Los Angeles, California
www.goldstarfoods.com

Gold Star Food Service is a leading niche foodservice distributor specializing in the sale and distribution of a wide array of food and non-food products to public school districts serving students ages K-12 in California and Arizona.

• Prospect teamed with management to recapitalize Gold Star Foods, Inc. in October 2007.
• Gold Star is one of the nation's leading specialty foodservice distributors for public school districts. The company inventories more than 5,000 different food and non-food items. Its offerings include frozen foods, dry food items, USDA commodities and fresh bread as well as essentials like custodial supplies and servingware. As a result, Gold Star is a full-service provider for many of its customers.
• The company has been recognized by both the United States Department of Agriculture and the American School Food Service Association as one of the nation's outstanding foodservice distributors to school districts.
• Gold Star's management team is led by George Thorsen, Chief Executive Officer, who has been with the company since its inception in 1978.
• Mr. Maurer and Mr. Shah serve the Company as Chairman and Director, respectively.
• SIC code: 5149-39 (foodservice - distributors)