Inside Service Foods' mega-growth: From corner store to $500m

Inside Service Foods' mega-growth: From corner store to $500m
Aneil Balar has only ever worked for the family company.
Victoria Young
Aneil Balar was 4 years old when he started behind the counter of his parents’ corner store.Fast-forward more than 30 years and Balar and his family have grown that business to a $500 million revenue company, Service Foods.It’s likely one of the biggest firms you’ve never heard of, dubbed a “supermarket for businesses” as it sells wholesale and goes largely unnoticed, delivering in the wee hours of the morning to mostly restaurants and caterers.  But with 800 staff, 16 branches and 14,000 customers it is the s...

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