fiscal 202514median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-27 | 30,000 | 2026-02-12 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-28 | 30,000 | 2025-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-30 | 30,000 | 2024-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 29,000 | 2023-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2022-01-01 | 28,000 | 2022-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2021-01-02 | 26,000 | 2021-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-28 | 28,000 | 2020-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-29 | 24,800 | 2019-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-30 | 25,053 | 2018-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 25,000 | 2017-02-28 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- Shares by the filing's stated field and corporate percentages (a).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001665918-26-000008, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
Questions about this company
- How much of US Foods Holding Corp.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 22% now and 35% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce US Foods Holding Corp.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does US Foods Holding Corp. employ?
- 30,000 as of December 27, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 27, 2025 states. About 100% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up US Foods Holding Corp.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only); by those patterns the work is about 36% desk work, 18% people work and 46% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does US Foods Holding Corp.'s annual report say about AI?
- 14 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 3 and 14 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 3, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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