Kelly's Foodservice Joins Golbon

BOISE, ID (August 25, 2011)—Golbon, the foodservice marketing group, announced the addition of Kelly’s Food Service as a distributor member, effective November 1, 2011.

Kelly’s Foodservice is the largest independent poultry and food distributor in the Southeast. Founded in 1981, the business began with one truck delivering to local restaurants and meat markets from a single bay warehouse. Today, Kelly’s Food Service employs approximately 300 people with facilities in Orlando and Tampa, Florida and Selma, Alabama.

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