Fast food chains are a frequent stop for a meal close to home or on the road. Most people who stop there don’t think about anything else but what’s on the menu. The reality is those supplies need to come from somewhere. For a good portion of them around the Midwest, that place is McLane Foodservice in Taylorville. Lou Johnson is the General Manager there, and he explains what they do.

Johnson says McLane Foodservice covers a region of 16 states from the Taylorville location. So, a quick meal one or two states away can still have some home impact for Central Illinois residents.

Being an entity that supplies for bigger conglomerates didn’t make McLane Foodservice  immune to the economic shakiness caused by the pandemic. They saw a dip in numbers, but lately there has been a huge boom.

Because of the recent demand, Johnson says they are hiring. They will have an on site hiring event on Friday to find their next team players.

Johnson appeared as a guest on the NewsTalk WTIM Morning Show.