How Alamo Food Services Was Born

Rufy, his father, and his three brothers came to the United States with a dream of building a better future. Like many immigrant families, they started at the bottom—washing dishes in Mexican restaurants. Through hard work, determination, and a commitment to learning every aspect of the business, they eventually built a successful family of restaurants.

Then came 2021.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, their longtime food distributor unexpectedly stopped servicing their restaurants. Faced with the possibility of disrupting operations across the family business, Rufy didn’t wait for someone else to solve the problem.

He solved it himself.

He bought a cargo van and began purchasing food and restaurant supplies personally for his family’s restaurants. What started as a necessity quickly revealed a much bigger opportunity. Rufy realized that by controlling the supply chain, the family could improve reliability, strengthen purchasing power, and build something that would support not only their own restaurants but many others as well.

That decision became the foundation of Alamo Food Services.

Today, Alamo Food Services has grown from one cargo van into a major regional food distribution company headquartered in a large warehouse in Union City, Georgia. The company sources products from manufacturers and growers, manages warehousing and logistics, and supplies restaurants throughout the region with the products they need to operate successfully.