Top National Food Service Company Makes Jump to Lansing

The Mid-Michigan branch of the Kalamazoo-based Stafford-Smith food service delivery company recently moved from Mason to Lansing as part of a plan to consolidate operations and increase sales.

“We’ve had great growth as a company,” says Tom Ziolsowski, with Stafford-Smith. “We’re probably increasing our sales by 20 percent every year, but we’re doing more with less.”

The 4,000-square foot Lansing office provides plenty of room for Stafford-Smith’s 10-person team. Stafford-Smith’s former Mason location included additional warehouse space. As Stafford-Smith has changed its business model, it’s become less dependent on large warehouses.

The new office is in the Oakwood Executive Park near I-96 in Lansing.

“We were looking for an office suite arrangement and we wanted something near the highway that was centrally located for our travels,” Ziolsowski says.

The 66-year-old Stafford-Smith company was recognized in 2001 by a food service trade magazine as being the No. 1 food service dealer in the country.

Source: Tom Ziolsowski, Stafford-Smith

Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.

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