Golden State Foods

{{Infobox_Company |

 company_name   = Golden State Foods |
 company_logo   = [[]] |
 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        =  $ USD (Year)|
 homepage       = www.goldenstatefoods.com

}}

Golden State Foods (GSF) was founded in 1947 in the Los Angeles area, as a small meat company providing products to LA area restaurants and hotels. GSF got his break in the 19050's when it teamed up with the fledgling McDonald's Corp.

Since 1967, when Golden State Foods became a primary supplier to McDonald's, the Company has grown into a diversified, global $3 billion corporation.

Chef Gold was launched in 2000 to produce liquid products and cooked meat products for a variety of new customers. That same year, GSF formed Centralized Leasing Company (CLC), a subsidiary that provides leasing services to GSF. In 2002 Signature Services emereged to offer customized services such as store painting, lot striping, power washing and landscaping. GSF has teamed with The Arthur Wells Group in St. Louis to form CFM Logistics to help clients more efficiently manage their freight distribution needs. GSF became a bigger nationwide player in supply chain management by establishing Strategic Sourcing Alliance (SSA).

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

Through a joint venture with Bryan, Tex.-based Mid South Bakery, GSF also provides bakery goods to selected customers in the Southeast.

GSF Today

GSF is one of the biggest full-line service provider to McDonald's, including liquid products, its second largest distributor 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.