Continental Services is a workplace food and beverage services provider offering contract dining and refreshment solutions. Founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1989 by Jim Bardy, the company began as an office coffee and vending provider and now describes itself as the Midwest and Great Lakes regional leader in its category, and as one of the top contract dining and refreshment providers in the nation, a ranking attributed to Food Management Magazine. Its operations rest on logistics and infrastructure, food and beverage technology platforms, and micro-market and vending technology.
The company's service line covers 24/7 Micro-Markets, vending solutions, office coffee and water programs, full-service onsite dining cafés at client locations, corporate catering, and custom culinary concepts. It also runs workplace meal delivery through the EAT Club platform. Continental reports the largest collection of culinary talent in the Midwest and states that it serves clients of all sizes, tailoring food and beverage programmes to individual workplaces.
Continental works across manufacturing, technology, healthcare, education and commerce. Its footprint spans Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and New York, with its headquarters in Detroit. More than three decades after its founding, the company describes its operating model as combining the resources of a large national firm with the responsiveness of a local partner, and emphasises attention to individual client relationships.
