Hi All,

I am looking for a list of restaurant suppliers in California. 
Generally in the major cities:

San Diego
Orange County
LA
San Jose
San Francisco

I am interested in selling them a food product.  So therefore any
suppliers that ONLY supply non-food items (i.e. linens, cutlery etc
etc) are not needed.  Also, if there is some sort of rating by
reputation or revenue that would be great as well.

Thanks,
vlad

Hello vlad,

When I saw your request, I immediately thought of Sysco. I think we’ve
all seen their trucks as they’re the biggest name in restaurant
supplies. I next went to Hoover’s to see their profile and to identify
some competitors and found McLane Foodservice  |  Performance Food  | 
U.S. Foodservice. Then I looked at their competitors and the profile
for the industry.

Reviewing the Hoovers’ profiles I noted that these companies are
listed in the Wholesale Food or Foodservice categories. I checked
Google’s directory to see what I could find for these classifications
and found lots of associated links for associations, news, trade press
and conferences.

I hope this will give you a good start in finding and evaluating
restaurant suppliers. Good luck with finding a distributor for your
new product.

czh

Sysco
http://www.sysco.com/

Hoover’s Profile for Sysco
http://www.hoovers.com/co/capsule/3/0,2163,11423,00.html

McLane Foodservice
http://www.mclanefoodservice.com
Hoover’s Profile for McLane
http://www.hoovers.com/co/capsule/9/0,2163,40029,00.html

Performance Food
http://www.pfgc.com
Hoover’s Profile for Performance Food Group Company
http://www.hoovers.com/co/capsule/7/0,2163,16367,00.html

U.S. Foodservice
http://www.usfoodservice.com
Hoover’s Profile for U.S. Foodservice
http://www.hoovers.com/cgi-bin/offsite?site=HBN&url=http://www.usfoodservice.com

MBM Corporation
No Web site (Can you believe it?)
Hoover’s Profile for MBM Corporation
http://www.hoovers.com/co/capsule/9/0,2163,40289,00.html

Hoover’s Profile of Industry -- Food - Food Wholesale - to Restaurants
http://www-2.hoovers.com/industry/description/0,2205,3368,00.html
There is a long list of additional companies in this industry
Google Directory -- Business > Food and Related Products
http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Food_and_Related_Products/
From this page you can choose distributors of various classes of
foods.

JT Research
http://www.industryresearch.com/consumer_economy/wholesale_nondurables/wholesale_food_dist_2001.html
Customized & Standard Industry Reports
The Wholesale Food Distribution Industry -- 2001
The wholesale food distribution industry is highly competitive and
fragmented, with about 3,500 general or "broadline" distributors and
another 10,000 to 15,000 specialty distributors. The top five
competitors comprise less than 25 percent of the entire market, which
is $175 billion for food service alone.
Standard “off-the-shelf Reports $100
Customized Reports start at $1000

Yahoo! Directory – Food and Beverage Trade Magazines
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Food_and_Beverage/Trade_Magazines/

Industry News – Food and Beverage Industry portal
http://www.foodandbeverageindustry.com/