Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
In 2007, Royal Ahold sold US Foodservice through a $7.2 billion leverage buyout conducted by Clayton, Dubilier and Rice and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR had purchased Beatrice Foods, once the owner of Sexton, in 1986). As of June 2007, US Foodservice is jointly owned by Clayton, Dubilier and Rice and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.