Golden State Foods


Golden State Foods is an Irvine, California-based foodservice company. Through a joint venture with Taylor Fresh Foods Inc., GSF is one of the biggest service providers to McDonald's restaurants, including liquid products, and it's the third largest beef supplier in the U.S.

History

The company was founded in 1947 by Bill Moore, and Frank Streeter and began as a small meat company to supply products to Los Angeles area restaurants and hotels. In the 1950s it became a primary supplier to McDonald's Corporation to provide the fast food restaurant chain with ingredients.
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 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. By 2017, the company services approx. 25,000 restaurants.
In March 2019, GSF opened a 165.000-square-foot meat processing plant in Opelika, Alabama.

Operations

GSF entered the baked goods business by forming a joint venture with Bryan, Texas-based Mid South Bakery. The baked products are distributed to customers in the Southeastern United States.
The company claims to export products to more than 40 countries. GSF's Australian group, supplies produce to KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. The company also owns a food processing and distribution center in Egypt, through which it provides processing and distribution services in the Middle East.