Gold Star Foods

Recently, Gold Star’s Growing Forward team joined forces with Mary’s Kitchen Pantry to spread some holiday magic! From rescuing food to supporting their mobile pop-ups, everyone enjoyed giving back and helping fight food insecurity in Orange County. Big thanks to the incredible team at Mary’s Kitchen for all you do! Together, we’re helping make the season brighter for those who need it most. #GrowingForward #GoldStarFoods #HolidayGiving

Last week, Gold Star joined 102 Super Co-Op Member Districts in Pomona, CA. While there, we celebrated nearly 200 of the 238 members utilizing over 100% of their USDA Foods entitlement. More than 92 vendor booths helped schools plan their menus and diversions to finish this year on a high note and set themselves up for success for SY25-26. We were also honored to have Matthew Essner from the Gold Star team host a training session on the managing the complexities of the School Nutrition Supply Chain. #GoldStarFoods #THESchoolNutritionSupplyChain

Gold Star’s Growing Forward team is proud to partner with Food Finders! This week, several dedicated employees came together to create 288 cases of Thanksgiving Kits for children in the Long Beach area who may not have access to meals when school is out. These kits, filled with nourishing food, will be distributed during the week of Thanksgiving, ensuring that no child goes hungry during the holiday. Together, we can make the holidays brighter. #GrowingForward #GoldStarFoods #THESchoolNutritionSupplyChain #FoodFinders

School Lunch Heroes at the California School Nutrition Association Conference met in Sacramento last week. Gold Star Team Members enjoyed meeting with Districts about our School Nutrition specific services that help reduce the complexities in their program.   As a bonus, Gold Star’s booth was named “Best Booth in Keeping with this year’s Baseball Theme” – now that’s a homerun! #GoldStarFoods #THESchoolNutritionSupplyChain

Happy Veterans Day from Gold Star Foods. Today, we remember and honor all who have served or are actively serving. Thank you for your service! #GoldStarFoods

We were thrilled to welcome the School Nutrition team from Prince William for a tour of our Virginia Service Center. It’s always a pleasure to show our valued partners the operations that drive our commitment to safety, reliability, and service. #GoldStarFoods #THESchoolNutritionSupplyChain 

Connecting Deer Canyon Elementary students with fresh produce from Critchley Family Farms was a great way to wrap up Farm to School month! Our Growing Forward Team helped bring this taste of farm life to students showing them how the delicious fruit they enjoy is grown. Huge thanks for Heather Sloan from Alta Loma for making it happen and inspiring the next generation! #GoldStarFoods #GrowingForward #THESchoolNutritionSupplyChain #LocalFarms #FarmToSchoolMonth   Critchley Family Farms Mandy Critchley

Louisiana’s School Nutrition Heroes and Gold Star Teammates enjoyed the SNAL Annual Conference over the weekend. We loved hearing about the remarkable things being done in school nutrition and sharing how we can help reduce the complexities in the School Nutrition supply system. #GoldStarFoods #THESchoolNutritionSupplyChain 

Gold Star’s committed to ensuring you are receiving error free deliveries and team members like Oscar Enriquez make this happen. Congratulations Oscar on selecting over 165,487 cases this year without any errors. Gold Star is working hard for you! #GoldStarFoods #THESchoolNutritionSupplyChain