Doug Overfield

Preferred Meals

Preferred Meals has been a leading provider of complete, innovative meal solutions – delivering nutritious, quality foods students enjoy – and delivering the cost and service efficiencies schools require for more than 45 years. Our company product offerings include fresh-prepared and frozen-prepared snacks and meals. Preferred Meals currently serves over 130-million meals annually through a network of strategically located production kitchens and distribution centers across the US. Preferred Meals joined Elior North America in May 2016. With a focus on culinary innovation and exemplary service, Elior North America is committed to making a positive difference in peoples' lives every day. Through our family of companies, we offer food service management and catering to five industry segments: healthcare (including senior nutrition), B&I, education, corrections and cultural institutions. Each of the companies under the Elior North America umbrella delivers innovative culinary experiences uniquely tailored for our customers and the local communities we serve. Elior North America is among the top six contract food service companies in North America and is part of the European contract catering firm Elior Group.