Golden state foods

Infobox_Company
company_name = Golden State Foods
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = The gold standard in total supply chain solutions
foundation = Los Angeles Area, California (1947)
location = Irvine, California
key_people = John Pooley Corporate Vice President and President Liquid Products Group
Bill Sanderson Corporate Senior Director
Larry McGill Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing
Dr. Wayne Morgan Vice President, Meat Products Group
Philip Crane Corporate Vice President, International
Pandora Ovanessian Chief Information Officer
John Page Corporate Vice President and General Counsel
num_employees = Insert number here(Date Year)
industry = Food packaging, Agriculture, Food industry| products = foods, beverages,
revenue = profit $ USD (Year)
homepage = [http://goldenstatefoods.com/home.asp www.goldenstatefoods.com]

Golden State Foods (GSF) started in 1947 as a small meat company to supply products to LA area restaurants and hotels. GSF got its break in the 1950's when it teamed up with McDonald's Corp to provide the giant fast food company with ingredient.

Chef Gold was launched in 2000 to produce liquid products such as ketchup and mustard and cooked meat products for a variety of customers. In the same year, GSF formed a self-serving subsidiary called Centralized Leasing Company (CLC) to provide GSF with leasing services. In 2002 Signature Services was launched to offer customized services such as store painting, lot striping, power washing and landscaping. In partnership with The Arthur Wells Group in St. Louis; GSF formed CFM Logistics to help clients with their freight distribution needs.

McDonald's relationship

Through a joint venture with Taylor Fresh Foods Inc., GSF is also the largest U.S. produce supplier for McDonald's.

Baked goods

GSF entered the baked goods business by forming a joint venture with Bryan, Tex.-based Mid South Bakery. The baked products are distributed to customers in the Southeast.

GSF Today

GSF is one of the biggest full-line service provider to McDonald's, including liquid products, and its third largest beef supplier in the U.S. GSF's Australian group, supplies produce to KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Milford. GSF also owns the Egypt group, which provides processing and distribution services to the Middle East.