 Rykoff and John Sexton & Co distribution divisions), a private label manufacturing division (historical foodservice brands like John Sexton and SERCO), a foodservice contract and design division (historically known as Finegolds), and foodservice equipment and supply (second in size at the time to only Edward Don & Company).Rykoff-Sexton Inc management was not done yet; negotiations were already underway in 1997 to combine with JP Foodservice.Mark Van Stekelenburg, then chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Rykoff-Sexton Inc, and the former president and chief executive officer of G.V.A., Inc, the largest food service distributor in the Netherlands and a subsidiary of Royal Ahold N.V., had led the 2nd largest food distributor Rykoff-Sexton Inc. into the combination of the industry's #2, #4, and #5 largest corporations in less than 24 months.