UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report: January 21, 2005

(Date of earliest event reported)

USF CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) 0-19791
(Commission File No.) 36-3790696
(IRS Employer Identification
Number)

8550 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 700, Chicago, Illinois
(Address of principal executive offices) 60631
(Zip Code)

(773) 824-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
	Item 9.01     Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
News Release

Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

On January 21, 2005, USF Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release, the text of which is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto, announcing the appointment of Glenn R. Richter as a new director of USF Corporation. Mr. Richter currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sears, Roebuck and Co.

There were no arrangement or understandings between Mr. Richter and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director, and there are and have been no transactions, either since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year or that are currently proposed, regarding Mr. Richter that are required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01     Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits:

Exhibit No.   Description

99.1   News Release, dated January 21, 2005*

*Filed herewith

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

USF CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Richard C. Pagano
	Richard C. Pagano
	Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

Date: January 26, 2005