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RULE 424(b)(3) PROSPECTUS
REGISTRATION NO. 333-24679
SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS
DATED APRIL 15, 1997
320,000 SHARES
PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY
Common Stock
(Par Value $.01 Per Share)
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The Supplement, dated July 22, 1997 (the "Supplement"), to the
Prospectus, dated April 15, 1997 (the "Prospectus"), relates to the issuance of
320,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"),
of Performance Food Group Company (the "Company"), as a portion of the
consideration for the acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of
W.J. Powell Company, Inc. ("Powell") by the Company pursuant to the Stock
Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") dated May 27, 1997, by and among the
Company and all of the shareholders of Powell.
The shares of Common Stock issued in connection with the Agreement were
registered in the name of First Union National Bank of Virginia, as Trustee
("Trustee") for each of W. Powell Jones, Harry T. Jones, III, Celetta P. Jones,
and Harry T. Jones, Jr., pursuant to the terms of an Irrevocable Trust and
Escrow Agreement (the "Trust and Escrow Agreement"). The Trustee may offer and
sell such shares of Common Stock from time to time pursuant to the terms of the
Trust and Escrow Agreement and as described under the caption "Outstanding
Securities Covered By This Prospectus" in the Prospectus.
The date of this Supplement is July 22, 1997.
