Talk:Golden State Foods

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The article seems to be heavily modified from what was posted on Golden State Foods website; does anybody think it is a good time to take off the CorenSearchBot box off? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.235.67.94 (talk) 23:03, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Done. CIreland (talk) 06:35, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

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More info should be added to the two sections of the article the most: McDonald's relationship Baked goods

The rest of the article should have more info on it as well, and what's up with the infobox? -BlueAmethyst .:*:. (talk) 22:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh yeah, and add references and external links..-BlueAmethyst .:*:. (talk) 22:24, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Blatant Bias

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It took less than 15 minutes to discover that 15 out of the last 20 most recent changes to this article were completed by an employee of Golden State Foods (or their subsidiaries).

If I knew more about Wikipedia, I'd place more attention on this fact, but alas— I do not. Hopefully, someone with more wiki acumen can correct.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.253.248 (talk) 06:13, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Resolved

. This article has been plagued by corporate public relations activity. It has been essentially all cleaned up and ongoing such edits are closely monitored. Graywalls (talk) 23:10, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Sources

https://www.ocregister.com/2006/07/14/handshake-sealed-suppliers-future/ Graywalls (talk) 01:15, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

• https://www.ocregister.com/2010/04/25/the-4-billion-ceo-youve-never-heard-of/ another one. Graywalls (talk) 06:34, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

COI edit requests

Hi! COI editor for GSF (a client of my employer, Porter Novelli), here with a few edit requests for this article:

• In "History", after

In May 2012, a 60 foot truck operated by a GSF / Quality Custom Distribution (QCD) employee Dawayne Eacret ran over and killed a bicyclist while making a right turn in downtown Portland, Oregon.

adding:

The Multnomah District Attorney's Office investigated and decided not to pursue criminal charges against the driver, saying he could not have seen the bicyclist coming. A witness claimed the bicyclist was also moving at high speed.

Relevant quote from the source: "Police did not cite the driver, Dawayne Eacret. The Multnomah District Attorney's Office investigated and decided not to pursue criminal charges against him – saying Eacret couldn't have seen Rickson coming. A witness said Rickson also was moving fast."

 Not done Too much detail for this article. I believe the information in the article was also too much detail, giving WP:UNDUE to this event, and thus I have shortened it.

• Addition on 6 January to reflect recent article edit: In Within 48 hours of crash, hundreds of people gathered up at the crash site to remember the cyclist killed by GSF, including Portland city commissioner Amanda Fritz. – I suggest deleting "killed by GSF", which is not substantiated by this or any source. (In fact, the source does not mention GSF at all.)

 Removed This information was removed in my review on the first statement above.

• In penultimate paragraph of "History", updating in October, 2020. to between March and September 2020.

 Done

• At end of "History", after

In July 2020, the GSF's City of Industry, California facility was temporarily ordered shut down by the health department after failing to report an outbreak of 43 cases of COVID-19 to the health department as required.

adding

The facility reopened less than 24 hours later.

 Done

• Under "2020 protest incident" (which may fit better under History?), updating

On the night of June 1st, 2020, during a protest against police brutality in Portland, Maine, a tractor trailer driver driving for GSF's Quality Custom Distribution drove into a crowd of protesters following a delivery. A chaos erupted after the driver drove into a crowd of protesters following a delivery. The driver was arrested on a felony charge of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.

to

On the night of June 1st, 2020, during a protest against police brutality in Portland, Maine, a tractor trailer driver driving for GSF's Quality Custom Distribution drove into attempted to drive through a crowd of protesters at low speed following a delivery. A chaos erupted after the driver drove into a crowd of protesters following a delivery. No one was injured. The driver was arrested on a felony charge of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.

Deleting redundant sentence and noting, per the Bangor Daily News source, that no one was injured. Also, the first source cited quotes a Bangor Daily News reporter (the author of the second source) describing the event as "someone trying to inch a large freight truck through the rally", which I think warrants the "low speed" caveat to distinguish this from, e.g., the Charlottesville car attack.

Clean code for copying

On the night of June 1st, 2020, during a protest against police brutality in [[Portland, Maine]], a tractor trailer driver for GSF's Quality Custom Distribution attempted to drive through a crowd of protesters at low speed following a delivery.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oatley|first=Stephen|date=2020-06-03|title=Trucker arrested, charged with a felony after trying to 'inch a large truck' through a group of protesters in Portland ME|url=https://www.freightbrokerlive.com/trucker-arrested-charged-with-a-felony-after-trying-toinch-a-large-truck-through-a-group-of-protesters-in-portland-me/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=PT News Network|language=en-US}}</ref> No one was injured.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schroeder|first=Nick|date=2020-06-02|title=Portland police report 23 arrests, several vandalism cases from Monday protest|url=https://bangordailynews.com/2020/06/02/news/portland-police-report-23-arrests-several-vandalism-cases-from-monday-protest/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=Bangor Daily News|language=en-US}}</ref> The driver was arrested on a felony charge of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.<ref>{{Cite web|last=MacNeill|first=Arianna|date=June 2, 2020|title=Multiple New England cities contend with violence, looting after protests {{!}} Boston.com|url=https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2020/06/02/protests-george-floyd-worcester-providence-ri-portland-maine|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-12|website=www.boston.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=WGME|date=2020-06-02|title=23 arrested after peaceful Portland protest takes a turn|url=https://wgme.com/news/local/at-least-25-arrested-after-peaceful-portland-protests-take-a-turn|access-date=2020-08-12|website=WGME}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 2, 2020|title=Multiple Businesses Damaged and Twenty-Three Arrested|url=https://www.portlandmaine.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=4969|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920192639/https://www.portlandmaine.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=4969|archive-date=September 20, 2020|access-date=2020-08-12|website=City of Portland, ME|language=en}}</ref>

 Done With some copyediting.

Please let me know if I can do anything to make these requests easier to review. Thank you for your time/feedback! Mary Gaulke (talk) 14:13, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

@MaryGaulke:, is this your client doing direct editing again? An IP editor did prohibited white-washing previously with an IP and identified themselves as a GSF affiliate. I did notice some similarity with this edit and I am wondering about it. Graywalls (talk) 11:33, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

@Graywalls: Not seeing the identification (unless you mean the previous interference in the article, which occurred before I was involved), but I'll reach out to my client to double check. Thanks for flagging. Mary Gaulke (talk) 15:06, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

@MaryGaulke:, I meant to say, an IP editor identified their affiliation with GSF previously and repeatedly vandalized the article. This new IP editor has an appearance of being related with a coinciding factor that they're also Irvine, CA and editing through the same ISP. This is on an article that have had quite a few previous instances of likely undisclosed paid editing. Graywalls (talk) 17:18, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

I understand. GSF was previously unaware of Wikipedia's COI guidelines; obviously when they engaged me I educated them on the rules and advocated for the transparent process that I use. I will reach out to them about this to double check they are not still engaging in further UPE and update here as needed. Mary Gaulke (talk) 17:32, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

@Graywalls: Hi! Just passing on that my client confirmed they had no knowledge of this edit. I hope you can WP:AGF here – GSF has been educated on Wikipedia's COI policies. Mary Gaulke (talk) 16:27, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

References

@MaryGaulke: I have assessed the above request. Please post below if I have made a mistake or if you have any questions. I am closing this request. Thanks! Z1720 (talk) 18:27, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

@Z1720: Thank you for your help! It looks like the penultimate and final items above were not implemented, although they are marked as done. For instance, the "2020 protest incident" paragraph still uses the phrase "drove into a crowd of protesters following a delivery" twice in consecutive sentences. Could you please double check? Thanks again. Mary Gaulke (talk) 19:12, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

@MaryGaulke: Sorry about that, I didn't realise that those edits were not posted. They should be published now. Z1720 (talk) 19:17, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

COI edit requests for History section

Hi! As noted above, I have a COI here: GSF is a client of my employer, Porter Novelli. I have some new edit requests for this article, all in the "History" section:

• This section may benefit from being broken up into subsections.
•  Done Add before "In 2004, Golden State Foods became a 100% management-owned and -operated company...":

GSF established the GSF Foundation, a nonprofit organization, in 2002 to provide support to children and families in need through volunteering and donations.

•  Done Add after "...with the acquisition of 50.3% of the company that was owned by Yucaipa Companies.":

Four GSF distribution centers received awards for food safety in 2004.

•  Done Update

In 2006, Quality Custom Distribution was formed as a subsidiary of GSF and serves over 7,500 Starbucks locations. It also deliver supplies to customers such as Chipotle Mexican Grill and Chick-fil-A.

to

In 2006, Quality Custom Distribution (QCD) was formed as a subsidiary of GSF. As of February 2020, QCD delivered supplies to over 7,500 stores, including Starbucks, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Chick-fil-A.

Per the source: "Since QCD formed in 2006, the company has had a relationship with the Starbucks brand. From one route and a couple of stores, the company now serves many more and just added 2,100 more across 20 states. In total, QCD now services more than 7,500 total stores. Beyond Starbucks, the company works with Chipotle, Chick-fil-A and others."

•  Done
• Add before "In 2013, GSF sold its Rochester, New York distribution facility...":

In November 2012, GSF acquired KanPak China, a manufacturing company for clients in the quick-service restaurant industry. GSF then acquired KanPak U.S. the next year.

•  Done I added a full stop after stores.
• Add before "In March 2019...":

GSF's QCD subsidiary acquired restaurant supplier Mile Hi Specialty Foods, which served approximately 1,000 stores, in November 2016. GSF formed QCD Rocky Mountain LLC to run the unit. QCD opened a new facility in Fontana, California, dedicated to servicing Starbucks stores in July 2018.

•  Done Added "in" instead of "to", and rephrased the whole sentence to "for its tracking of food safety data", as it makes it less peacocky. Also changed "another" to "a distribution centre", as it just notes the one centre opening without subtly boasting of the centre numbers.
• Add after "...in Opelika, Alabama.":

Forbes named GSF to its "Blockchain 50" list in April 2019 for the company's efforts to integrate tracking of food safety data across its supply chain. QCD opened another distribution center, in Salt Lake City, in June 2019.

•  Not done As it is trivial information with very minor coverage, thus serving as promotion.
• Add before the final paragraph of the section:

Also in June 2020, GSF subsidiary Kanpak U.S. donated shelf-stable milk to food banks in Orange County, California, and Kansas.

I appreciate your time, feedback, and/or assistance. Thank you! Mary Gaulke (talk) 19:39, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

• @MaryGaulke: Hi. I just took care of most of your requests. Find some feedback above, and get in touch if you need further clarification/discussion. On a side note, I believe the history section could be further improved via expansion and the use of subsections; it's a chronological clunky read right now, don't you agree? PK650 (talk) 01:11, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

@PK650: Thanks for your help! I do agree – that was actually my first bullet above. Perhaps the subsections could be "1947–1999", "2000–2009" and "2010–present"? Mary Gaulke (talk) 13:45, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

The bulk of the content seems to be for the latter category (2000 onwards, particularly after 2009), so it would look a bit weird. PK650 (talk) 05:51, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

@PK650: Good point. How about "1947–1999", "2000–2011" and "2012–present"? That would break out into 3 paragraphs, 7 paragraphs, and 6 paragraphs. Mary Gaulke (talk) 15:23, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Sure,that's somewhat better. PK650 (talk) 04:50, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

References

 Done Chrisfilip (talk) 01:18, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

2024 COI Edit Requests

Hi there! I have a COI: Golden State Foods is a client of my employer, Porter Novelli. Requesting some edits to this article to incorporate some more recent information.

Infobox

• Update Brian Dick's title from (President/COO) to (President/CEO). He was promoted in July 2024 after serving as President/COO following Mark Wetterau's death.  Done
• Update revenue to the latest figure (2023): $5.1 billion USD (2023)  Done

Lead

• Update

Golden State Foods (GSF) is a US wholly management-owned and -run business-to-business foodservice company that primarily serves McDonald's.

to

Golden State Foods (GSF) is a US wholly management-owned and -run business-to-business company that serves quick service restaurants, including McDonald’s, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell, KFC and Wendy's.  Done

• Delete

The company manufacturers, supplies and delivers food to restaurants such as McDonald's, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, KFC and Taco Bell.

Consolidated this information at the beginning of the paragraph to be concise.  Done

Signing to show who marked this as done, although I didn't make all the changes. STEMinfo (talk) 05:06, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

History

2000-2011

• In the last paragraph, update "Wettreau" to "Wetterau". It is currently misspelled.  Done but not by me
• At the end of the last paragraph, add:

In 2024, Brian was promoted to president and CEO.  Done

Signing to show who marked items as done. STEMinfo (talk) 05:23, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Operations

• Replace

GSF entered the baked goods business by forming a joint venture with Bryan, Texas-based Mid South Bakery. The baked products are distributed to customers in the Southeastern United States.

with

GSF has five core sectors of business: protein products, like hamburgers; liquid products, like salad dressings; dairy, like ice cream; fresh produce; and logistics. As a supplier of McDonald's, GSF helped create the recipe for Big Mac sauce, among others.

GSF is no longer working in baked goods, so updating to reflect current operations.  Done

• Update:

The company reports it exports products to more than 40 countries.

to

The company reports it exports products to more than 50 countries.  Done

• Add after "The company also owns a food processing and distribution center in Egypt, through which it provides processing and distribution services in the Middle East.":

GSF also owns locations in China.  Done

References

Thanks for your time! JZindler (talk) 20:12, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

You're welome. Marking as done and closing. STEMinfo (talk) 05:38, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

2024 COI Edit Requests Part 2

Hi there! As noted above, I have a COI: Golden State Foods is a client of my employer, Porter Novelli. Requesting a few additional edits to the article to incorporate more information.

History

2000-2011

• Update

GSF established the GSF Foundation, a nonprofit organization, in 2002 to provide support to children and families in need through volunteering and donations.

to

GSF established the GSF Foundation in 2002, a nonprofit organization created to provide support to children and families in need through volunteering and donations, including meals, clothing, and school supplies. As of May 2023, contributions to the foundation exceed $60 million, and the foundation has provided support to more than 850 schools and charitable organizations.

2012-present

• After

Forbes named GSF in its "Blockchain 50" list in April 2019 for its tracking of food safety data across its supply chain.

Add

GSF began using RFID to track the movement of their fresh beef as well as Internet of things devices to monitor its temperature in a pilot program with IBM in 2019.

• After "These four warehouses opened for business between March and September, 2020.", add:

QCD relocated two existing distribution centers to larger facilities in Albuquerque and Las Vegas, for a total of 25, in June 2023.

• Before the last paragraph, add:

Beginning in April 2021, GSF's QCD began electrification of its fleet with the addition of 14 electric units. In 2022, the company added 30 more electric vehicles to their fleet in Southern California. This effort is part of QCD’s sustainability goal to have net zero emissions by 2050, as well as to be compliant with a California state mandate requiring "last-mile" delivery fleets of 50 or more trucks to be electronic or hydrogen-powered by 2035.

Operations

• Add a new paragraph to read:

In 2018, GSF sold some of its McDonald's distribution business. The company reinvested the proceeds into manufacturing and logistics, building a liquid products plant in Texas, expanding a Georgia facility, and investing in a new factory in New York.

References

Thank you for your time and help! JZindler (talk) 22:43, 5 November 2024 (UTC)