Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Information about the Company’s business operations based on geographic areas is as follows (in millions):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2016			2015			2014
Net sales:
United States	$	13,133.0		$	9,829.7		$	8,989.0
Canada	1,356.4			1,203.5			1,250.9
Corporate ⁽¹⁾	40.0			36.2			40.2
Total	$	14,529.4		$	11,069.4		$	10,280.1

Income (loss) before income taxes:
United States	$	90.7		$	79.4		$	70.8
Canada	6.4			1.7			3.2
Corporate ⁽²⁾	(11.6		)	1.8			(7.6		)
Total	$	85.5		$	82.9		$	66.4

Interest expense:
United States	$	40.8		$	35.0		$	32.0
Canada	1.1			0.7			0.7
Corporate ⁽³⁾	(36.6		)	(33.2		)	(30.3		)
Total	$	5.3		$	2.5		$	2.4

Depreciation and amortization:
United States	$	31.0		$	29.3		$	24.9
Canada	2.5			2.4			2.8
Corporate ⁽⁴⁾	9.4			6.2			4.3
Total	$	42.9		$	37.9		$	32.0

Capital expenditures:
United States	$	52.4		$	28.6		$	53.3
Canada	1.9			1.7			0.6
Total	$	54.3		$	30.3		$	53.9

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(1)	Consists primarily of external sales made by the Company’s consolidating warehouses, management service fee revenue, allowance for sales returns and certain other sales adjustments.


(2)	Consists primarily of expenses and other income, such as corporate incentives and salaries, LIFO expense, health care costs, insurance and workers’ compensation adjustments, elimination of overhead allocations and foreign exchange gains or losses. The change from 2016 to 2015 is primarily attributable to lower LIFO expenses and lower payroll costs in 2015.


(3)	Consists primarily of intercompany eliminations for interest.


(4)	Consists primarily of depreciation for the consolidation centers and amortization of intangible assets. The change from 2016 to 2015 is primarily attributable to the implementation of a new ERP system in February 2016 and amortization of intangible assets related to acquisition of Pine State Convenience.

Identifiable assets by geographic area are as follows (in millions):

The net sales for the Company’s product categories are as follows (in millions):

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(1)	In 2016, the Fresh category was separated from the Food category to better highlight the growth in the Fresh commodity. The 2015 and 2014 presentations have been realigned to reflect these changes.