Cloud Delivers For Food Service Company

Operations Continue after Hurricane; New Efficiencies Gained with Best Practice IT Network

There are many reasons more and more businesses are moving their IT networks to the Cloud: easier system updates, reduced hardware and software requirements, greater data security, flexibility and scalability when the business expands, as well as redundancy in the face of disaster.  Food Authority, Oceanside, New York, a fine foods service and produce distributor, had plenty of business reasons to make the move – and learned the wisdom of its decision when the unexpected occurred: Hurricane Sandy.

Just two years prior to the storm, Food Authority had moved most of its network to the Cloud.  When Sandy hit in 2012, the company’s headquarters were under water, including its former server room.

Food Authority has grown rapidly since its founding in 1976 as an airline food service company (Air Stream Foods), and now boasts four locations and more than 300 employees.  Today, it provides Commissary services to restaurants, hospitals and schools, making more than 400 deliveries daily to several states on the East Coast.

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