Food services
The GCE team specializes in transforming dining programs into award-winning experiences.
Our food services team proudly serves over 11 million meals annually – that’s more than 30,000 meals each day. Since 2010, GCE has been honored annually as a TOP 50 Contract Management Company by Food Management magazine. Our expertise extends beyond mere meal provision, encompassing innovative cafe design, catering services, and comprehensive patient nutrition support.
Our approach begins with understanding your organization’s culture, recognizing that everything revolves around people. From there, we assess and implement functions to enhance productivity, communication, and customer satisfaction. We firmly believe that freshness is paramount, and it begins close to home. We collaborate with local farmers, co-ops, regional brands, and other partners to ensure that our customers have access to wholesome and sustainable choices.
GCE food services include:
- Full food service operations: Mastering the art of delivering more than 11 million meals annually, embodying a blend of taste and nutrition.
- Food service management services: Pioneering efficient operational frameworks ensuring seamless food service management.
- Food service attendant operations: Dedicated to creating a warm and inviting dining experience.
- Cashier services: Ensuring smooth transaction processes with a touch of professionalism.
- Menu planning: Crafting diverse and appealing menus satisfying a range of palates.
- Catering services: Turning events into memorable culinary journeys.
- Health care nutrition services: Tailoring meal plans adhering to healthcare standards without compromising taste.
- Warehouse and inventory management: Fortifying the backbone of our operations through organized and efficient warehouse and inventory systems.
- Sanitation training: Upholding the highest standards of hygiene through rigorous sanitation training.
- Logistics and administrative services: Streamlining the logistical and administrative processes to ensure operational excellence.
- Subcontractor oversight: Exercising meticulous oversight to ensure subcontractor adherence to our high operational standards.
Our comprehensive array of food services provide our employees with rewarding career opportunities. Our team member selection, training and management processes have positioned us as a leader in the industry for employee retention – a win-win for team members and satisfied customers.
Our differentiators
- Mature and financially strong company
- Large business capability with small business agility
- Extensive government and commercial contracting experience
- Strong business management systems
- Comprehensive site-specific safety programs
- Application of Six Sigma principles
- Proven Quality Management Systems
- Green Building (CIMS-GB) certification with honors since 2012
- DUNS: 794976360 | Cage code: 7DF84
Food services contract locations
Our service portfolio boasts of long-term contracts with esteemed establishments. Each engagement is a testament to our reliability and excellence in fulfilling diverse food service needs. GCE’s food services team employs more than 500 persons with disabilities.
Health care food services operations
CulinaryFavorites Health Care Dining Services provides customized solutions specifically geared toward enhancing and improving the patient and staff health care dining experience.
Armed Forces Retirement Home – Gulfport, Mississippi (since 1991)
• Our team is responsible for full-food services at this premier retirement home accredited by The Joint Commission and CARF for military veterans. Services provided include: cooking, baking, salad preparation, food serving and ensuring that the food services facility is clean. We serve more than 605,000 meals every year in three dining locations to retirees who require ambulatory, non-ambulatory, assisted dining and long-term care at this facility.
Armed Forces Retirement Home, Washington, D.C. (since 2005)
• GCE provides full-food services at this premier retirement home accredited by The Joint Commission and CARF for military veterans. Services provided include: cooking, baking, salad preparation, food serving and ensuring that the food services facility is clean. We serve more than 510,000 meals every year at eight dining locations to retirees who require ambulatory, non-ambulatory, assisted dining, and long term care. GCE was awarded this contract in a streamlined A-76 competition as allowed through the AbilityOne® program.
LifeView Group Food Services, Pensacola, Florida (since 2012)
• We provide food services at our corporate office location in Pensacola, Florida, to include: cooking, baking, salad preparation, food serving and ensuring that the food services facility is clean. Our team serves 167,000 meals every year for clients and staff and delivers meals each day to 50 to 100 inpatient clients.
Department of Defense food services operations
Air Station Clearwater, U.S. Coast Guard, Clearwater, Florida (since 1998)
Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, Florida (since 1999)
Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida (since 2001)
U.S. Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal School, Niceville, Florida (since 2002)
Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi (since 2005)
Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island (since 2009)
Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut (since 2009)
Joint Base Lewis-McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington (since 2010)
Joint Base Lewis-McChord Army Base Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Washington (since 2010)
U.S. Army 7th Special Forces Group, Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, Florida (since 2011)
U.S. Army Fort Johnson and the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Johnson, Louisiana (since 2012)
Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska (since 2013)
Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier, Louisiana (since 2015)
MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida (since 2023)