March 3, 2006 - Jerry Walker to Lead Newly Formed Choice Food Distributors

Nashville, Tenn. – Jerry Walker was named chief executive officer of Tennessee-based Choice Food Distributors, an independent wholesale food service distributor of broad line products that is locally owned and headquartered in Nashville, Tenn.

Choice Food Distributors was recently organized through the combining of resources between two of Middle Tennessee’s long-standing food distributors, Nashville Egg, Inc. and Gibson Food Products, Inc. Nashville Egg, Inc., a provider of fresh poultry, egg and meat products in Middle Tennessee since the 1940s, and Gibson Food Products, Inc. of Hendersonville, a broad line food distributor since 1985, have merged operations and management teams as Choice Food Distributors. They currently serve over 1,000 restaurants and institutions in Middle Tennessee.

“We see the merger as a way to provide new opportunities for growth and adding value to our customers,” says Walker. “Our customers now have access to any food service product through the broad reaching alliances with which we have established relationships.” He adds that the company plans to expand its existing sales force and management team.

With over 23 years of experience in private industry, Walker, a certified public accountant, most recently served for the past five years as senior vice president of finance and operations for Kroll Background America, LLC, a pre-employment background screening company. Prior to that, he was vice president of Southeast Operations for Philip Metals for 10 years. He is a Mt. Juliet resident of Wilson County.

The distribution center for Choice Food Distributors is housed in a 30,000-square-foot U.S. Department of Agriculture certified facility, located at 6167 Cockrill Bend Circle in Nashville, Davidson County, where Nashville Egg has been operating for the past six years. Gibson Food Product’s distribution center was previously located in Hendersonville.

Choice Food Distributors currently serves 15 counties in Tennessee; Warren County, Kentucky; Atlanta, Georgia; northern Alabama, with plans to service Knoxville beginning next month. Those counties they serve in Middle Tennessee include: Davidson County and the surrounding counties of Bedford, Cheatham, Coffee, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, and Wilson; and Putnam and Cumberland counties in Tennessee’s Upper Cumberland region.

For further information on wholesale food products, call Choice Food Distributors at (615) 350-6070, or visit their website at www.thechoicefood.com.