Springfield / Missouri / United States
Banta Foods is a fourth-generation, family-owned company that was founded in 1895. Banta Foods mission is to provide a wide range of items to businesses in the rapidly expanding foodservice industry. The company has approximately 175 employees and a 14,000-plus-item food service business that serves customers in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Illinois. It has revenues greater than $100 million per year. Banta Foods provides the food service supplies used at several area restaurant chains. Banta Foods is a full-line food service distributor, marketing a complete line of food products and supplies, chemicals, paper goods, equipment and smallwares. It is affiliated with restaurant associations in the states it services and with UniPro Foodservice, a leading food service distribution network that comprises more than 320 companies. Each distributor is independently owned and benefits from the collective buying power of UniPro.
