Sustainability

Sustainability starts with the environment. Gold Star Foods is determined to leave the land and ecological resources for future generations healthier and more productive. We support green farming practices and certified sustainable food.

Good food procurement

Local
Economies

Environmentally
Sustainable

Current & Future Commitment to
Valued Workforce

Provide Humane
and Healthy Care
for Livestock
(Animal Welfare)

Increasing
Nutritional Integrity
of Food Items

Local sourcing

We focus on local providers to ensure sustainable crops. It is important to us to provide schools with quality frozen, dry and refrigerated products, compliant snacks, and fresh bread and produce. Gold Star Foods partners with small, local businesses and farms to safeguard our products with an unwavering commitment to best practices in food safety and traceability.

Christopher Robinson is the fourth generation to farm his family ranch, Robinson Ranch, in Merced, California. Christopher believes sustainability is about leaving the farm, and ecological resources for future generations healthier and more productive.

Food safety

Gold Star Foods leads the way on food safety – going beyond industry standards as one of the first school food distribution companies to simultaneously achieve two recognized food safety certifications:
The Food Safety Modernization Act and Safe Quality Food Program (SQF Level II).

Gold Star Foods’ commitment to food safety includes:

An industry driven global effort to advance food safety
Certifies that food has been handled according to the highest
standards
The only food safety system that focuses on the quality of food
as well as safety
Voluntary and administered by the Safe Quality Food Institute
Goes beyond the Food Safety Modernization Act

The safe quality food program ensures the food on all school lunch trays are healthy, fresh and, most importantly, safe. We are relentless in our mission to ensure schools are serving fresh, wholesome food each and every day.

Goldstar Foods Vendor Code of Conduct
Established recall program and insurance
Meeting FDA standards

Heightened monitoring practices
Continuous monitoring throughout food transport, storage and delivering to exercise control over safety and quality
Verification is critical
Tight recall timeframe

Maintaining a food defense protocol to prevent contamination
Trained crisis management team

Sustainable solutions

The safe quality food program ensures the food on all school lunch trays are healthy, fresh and, most importantly, safe. We are relentless in our mission to ensure schools are serving fresh, wholesome food each and every day.