Area served Southern United States Number of employees 1,500 Type of business Privately Held | Website www.labattfood.com Founded 1910 | |
Services Food Service, Food-Away-From-Home | ||
Labatt Food Service is a third generation family owned foodservice distributor involved in marketing and distributing food products to regional chain restaurants, independent operators, schools, quick service chains, healthcare facilities and military bases. Labatt delivers to Food away from home customers in five states in the southern United States. The company is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
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Labatt Food Service is among the top 10 food service distributors in the United States and has over $1 billion in sales every year. Labatt has 5 distribution centers and 9 offices and delivery hubs that occupy 1.4 million square feet of warehouse space across Texas and New Mexico. Labatt has over 1,500 employees.
The company was founded in 1910 by T.W. Labatt as the Collins Company. In 1940 T.W. Labatt opened the Labatt Wholesale Grocery Company with his two sons. HemisFair named the company the authorized distributor for the 1968 HemisFair, prompting the creation of Labatt Institutional Supply Company, known today as Labatt Food Service. In 1980 the company had $8 million in annual sales. Labatt Food Service introduced the use of Voice Technology in warehouse selection in 2002 to increase operational efficiencies. In 2013 the company had over $1 billion in annual sales. Labatt developed their own line of Native American Beef in New Mexico in 2013.
History
1910 – Company founded as Collins Company
1940 – Opened as Labatt Wholesale Grocery Company
1968 – Labatt named the authorized distributor for the Hemisfair
1980 – The company hits $8 million in annual sales
1984 – Distribution changed focus to exclusively food-away-from-home operators
1989 – Labatt’s second warehouse in Dallas is opened
2002 – Introduction of Voice Technology in warehouse operations
2005 – Labatt’s third warehouse in Lubbock is opened
2006 – Labatt received San Antonio Ethics in Business Award
2007 – Labatt received IFMA Excellence in Distribution Award
2007 – Labatt’s fourth warehouse in Houston is opened
2009 – Labatt acquired Zanios Foods in Albuquerque, NM
2009 – Labatt is named Member of the year by UNIPRO
2011 – Named Top Distributor of Schools by TASN
2011-2013 – Received recognition of Superior Performance in Food Safety by ASI Food Safety Consultants
2013 – Labatt hit over $1 billion in annual sales
2013 – Labatt developed Native American Beef
2013 – Named Stripes LLC Business Partner of the Year
Direct Source Meats
Direct Source Meats is a United States Department of Agriculture-inspected facility that further processes beef, chicken and pork for retail and foodservice markets. DSM was opened in 2002, after Labatt Food Service purchased the plant, located in San Antonio,Texas, from Swift-ConAgra Signature Meats. DSM is a 30,000 square foot USDA inspected facility. They employ 80 full-time production employees and process an average of 235,000 lbs per week. The plant was renovated in 2005 and then again in 2014.