Sherwood Food Distributors, formed in 1987 with the merger of Orleans International and Regal Foods, is the largest wholesale distributor of meat and poultry in the United States. The distribution company ships more than 12 million pounds of meat from packers such as Cargill, Hormel, and Perdue Farms, and delivers it to retail grocers, food manufacturers, and food-service distributors in the Midwest and eastern United States. Sherwood Food has more than 800,000 cases in stock at its distribution centers in Detroit, Cleveland and Cincinnati.and a modern fleet of more than 150 trucks.