McLane Company
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McLane Company is a major American supply chain services and wholesale distribution company serving retailers, restaurants, and convenience stores across the United States.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McLane Company canonical | 2 |
| McLane Foodservice | 1 |
| McLane Foodservice Distribution | 1 |
| McLane Global | 1 |
| McLane Grocery | 1 |
| McLane Grocery Company | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T638808 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McLane Company Context triple: [Berkshire Hathaway, owns, McLane Company]
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A.
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is a major U.S. privately held media, communications, and automotive services conglomerate.
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B.
Wirtz Corporation
Wirtz Corporation is a Chicago-based, family-owned holding company with major interests in sports, liquor distribution, and real estate, best known for controlling the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks.
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C.
Delaware North
Delaware North is a global hospitality and food service company known for operating concessions, lodging, and venues at major sports stadiums, airports, and entertainment destinations.
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D.
Meredith Corporation
Meredith Corporation was a major American media and marketing company best known for its portfolio of lifestyle magazines and television broadcasting assets.
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E.
Ethan Allen Express
The Ethan Allen Express is an Amtrak intercity passenger train that operates between New York City and Vermont, providing scenic service through the Hudson Valley and upstate New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McLane Company Target entity description: McLane Company is a major American supply chain services and wholesale distribution company serving retailers, restaurants, and convenience stores across the United States.
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A.
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is a major U.S. privately held media, communications, and automotive services conglomerate.
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B.
Wirtz Corporation
Wirtz Corporation is a Chicago-based, family-owned holding company with major interests in sports, liquor distribution, and real estate, best known for controlling the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks.
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C.
Delaware North
Delaware North is a global hospitality and food service company known for operating concessions, lodging, and venues at major sports stadiums, airports, and entertainment destinations.
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D.
Meredith Corporation
Meredith Corporation was a major American media and marketing company best known for its portfolio of lifestyle magazines and television broadcasting assets.
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E.
Ethan Allen Express
The Ethan Allen Express is an Amtrak intercity passenger train that operates between New York City and Vermont, providing scenic service through the Hudson Valley and upstate New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
supply chain services company ⓘ wholesale distribution company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Berkshire Hathaway ⓘ |
| acquiredFrom |
Walmart Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfAcquisition | 2003 ⓘ |
| formerName |
McLane Company
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
McLane Grocery Company
|
| foundedBy | Robert McLane ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Cameron, Texas ⓘ |
| hasClient |
convenience store chains
ⓘ
drug store chains ⓘ grocery store chains ⓘ quick service restaurant chains ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
McLane Company
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
McLane Foodservice
McLane Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
McLane Foodservice Distribution
McLane Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
McLane Global
McLane Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
McLane Grocery
|
| headquartersLocation | Temple, Texas ⓘ |
| inception | 1894 ⓘ |
| industry |
logistics
ⓘ
supply chain management ⓘ wholesale distribution ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Berkshire Hathaway portfolio ⓘ |
| notableShareholder | Berkshire Hathaway ⓘ |
| numberOfDistributionCenters | 40+ ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
North America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| parentOrganization | Berkshire Hathaway ⓘ |
| previousOwner |
Walmart Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
|
| productCategory |
beverages
ⓘ
confectionery ⓘ foodservice products ⓘ general merchandise ⓘ grocery products ⓘ health and beauty care products ⓘ tobacco products ⓘ |
| serves |
chain restaurants
ⓘ
convenience stores ⓘ drug stores ⓘ mass merchants ⓘ restaurants ⓘ retailers ⓘ |
| serviceProvided |
distribution
ⓘ
inventory management ⓘ logistics services ⓘ supply chain management services ⓘ transportation management ⓘ warehouse management ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: McLane Company Description of subject: McLane Company is a major American supply chain services and wholesale distribution company serving retailers, restaurants, and convenience stores across the United States.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
McLane Grocery Company
this entity surface form:
McLane Grocery
this entity surface form:
McLane Foodservice
this entity surface form:
McLane Foodservice Distribution
this entity surface form:
McLane Global