When restaurateurs need to resupply, they call on companies like S&W Foods.
The family-owned food service distribution company counts local restaurants, regional coffee shop chains and public school districts among its 1,000 clients.
Second-generation owner Paul Spalitta has led the 47-year-old Tangipahoa Parish business through two decades of growth — more than tripling its revenue to $80 million during that time and expanding its clientele beyond south Louisiana along the Gulf Coast into Florida.
Despite a massive drop in business during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Spalitta managed to broaden S&W's customer base, in part, by buying his employees' lunches from local restaurants and then promoting them on social media.
More recently, he oversaw S&W's $25 million move into