Performance Food Group Announces Webcast of First Quarter Conference C

    Business Editors/Food/Beverage Editors

    RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2005---Performance Food Group (NASDAQ:PFGC) will provide an online, real-time webcast and rebroadcast of its earnings conference call for the first quarter of 2005 on Tuesday, May 3, 2005.
    The live broadcast of Performance Food Group's quarterly conference call will be available online at www.pfgc.com on May 3, 2005, beginning at 10:00 am (Eastern Time). An online replay of the webcast will be available approximately one hour after the call. Any information disclosed on the quarterly conference call that has not been previously disclosed publicly will be available at www.pfgc.com.
    Performance Food Group markets and distributes more than 65,000 national and private label food and food-related products to approximately 44,000 restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, schools, healthcare facilities and other institutions. The Fresh Express(R) line is the industry leader and pioneer of fresh packaged salads. For more information on Performance Food Group, visit www.pfgc.com.
    Certain statements made herein are forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations and management's estimates; actual results may differ materially. The risks and uncertainties which could impact these statements include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions; the relatively low margins and economic sensitivity of the foodservice business; the Company's reliance on major customers; the level of demand for the company's fresh-cut products; the possibility that the closing of the sale of the fresh-cut produce operations may not occur because of the failure of the closing conditions to be satisfied; the risk that the results of the Securities and Exchange Commission informal inquiry could have an adverse affect on the Company; the ability to identify and successfully complete acquisitions of other foodservice distributors; the Company's ability to successfully develop, produce and market new products and management of the Company's planned growth, including the Company's ability to successfully manage the transition of its sales mix and related production costs, all as detailed from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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CONTACT: Performance Food Group Cheryl Moore, 804-484-6273 (Media) Kevin Collier, 804-287-8109 (Investor)

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