Jared Hammond

Five Star Food Service, Inc.

Five Star Food Service, headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, is the Southeast's premier on-site food and beverage solution provider to employers and other commercial, institutional, and educational locations. Five Star is a leader in micro markets, full-line vending, corporate pantry kitchen, coffee and filtered water services, foodservice dining, catering, sustainable supplies, senior meals, coffee roasting, fresh food production across Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Florida, and North Carolina. Five Star has grown to one of the largest privately held operators in the United States and is the largest franchise of Canteen, a Compass Group company. The Company has experienced significant growth since becoming a franchise in 2008 through quality strategic acquisitions, delighting our customers, and gaining the trust of new business partners. Five Star employs over 2,000 hardworking team members who serve our customers through over 400 routes, 60 dining facilities, 30,000 vending machines, and 2,750+ micro-markets. The Company features a HAACP-certified and FSMA and USDA-compliant fresh food production center that creates high-quality fresh food products for our customers. Our business philosophy is anchored in the principles of integrity, quality, and customer focus. We work hard to provide companies with the best food and beverage solutions to meet the needs of their employees. We have built strong relationships with national manufacturers to provide our customers with familiar, high-quality products in every category. You can depend on us to honor our commitments and demonstrate the highest level of ethical conduct.