Sally Beauty Company Selects USF Distribution Services as Primary Service Provider

    BOLINGBROOK, Ill.--Oct. 15, 2001--USF Distribution Services, a subsidiary of USFreightways Corporation, has been selected as a primary service provider by Sally Beauty Company. USF Distribution will provide services to handle outbound traffic from the Sally Beauty Company distribution center in Jacksonville, Florida destined for their retail store locations in the greater metropolitan Houston area.
    "We are pleased to partner with a progressive retailer such as Sally Beauty," said Thomas Lilly, President and CEO for USF Distribution Services. "Using scheduled peddle runs and a time-definite delivery approach, we can help their stores operate more efficiently by allowing them to plan staffing levels around known delivery times."
    According to John Suddith, Corporate Traffic Manager, Sally Beauty Company, "USF Distribution's state-of-the-art capabilities and expertise in serving the retail market makes them an ideal provider to serve Sally Beauty's store delivery needs."
    USF Distribution currently has seventeen service centers located in fifteen metropolitan markets. The areas served are: Atlanta; Baltimore; Chicago; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas; Denver; Houston; Kansas City; Los Angeles; Lubbock, Texas; Montgomery, Alabama; New York Metro; Oklahoma City; Orlando; and San Francisco.

    USF Distribution is a national provider of value added logistics services to the retail and consumer products markets. The company's service offerings include consolidation, cross-docking, distribution, import deconsolidation, store-ready services, truckload and yard management. Other USF logistics operations provide complete supply chain solutions for online retailers and manufacturers; transportation management, dedicated fleet and contract warehousing; reverse logistics; and domestic and international freight forwarding.

    USFreightways provides comprehensive supply chain management services, including high-value next-day, regional and national less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation, logistics, domestic and international freight forwarding and premium regional and national truckload transportation. For more information, contact the Company at www.usfreightways.com.