About

Five Star has expertly stitched together the best family businesses in vending and food service from the South, backed by southern hospitality and world-class service to companies across the Southeast and Midwest. The result is a highly customer-oriented business with a strong sense of family.

Founded in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1993, Five Star has grown to become one of the nation's top and largest out-of-home food and beverage retail solution providers for employers, commercial, institutional, and educational locations. In 2008, the company restructured and became a franchisee of Canteen, a Compass-Group USA subsidiary, creating a contiguous footprint across Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and North Carolina.

Five Star is owned by New York and Los Angeles-based private equity firm Freeman Spogli & Co., who acquired the company in 2019. Freeman Spogli & Co. is dedicated exclusively to investing in and partnering with management in consumer and distribution companies.