Florida Food Service has been providing all the right ingredients to Gainesville since its beginnings in 1948. Originally founded as Bill’s Meat Room by William Van Popering, Jr., the Meat Room was located in the back of the Gainesville Ice Company. This location, at the corner of Cypress and Grove street, was recently renovated and reopened as a craft brewery. Back then, our fleet consisted of one delivery truck, painted with the telephone number FR 2-3514 — the same telephone number used by the company today! Now, over 70 years since its inception, the company’s fleet of trucks travels throughout North Central Florida serving over 750 loyal customers.
Florida Food Service has been a family-owned company since its origination. Although the generations have changed, it is still family-owned and operated. In 1975, Jim Islam became a partner and General Manager of Florida Food Service, Inc. Jim has four sons that are employed in different capacities within the company. In January of 2004, Jim’s son Joel became president of the company.
We take pride in the fact that all of our upper-level managers have been with the company for more than 20 years. Our 100 employees boast an average of 15 years’ service amongst them. Employees that help the local economy grow. We believe that our future depends on the team we have built at Florida Food Service, our vendor partners, and the loyal customers we are honored to serve.
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